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Data: UN Comtrade, 2023 · snapshot 2026-07-19
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ATLAS · TRADE FLOWS · BENIN

What Benin Trades

In 2023, Benin sold about $1.1B of goods to the rest of the world and bought about $3.9B in return. Its biggest customer was Bangladesh ($391M, 37% of exports); its biggest supplier, India ($666M). The map above draws each partner as an arc sized by value; the full lists are below. Bilateral goods trade from UN Comtrade, exports FOB and imports CIF.

GOODS EXPORTED$1.1B
GOODS IMPORTED$3.9B
TOP PARTNERBangladesh

Where Benin sends its goods

Benin’s biggest export markets — the countries it sells the most goods to, by value (FOB).

1Bangladesh37.2%$391M
2India15.4%$162M
3Pakistan7.2%$76M
4Togo5.4%$57M
5China5.3%$55M
7Chad3.5%$37M
9Viet Nam1.7%$18M
10Nigeria1.5%$16M
11Malaysia1.4%$15M
12Cote d'Ivoire1.2%$13M
13Netherlands1.2%$13M
14Niger1.1%$11M
15United States1.0%$11M
16Denmark1.0%$10M
17Turkiye1.0%$10M
18Mauritius0.7%$8M
19France0.6%$6M
20Belgium0.5%$6M
21Burkina Faso0.5%$6M
22Senegal0.5%$5M
23Kuwait0.5%$5M
24South Africa0.5%$5M
25Mali0.4%$5M

Top 25 partners by value. Shares are of total exports. 99.9% of exports is drawn on the map; the rest is trade logged against non-country groupings.

Where Benin buys its goods

Benin’s biggest suppliers — the countries it buys the most goods from, by value (CIF, including shipping).

1India17.1%$666M
2China12.8%$500M
3France8.6%$338M
4United States5.2%$205M
5Nigeria5.2%$201M
6Belgium3.8%$150M
8Togo3.7%$143M
9Cote d'Ivoire2.8%$110M
10Malaysia2.5%$100M
11Morocco2.5%$97M
12Spain2.3%$91M
13Turkiye2.0%$77M
14Switzerland1.9%$75M
15Russian Federation1.8%$71M
16Ghana1.6%$64M
17Indonesia1.6%$62M
18Sweden1.5%$57M
19Netherlands1.3%$53M
20United Kingdom1.3%$50M
21Singapore1.3%$49M
22Thailand1.2%$48M
23Italy1.2%$46M
24Germany1.1%$44M
25Poland1.0%$39M

Top 25 partners by value. Shares are of total imports. 99.2% of imports is drawn on the map; the rest is trade logged against non-country groupings.

Trade flows of other countries

China · United States · Germany · Japan · Netherlands · Italy · France · Korea, Rep.