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GDP
$17.4BCURRENT US$
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2012-2022
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GDP GROWTH
56.2%CURRENT US$
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 GDP
$264BCURRENT US$
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GDP GROWTH
21.2%CURRENT US$
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GDP PC 
$1,303CURRENT US$
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2012-2022
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GDP PC GROWTH
17.1%CURRENT US$
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2022
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GDP PC
$5,937CURRENT US$
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-7.77%CURRENT US$
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About

In N/A, Benin did not export any services to Iraq.

Iraq-Benin In N/A, Iraq did not export any products to Benin.

In N/A, Iraq did not export any services to Benin.

Comparison: In 2022,  Benin ranked 86 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -0.5), and 149 in total exports ($1.67B). That same year, Iraq ranked 103 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -0.84), and 36 in total exports ($123B).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

Benin does not register exports to Iraq.

Iraq does not register exports to Benin.

Exports from Benin (Flag) to Iraq (Flag) (2021)

Exports from Iraq (Flag) to Benin (Flag) (2021)

Market Competitiveness

Color
Benin
Top Destination
India$448M
Iraq
Top Destination
India$38.8B

This map shows whether countries import more from Benin or Iraq. Each country is colored based on the difference in imports they receive from Benin and Iraq or the difference in the growth in imports.

In 2022, countries that imported more from Benin than Iraq included Bangladesh ($406M), Togo ($35.9M), and Egypt ($41.7M).

In 2022, countries that imported more from Iraq than Benin included India ($38.8B), China ($34B), and United States ($10.3B).

Difference in imports from Iraq (Flag) and Benin (Flag) (2022)

Comparative Advantage Benin - Iraq

Flow
Scale

This chart compares trade between Benin and Iraq by product, considering products traded by both, Benin and Iraq.

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

Depth
View
Sort By
Top Product Potential Benin Iraq+$4.03kGold
Top Product Potential Iraq Benin+$4.73kRefined Petroleum

We estimate the export potential of an economy for each product and destination using an extension of the bilateral relatedness model of Jun et al. (2019).This extended gravity model considers similarities among products and geographies and explains more than 50% of the variance in future trade flows.

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Economic Complexity

Competitive Landscape

This visualization shows the product space at the HS4 level with the flags of Benin and Iraq. This means that a dot/product with the flag of Benin indicates it has a comparative advantage over Iraq. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of Iraq indicates it has a comparative advantage over Benin.

Product Space of Benin (Flag) and Iraq (Flag) (2021)

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