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BENIN |
Ecobank Benin
Ganhi, Rue du Gouverneur Bayol
P.O. box: 01 B.P.1280 - Cotonou
Phone: (229) 21 31 30 69/ 21 31 40 23
Fax: (229) 21 31 33 85
Email: ecobankbj@ecobank.com
GEOGRAPHICAL DATA:
| Area: |
112 622 sq km |
| Population: |
8,862,944 |
| Capital : |
Porto-Novo |
| Principal cities: |
Cotonou, Djougou, Parakou, Lokossa, Abomey |
| Official language: |
French |
| Currency : |
CFA Franc (100 FCFA = 0,15 euro) |
| Independence Day: |
August 1 |
DEMOGRAPHICAL DATA:
| Demographic growth: |
2.674% (CIA 2007 est.) |
| Life expectancy: |
53.44 years (CIA 2007 est.) |
| Literacy rate: |
33.98% (the World Bank, 2004) |
| Religion(s) : |
Voodoo (61%), Catholicism (19%), Islam (15%), Protestants (3%), others (2%) |
| Human development Index (2002): |
163 out of 177 countries (UNDP 2006)) |
ECONOMIC DATA:
| GDP : |
$ 4.622 billion (CIA 2006 est.) |
| GDP per capita: |
$1,100 (CIA 2006 est.) |
| Growth rate: |
4% (CIA 2006 est.) |
| Rate of unemployment : |
N/A |
| Rate of inflation: |
p3% (CIA 2006 est.) |
| Net budgetary position : |
-8.3% of the GDP in 2003 (The E.I.U., 2004) |
| Balance of payment: |
-1.391 million dollars in 2003 (The E.I.U., 2004) |
| Export partners: |
China 31.3%, Indonesia 8.1%, India 7.4%, Niger 6%, Togo 4.8%, Thailand 4.8%, Nigeria 4.6% (CIA 2005) |
| Import partners: |
France 21.8%, Ghana 7.1%, Cote d'Ivoire 7%, China 6.7%, UK 5.2%, Belgium 4.9%, Togo 4.5%, Thailand 4.2%, Nigeria 4% (CIA 2005) |
| Contribution of various sectors to GDP: |
Primary : 35.7% ; Secondary : 14.3% ; Tertiary : 50.0% (The World Bank, 2004) |
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