I am from Benin, and he actually butchered most of the pronunciation ^^. But hey, it couldn't be helped, the pronunciation is quite difficult sometimes. Overall, it is a pretty good video, I really enjoyed watching it :)
DUDE YOUR VIDEOS ARE SO AMAAAAZZZINGGG MY TEACHER HAS PLAYED HALF OF YOUR VIDEOS IN CLASS AND I FEEL IN LOVE WITH GEOGRAPHY BECAUSE OF YOU! THANKS DUDE FLORIDA LOVES YOU!
man I wish my teacher played these in class but I discovered these on my own when I become a geography teacher when I'm older I will use these they will probably have all the videos out by then cuz I'm only 14
I love learning things about random countries. I found this video because I was trying to learn about Benin (I can't even remember why) but holy wow. This is pretty much my ideal channel. Thanks for being awesome!
I know right!! I was trying to learn about the Albania-Serbia conflict history (after watching the Granit Xhaka - Xherdan Shaqiri double-eagled pro-Kosovo Albanian celebrations at the Switzerland v Serbia match at the FIFA World Cup 2018), and ended up getting hooked to it.
@Stanley Dougé I was told most was coming from that zone, central africa is not so far from that zone so i wont be surprised by this. I didnt knew for madagascar thanks.
I took a DNA test as well in 2018 which at first didn't reveal Benin/Togo at all but after a reconfiguration of more accurate data it turned out that I am 38% Benin/Togo
about electricity BENIN is no more such depending on NIGERIA we have build a electricity center last year wich is covering now majority of energy needing
Bro kudos. I am from Benin born and raised. First generation in North america. For a non Benin dude you rocked the story of "ma patrie". You actually did it justice..... compared to what others think of Africa in general. Good job. Keep up the good work. From Benin to you "a tin kpon". Means basically"you tried". Well done!
Apart from Djimon Hounsou the actor (blood diamond, fast and furius7) who is from Bénin there is also Agelique Kidjo the two time Gramy aword winner who is also from Bénin!
Thank you so much for these! The pronunciation, as well as the content, is so helpful. I teach middle school history, and we use these to supplement our geography studies/tests. That way students are learning about the countries whose names they are memorizing.
I found your channel Thursday and I am happy I did. I love geography and especially when it comes to Africa because I am so curious about the culture over there. Your videos are so informing and your hilarious. Thank you for sharing.
I am in love with these videos! I am always looking forward to your next video every week! It's getting me prepared for my geography course at university fall semester! I really enjoy your content! Please keep it up!
i am so choqued ! i come from Bénin and i live in France. I love my contry so much, my ethnicity is Fon and yoruba. when i see your vidéo i realized how much i don't know the story of my contry ! tank's you for all
Geography Now I absolutely love your channel!! Two of my passions, Geography and History, presented in the most entertaining, funny, and charismatic way--- fantastic job! I've been WAITING for a channel like this! Can't wait for you to get to my country (although I have a feeling it might take a while....)
I wasn't sure with your style at the beginning but I'm starting to like it more. I definitely see the styles of vlogbrothers, CGP Grey, and wonder why. I'll have times in the video where you say something and I imagine the channel that would say that in their voice. All that being said you bring a lot to the table with genuine personality and just kept up the good work subscribers will come with time. Ps. What are your plans for after all the recognized(or unrecognized) countries
Vat19Nvjds Both WonderWhy and CGP Grey has a lot more editing work they have to do in their videos before uploading them. Not to mention, their lives must be very busy.
AFGR Dude fuck off. Youve said that on every comment. Devin Mitchell Yeah I could imagine but still WonderWhy hasnt uploaded anything in like 2 months. His 2nd most recent video is like 5 months old.
Vat19Nvjds yeah I know his videos are fantastic and I wish he could put up more, but I always try and remember that youtubers are people too and not robots, well except CGP Grey
Devin Mitchell I can't really speak for Wonder Why, but I know that CGP Grey has a system but he does extensive research on all topics which takes up the bulk of his time and editing comes second with the stylized animation. He talks about it a lot on Hello Internet
U know what??? This is great!! Good job with all of these. I did my ancestry and found out i am 43% Benin and i had never heard of the country so this video is a great introduction
I immediately regret binge watching all of your videos. I need more! Have you thought about doing the origins of country names? It's always been something that I've wondered about!
