{"id":"worldbank.merchandise-imports.ben.annual","dataset_id":"worldbank-merchandise-imports","indicator":"merchandise-imports","geography":"BEN","frequency":"annual","unit":"current USD","start_period":"1960","end_period":"2025","org":"World Bank","original_indicator":"TM.VAL.MRCH.CD.WT","url":"https://api.worldbank.org/v2","retrieved_at":"2026-11-07T07:57:03+00:00","version":"1","geography_name":"Benin","region":"Sub-Saharan Africa ","observations":[{"period":"1960","value":31000000.0,"flags":""},{"period":"1961","value":25000000.0,"flags":""},{"period":"1962","value":27000000.0,"flags":""},{"period":"1963","value":33000000.0,"flags":""},{"period":"1964","value":31000000.0,"flags":""},{"period":"1965","value":34000000.0,"flags":""},{"period":"1966","value":33000000.0,"flags":""},{"period":"1967","value":48000000.0,"flags":""},{"period":"1968","value":50000000.0,"flags":""},{"period":"1969","value":55000000.0,"flags":""},{"period":"1970","value":64000000.0,"flags":""},{"period":"1971","value":77000000.0,"flags":""},{"period":"1972","value":92000000.0,"flags":""},{"period":"1973","value":112000000.0,"flags":""},{"period":"1974","value":147000000.0,"flags":""},{"period":"1975","value":188000000.0,"flags":""},{"period":"1976","value":219000000.0,"flags":""},{"period":"1977","value":268000000.0,"flags":""},{"period":"1978","value":311000000.0,"flags":""},{"period":"1979","value":320000000.0,"flags":""},{"period":"1980","value":331000000.0,"flags":""},{"period":"1981","value":543000000.0,"flags":""},{"period":"1982","value":464000000.0,"flags":""},{"period":"1983","value":318000000.0,"flags":""},{"period":"1984","value":288000000.0,"flags":""},{"period":"1985","value":331000000.0,"flags":""},{"period":"1986","value":387000000.0,"flags":""},{"period":"1987","value":349000000.0,"flags":""},{"period":"1988","value":568000000.0,"flags":""},{"period":"1989","value":421000000.0,"flags":""},{"period":"1990","value":265000000.0,"flags":""},{"period":"1991","value":241000000.0,"flags":""},{"period":"1992","value":578000000.0,"flags":""},{"period":"1993","value":571000000.0,"flags":""},{"period":"1994","value":431000000.0,"flags":""},{"period":"1995","value":746000000.0,"flags":""},{"period":"1996","value":654000000.0,"flags":""},{"period":"1997","value":681000000.0,"flags":""},{"period":"1998","value":736000000.0,"flags":""},{"period":"1999","value":749000000.0,"flags":""},{"period":"2000","value":613000000.0,"flags":""},{"period":"2001","value":623000000.0,"flags":""},{"period":"2002","value":725000000.0,"flags":""},{"period":"2003","value":892000000.0,"flags":""},{"period":"2004","value":894000000.0,"flags":""},{"period":"2005","value":1018000000.0,"flags":""},{"period":"2006","value":1228000000.0,"flags":""},{"period":"2007","value":2037000000.0,"flags":""},{"period":"2008","value":2289000000.0,"flags":""},{"period":"2009","value":2064000000.0,"flags":""},{"period":"2010","value":2054000000.0,"flags":""},{"period":"2011","value":2129000000.0,"flags":""},{"period":"2012","value":2339000000.0,"flags":""},{"period":"2013","value":3010000000.0,"flags":""},{"period":"2014","value":3828000000.0,"flags":""},{"period":"2015","value":2561000000.0,"flags":""},{"period":"2016","value":2872000000.0,"flags":""},{"period":"2017","value":3494000000.0,"flags":""},{"period":"2018","value":4375000000.0,"flags":""},{"period":"2019","value":3932000000.0,"flags":""},{"period":"2020","value":3555000000.0,"flags":""},{"period":"2021","value":4508000000.0,"flags":""},{"period":"2022","value":4914000000.0,"flags":""},{"period":"2023","value":5252000000.0,"flags":""},{"period":"2024","value":4835000000.0,"flags":""},{"period":"2025","value":4951000000.0,"flags":""}],"indicator_name":"Merchandise imports","topic":"Private Sector","source":"worldbank","provenance":{"organization":"World Bank","original_indicator":"TM.VAL.MRCH.CD.WT","url":"https://api.worldbank.org/v2","retrieved_at":"2026-11-07T07:57:03+00:00","version":"1","license":"see source"}}