Bank Assets (As % of GDP) rose 4.20% to 69.1% in Benin in 2015

Bank assets as a share of GDP rose 4.20% to 69.1% in Benin in 2015, according to the National Central Bank.

Historically, bank assets as a share of GDP in Benin reached an all time high of 69.1% in 2015 and an all time low of 8.15% in 1998. When compared to Benin's main peers, bank assets as a share of GDP in Burkina Faso amounted to 61.7%, 30.2% in Niger, 30.3% in Nigeria and 79.3% in Togo in 2015.

Benin has been ranked 88th within the group of 149 countries we follow in terms of bank assets as a share of GDP, 18 places above the position seen 10 years ago.