Huge respect for your efforts you put in every video, I am a science student, but love for History and Geography never goes away from me, you made it so amazing!! Cheers
I’ve been getting all the country’s of the world, and my last one to do, and I just have the continent of Africa! This has helped me learn, and it’s explained in a fun and educational way.
When you are talking about west african countries (Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Togo, Benin southern part of Nigeria and northern part of Cameroon) you should mention about that tribes are in language very close in these areas. And if you are going to talk about history in some cases you should look in to it as "when muslims concurred modern day "Mali" region some of the people from Ghana empire who refused to change their religion fled and mixed with the people of "forest" Btw sry for English. Not first language.
I am 29 years of age and from the UK. I have been lucky enough to have travelled from a young age, however in our geography lessons in school we never had any lessons about the location of countries or any information given to us about cultures/countries outside of Europe (apart from learning about other religions in Religious Education and a module on American politics (the Kennedy years...Cold War etc) I appreciate schools don’t have time to teach everything but it would have been nice to learn more about countries outside of Europe rather than just learning about cold and warm fronts and all that crap lol. However I realise not everyone is as interested in other countries and cultures as I am. I really think this video series is awesome and fascinating. Thank you for having the patience and passion to make so many country themed videos. I’m gonna be wowing people with my knowledge of countries after watching all these lol. Great job! :)
man you should create a section that you talks about what kind of visa americans need for that particular country, or just mention wether americans need a visa or not. keep up the good work, hands down my fav channel haha
@@kiampakuingi9812 It was changed for neutral reasons, since the name "Dahomey" is heavily tied with the Fon people, and as mentioned over 40 ethnic groups live in Benin, so the name kind of implies favoritism to the Fon.
O my God. this chinese man knows our History more than some benineses... I am proudly ADJA. Benin and Togo are the same.. french colonisators separeted us.
I love how you explain all of this :)!!Its like LOL!And when you were like telling about the Sahara and the other part that so funny!Im gonna use this videos to teach people about countries there very funny and educational
A small comment at about 3:27... 'M' (upper case 'm') is NOT the symbol for meters.. 'm' (lower case 'm') is. 'M' is for 'mega' (as in Mm is 1000000 meters). Thanks!
Benin:Macroeconomic performance Real GDP growth was estimated at 6.0% in 2018, compared to 5.4% in 2017, due to the good performance of agriculture, particularly cotton (+ 5.6%), the industrial sector ( + 6.7%), driven by ginneries (+ 18%) and construction and public works (+ 8.5%). The services sector grew by 7.5% thanks to the dynamism of transport, postal services and telecommunications (+ 10.6%), banks and other financial institutions (+ 9.5%), trade and food industries and hotel (+ 6.9%). On the demand side, growth was driven mainly by final consumption (+ 3.6%). The trade deficit narrowed slightly, from 9.1% of GDP in 2017 to 8.3%. The budget deficit (including grants) was reduced to 4.7 percent of GDP in 2018, compared to 5.9 percent in 2017, thanks to revenue mobilization (1.2 percent of GDP) and cuts in current expenditures. Domestic debt (60% of total public debt) represented 30.9% of GDP and the risk of over-indebtedness rose from low to moderate. Benin has a common monetary policy put in place by the Central Bank of West African States. The inflation rate rose from 0.1% in 2017 to 1.6% in 2018, according to estimates. Outlook: Positive and Negative Factors Real GDP growth is expected to be 6.3% in 2019 and 6.8% in 2020. Growth in the raw materials sector is expected to reach 5.7% in 2019, driven mainly by the cotton sector . Industrial growth is expected to increase by 13.3% in 2019, driven by construction and public works (25% growth) and electricity and water, which are expected to grow by 8% when the Maria Power Plant -Gléta of 120 MW will go into production. The fiscal deficit is expected to stabilize at 2.6% of GDP in 2019 and 1.9% in 2020. Total public debt is projected to fall to 53 3% of GDP in 2019 and 48.9% in 2020. As part of the 2017-2025 Agricultural Sector Strategic Plan and the 2017-2021 National Agricultural Investment, Food and Nutrition Security Plan, seven agricultural development clusters were created in 2017. Africa Stats
This stuff is great man. But it would be awesome if national geographic wanted you to do a 30 minute show of each country. That way you could get more in-depth, because I want to know more about each country.
