Inflation, GDP deflator: linked series in Benin
Benin: Inflation, GDP deflator: linked series was 1.6% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Inflation, GDP deflator: linked series in Benin, 1990–2025
Source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Measured in annual %.
Analysis
Benin recorded 1.6% for inflation, gdp deflator: linked series in 2025.
That represents a change of down 1.3% on the previous year and up 82.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, inflation, gdp deflator: linked series in Benin peaked at 33.5% in 1994 and was at its lowest, -0.4%, in 2019.
That places Benin 162nd out of 212 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Inflation, GDP deflator: linked series in Benin, year by year
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 2.2% | — |
| 1991 | 0.8% | -65.2% |
| 1992 | 3.0% | +299.8% |
| 1993 | 2.4% | -21.4% |
| 1994 | 33.5% | +1308.7% |
| 1995 | 15.1% | -54.9% |
| 1996 | 6.9% | -54.3% |
| 1997 | 3.7% | -46.9% |
| 1998 | 5.2% | +42.6% |
| 1999 | 8.5% | +63.3% |
| 2000 | 4.3% | -49.2% |
| 2001 | 2.0% | -54.6% |
| 2002 | 3.6% | +80.4% |
| 2003 | 3.1% | -13.9% |
| 2004 | 0.8% | -74.9% |
| 2005 | 4.3% | +457.8% |
| 2006 | 2.1% | -51.2% |
| 2007 | 0.4% | -81.4% |
| 2008 | 6.4% | +1549.1% |
| 2009 | 2.5% | -60.5% |
| 2010 | 0.9% | -65.3% |
| 2011 | 3.7% | +323.8% |
| 2012 | 7.7% | +106.2% |
| 2013 | 1.4% | -81.9% |
| 2014 | -0.2% | -117.7% |
| 2015 | 0.9% | -443.6% |
| 2016 | 0.7% | -19.7% |
| 2017 | -0.4% | -153.8% |
| 2018 | 0.7% | -282.2% |
| 2019 | -0.4% | -159.3% |
| 2020 | 2.9% | -823.9% |
| 2021 | 1.6% | -43.8% |
| 2022 | 4.1% | +155.7% |
| 2023 | 3.4% | -18.2% |
| 2024 | 1.6% | -53.6% |
| 2025 | 1.6% | -1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8.1% | 0.8% | 33.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.9% | 0.4% | 6.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.5% | -0.4% | 7.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.5% | 1.6% | 4.1% | 6 |
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More financial sector data for Benin
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 226,044 current LCU per person (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 136.31 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 13.87 % change on previous year (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 19.7% (2025)
- Net domestic credit 3.35 trillion current LCU (2025)
- Net foreign assets 2.25 trillion current LCU (2025)
- Monetary Sector credit to private sector 19.8% (2025)
- Broad money 29.6% (2025)
- Claims on central government, etc. 2.0% (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector 19.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inflation, gdp deflator: linked series in Benin?
- Inflation, gdp deflator: linked series in Benin was 1.6% in 2025, according to Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest inflation, gdp deflator: linked series recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 33.5% in 1994.
- What is the lowest inflation, gdp deflator: linked series recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.4% in 2019.
- How does Benin rank for inflation, gdp deflator: linked series?
- Benin ranks 162nd out of 212 countries with data for 2025.
- Is inflation, gdp deflator: linked series rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 82.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from Staff estimates, World Bank (WB), published as part of Inflation, GDP deflator: linked series (annual %). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Inflation as measured by the annual growth rate of the GDP implicit deflator shows the rate of price change in the economy as a whole. The GDP implicit deflator is the ratio of GDP in current local currency to GDP in constant local currency. This series has been linked to produce a consistent time series to counteract breaks in series over time due to changes in base years, source data and methodologies. Thus, it may not be comparable with other national accounts series in the database for historical years. This indicator denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.