2023
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$19.7BCURRENT US$
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2013-2023
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GDP GROWTH
57.2%CURRENT US$
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$11BCURRENT US$
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117%CURRENT US$
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2023
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GDP PC 
$1,394CURRENT US$
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2013-2023
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GDP PC GROWTH
19.3%CURRENT US$
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2023
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$597CURRENT US$
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51.9%CURRENT US$
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About

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

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

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

Comparison In 2023,  Benin ranked 83 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -0.43),  and 146 in total exports ($1.93B). That same year, Somalia ranked 161 in total exports ($1.03B), and does not have data regarding Economic Complexity Index.

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

Benin does not register exports to Somalia.

Somalia does not register exports to Benin.

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

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

Market Competitiveness

Color
Benin
Top Destination
United Arab Emirates$803M
Somalia
Top Destination
United Arab Emirates$360M

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

In 2023, countries that imported more from Benin than Somalia included United Arab Emirates ($803M), Bangladesh ($391M), and India ($216M).

In 2023, countries that imported more from Somalia than Benin included Saudi Arabia ($283M), Oman ($180M), and Djibouti ($84.2M).

Difference in imports from Somalia (Flag) and Benin (Flag) (2023)

Comparative Advantage Benin - Somalia

Flow
Scale

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

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

Depth
View
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Top Product Potential Benin Somalia+$1.47kRefined Petroleum
Top Product Potential Somalia Benin+$1.35kGold

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 Somalia. This means that a dot/product with the flag of Benin indicates it has a comparative advantage over Somalia. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of Somalia indicates it has a comparative advantage over Benin.

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

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