I am Beninese, and I approve of this. I can't imagine the amount of work you put in. Congratulations
@MUFC Tottenham is better
@MUFC stop commenting these
Have you even Benin Benin tho
Love Benin 🇧🇯
Love you, Benin
🇧🇩💚🇧🇯
As an African, thank you for putting effort in the pronunciation of places and tribes in these videos
Starving kids in Africa could have eaten that comment *smh*
Viktor6665 Okay dude, okay
Matko Zivcic u dumby
shut up mate why are you just abusing people he probaly lives in a actual house ive seen you on the street
I am from Benin, and he actually butchered most of the pronunciation ^^. But hey, it couldn't be helped, the pronunciation is quite difficult sometimes. Overall, it is a pretty good video, I really enjoyed watching it :)
DUDE YOUR VIDEOS ARE SO AMAAAAZZZINGGG MY TEACHER HAS PLAYED HALF OF YOUR VIDEOS IN CLASS AND I FEEL IN LOVE WITH GEOGRAPHY BECAUSE OF YOU! THANKS DUDE FLORIDA LOVES YOU!
donnaven urrea Haha what?! Really? Your teacher at school? Awesome!!
yea dude your becoming soo popular
Miami Cubans are the worst. Most of them are really bitter and rude.
+donnaven urrea My teacher did too
man I wish my teacher played these in class but I discovered these on my own when I become a geography teacher when I'm older I will use these they will probably have all the videos out by then cuz I'm only 14
I love learning things about random countries. I found this video because I was trying to learn about Benin (I can't even remember why) but holy wow. This is pretty much my ideal channel. Thanks for being awesome!
I found it when I wanted to learn something about Georgia ... it is my favorit now
Kikyo4815 mittui chu dang hram hram rawh 😁
I know right!!
I was trying to learn about the Albania-Serbia conflict history (after watching the Granit Xhaka - Xherdan Shaqiri double-eagled pro-Kosovo Albanian celebrations at the Switzerland v Serbia match at the FIFA World Cup 2018), and ended up getting hooked to it.
I am Haitian and took a dna test and found out I’m 41% Benin togo, never even heard of this country till now
haitians comes from there
@Stanley Dougé I was told most was coming from that zone, central africa is not so far from that zone so i wont be surprised by this. I didnt knew for madagascar thanks.
I'm from Canada. Parents are from Jamaica/guyana I have 47% Benin dna
I took a DNA test as well in 2018 which at first didn't reveal Benin/Togo at all but after a reconfiguration of more accurate data it turned out that I am 38% Benin/Togo
Ehrenmann!
Most poultry 🐓 and car 🚙 imports in Nigeria are from Benin.
Most electricity ⚡️ demands in Benin are met by Nigeria.
*BFFs* 🇳🇬❤️ 🇧🇯
We love you too 🇧🇯❤🇳🇬
about electricity BENIN is no more such depending on NIGERIA we have build a electricity center last year wich is covering now majority of energy needing
@@medardzohoun7460 Et dit moi c'est grâce a qui:
FA
Most electricity ⚡️ demands in Nigeria are not met by Nigeria.
This is the first country I literally knew nothing before the video... Keep it up Paul :) (oh and Bandiaterra lol)
LeoSienna Bandiaterra was an april fools joke
Karen I know dear, I saw the video
***** :(
+LeoSienna All I knew about it was the Dahomey slave trading, but I didn't even know it was in Benin specifically, just the general area.
Guinea Bissau was the first for me
Youve been uploading quite quickly, i like that
Bora Dingdong Especially considering he has to cover around 196 different countries
Bora Google me tera da imam i prezime pa eto Je si li za hrvanje,rekreativno,kao sport ?
Tomislav SHprajc Izvini, nisam razumeo sta si hteo da pitas :)
Tomislav SHprajc Mozda bih bio zainteresovan da nisam ovako mrsav :)
Bora Google me tera da imam i prezime pa eto Mršav ? Pa koliko kila imaš ? Nadam se ne 50 ili manje ?
