Benin vs Niger: External borrowing, net

Benin
52.88 billion current LCU
in 2005
Niger
28.90 billion current LCU
in 2005
Benin rank
15th
Niger rank
18th

External borrowing, net over time

  • Benin
  • Niger
050.0B100.0B150.0B200.0B198419942005

How they compare

Benin currently reports 52.88 billion current LCU against 28.90 billion current LCU in Niger, a difference of 23.98 billion current LCU.

That makes Benin's figure about 1.8 times Niger's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 17 shared years of data; in 1989 it was Benin ahead.

Benin ranks 15th and Niger ranks 18th of 50 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
External borrowing, net (current LCU)
Unit
current LCU
Source
World Bank country economists
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
50 places, 1,388 data points, 1965–2011
Last refreshed

Financing from abroad (obtained from nonresidents) refer to the means by which a government provides financial resources to cover a budget deficit or allocates financial resources arising from a budget surplus. It includes all government liabilities--other. Data are in current local currency.