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CodeBEN
Long NameRepublic of Benin
Income GroupLower middle income
RegionSub-Saharan Africa
Lending categoryIDA
Other groupsHIPC
Currency UnitWest African CFA franc
Latest population census2013
Latest household surveyDemographic and Health Survey, 2017/18
National accounts base year2015
System of National AccountsCountry uses the 2008 System of National Accounts methodology
SNA price valuationValue added at basic prices (VAB)
PPP survey years2021, 2017, 2011
Balance of Payments Manual in useBPM6
External debt Reporting statusActual
System of tradeGeneral trade system
Government Accounting conceptBudgetary central government
IMF data dissemination standardEnhanced General Data Dissemination System (e-GDDS)
Source of most recent Income and expenditure dataCore Welfare Indicator Questionnaire Survey (CWIQ), 2015
Latest industrial data1981
Latest trade data2018
2-alpha codeBJ
WB-2 codeBJ
Table NameBenin
Short NameBenin
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