Bhutan's friend zone is gonna be an interesting one, seeing that they typically like to stay isolated.
Devin Mitchell i will describe that in one word for you: India !
AFGR Damnit, wrong RUclipsr!
Devin Mitchell they do have india for ..well ..... everything!
What about North Koreas friend zone?
Devin Mitchell Also Bangladesh... Just those two... And noone else...
Bro kudos. I am from Benin born and raised. First generation in North america. For a non Benin dude you rocked the story of "ma patrie". You actually did it justice..... compared to what others think of Africa in general. Good job. Keep up the good work. From Benin to you "a tin kpon". Means basically"you tried". Well done!
I have to thank you for all these geography videos! They're just awesome! Keep doing'em, please... Congratulations!!!
Apart from Djimon Hounsou the actor (blood diamond, fast and furius7) who is from Bénin there is also Agelique Kidjo the two time Gramy aword winner who is also from Bénin!
The channel had grown so much since the Albania vid. Good job!
I'm in love with this channel! Keep it up guys!
Thank you so much for these! The pronunciation, as well as the content, is so helpful. I teach middle school history, and we use these to supplement our geography studies/tests. That way students are learning about the countries whose names they are memorizing.
Discovered this channel yesterday, and I've been bindgewatching since. This is so good!
So far, the most popular Beninese dude is actor Djimon Honsou
Also, there's a great singer called, Angelique Kidjo.
*Hounsou
Kemi Seba and Eguntchi Behanzin
I found your channel Thursday and I am happy I did. I love geography and especially when it comes to Africa because I am so curious about the culture over there. Your videos are so informing and your hilarious. Thank you for sharing.
Yeah....for me, Benin is the Amazing country in the africa 😘😘...i like benin from egypte.
I am in love with these videos! I am always looking forward to your next video every week! It's getting me prepared for my geography course at university fall semester! I really enjoy your content! Please keep it up!
Your videos are wonderful! Keep it up :) I've been learning a lot.
I'm from Benin currently in Kenya, you are right. Thank you for sharing this video
i am so choqued ! i come from Bénin and i live in France. I love my contry so much, my ethnicity is Fon and yoruba. when i see your vidéo i realized how much i don't know the story of my contry ! tank's you for all
Watched every single video till now of your channel and I am addicted! Makes me feel like less of an ignoramus
Geography Now I absolutely love your channel!! Two of my passions, Geography and History, presented in the most entertaining, funny, and charismatic way--- fantastic job! I've been WAITING for a channel like this! Can't wait for you to get to my country (although I have a feeling it might take a while....)
I was thinking the same thing. And what country would that be?
I have to watch all your videos they're so cool! Belize it!
Love Benin from Belgium ❤
I love you!!!! In a none creepy appreciating your cool Geo videos way.
I've Benin an accident.
No, I've Benin the hospital all day
AFGR stop STOP, save the bad jokes for YIAY
apple power bad day?
odd arne Espehaug you've been watching too much YIAY, please stop
apple power bad day?
I wasn't sure with your style at the beginning but I'm starting to like it more. I definitely see the styles of vlogbrothers, CGP Grey, and wonder why. I'll have times in the video where you say something and I imagine the channel that would say that in their voice. All that being said you bring a lot to the table with genuine personality and just kept up the good work subscribers will come with time.
Ps. What are your plans for after all the recognized(or unrecognized) countries
I really really like WonderWhy but they need to start uploading more. All of their videos are super interesting.
Vat19Nvjds Both WonderWhy and CGP Grey has a lot more editing work they have to do in their videos before uploading them. Not to mention, their lives must be very busy.
AFGR Dude fuck off. Youve said that on every comment.
Devin Mitchell Yeah I could imagine but still WonderWhy hasnt uploaded anything in like 2 months. His 2nd most recent video is like 5 months old.
Vat19Nvjds yeah I know his videos are fantastic and I wish he could put up more, but I always try and remember that youtubers are people too and not robots, well except CGP Grey
Devin Mitchell I can't really speak for Wonder Why, but I know that CGP Grey has a system but he does extensive research on all topics which takes up the bulk of his time and editing comes second with the stylized animation. He talks about it a lot on Hello Internet
Getting so much better at this dude keep it up
Thanks for uploading more frequently now! You deserve more views
yay Bhutan will be interesting!
Lebanon!
Adam Mokbel
what about Lebanon
it's gonna take time bro
Elijah Emery OH NO ELIJAH HAS FOUND ME!
Exoh. ;)
***** I know! They didnt even get internet until recently!
U know what??? This is great!! Good job with all of these. I did my ancestry and found out i am 43% Benin and i had never heard of the country so this video is a great introduction
I'm 34% myself
44% percent Benin/Togo here. It's still a bit vague to me I want to know so much more about it
Same it was in my Ancestry dna aswell
I immediately regret binge watching all of your videos. I need more! Have you thought about doing the origins of country names? It's always been something that I've wondered about!
thank you for doing this, this is my first time to know about Benin
Huge respect for your efforts you put in every video, I am a science student, but love for History and Geography never goes away from me, you made it so amazing!! Cheers
I’ve been getting all the country’s of the world, and my last one to do, and I just have the continent of Africa! This has helped me learn, and it’s explained in a fun and educational way.
wow, i really liked it!, finally something about my country!! keep it up^^
cant wait for Zimbabwe
97555555776 years
Yeah you might be waiting for a while... sorry dude
you NEED to wait for zimbabwe m8
Me too lol
last country lol
I'm from Benin (living in UK)
he was accurate
yeah he is amszing.
How did you learn English?
SUM1 English is taught in Beninese schools. I improved mine by studying in the UK.
Yannick Olivier Orounla Do you live near or in London?
You are hilarious! Keep doing these, the world needs to see your channel.
My parents are from Benin.
Really? That's good :)
James Alexander why?
Have they introduced you to Beninese culture and food? I bet it must be very interesting.
Bhutan is so awesome and random country! Cant wait for your next video!
This video has my favorite country character, Togo. :) and Bhutan is coming next. YAY!
Your Videos ARE EXCELLENT!!! they evolve better and better every time you make new
Beninese Togolese ancestry here! 39% and found out I have Bajan ancestry. Thanks for the video.
You pronouncing some if those words are INSANE! I love your videos even though I just found them yesterday.
When you are talking about west african countries (Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Togo, Benin southern part of Nigeria and northern part of Cameroon) you should mention about that tribes are in language very close in these areas. And if you are going to talk about history in some cases you should look in to it as "when muslims concurred modern day "Mali" region some of the people from Ghana empire who refused to change their religion fled and mixed with the people of "forest"
Btw sry for English. Not first language.
S.E.M Asantehene Your English was perfect!
Now I know more about Benin! Thanks!!
I never knew voodoo originated in Benin! January 10th is the National Voodoo Day, whoa!
Sending lots of love to Benin from China! 🇨🇳❤️🇧🇯
I am 29 years of age and from the UK. I have been lucky enough to have travelled from a young age, however in our geography lessons in school we never had any lessons about the location of countries or any information given to us about cultures/countries outside of Europe (apart from learning about other religions in Religious Education and a module on American politics (the Kennedy years...Cold War etc) I appreciate schools don’t have time to teach everything but it would have been nice to learn more about countries outside of Europe rather than just learning about cold and warm fronts and all that crap lol. However I realise not everyone is as interested in other countries and cultures as I am. I really think this video series is awesome and fascinating. Thank you for having the patience and passion to make so many country themed videos. I’m gonna be wowing people with my knowledge of countries after watching all these lol. Great job! :)
I am excited for your pronunciation of Finnish names. Good luck bro
Dude your funny! 😂 I just found out I'm 26% Benin/Togo which is why I'm here. Thanks for the entertaining and informative video!
Love to the good people of Benin from Canada
man you should create a section that you talks about what kind of visa americans need for that particular country, or just mention wether americans need a visa or not.
keep up the good work, hands down my fav channel haha
i simply can not wait for more :)
I s'pose. I'm fine though.
EXCELLENT work as always!
i have a big benin :-DDDDD
hahaha benin xDDDDDDDDDDDDSDDDD
FUG :-D
Oh dear god please no
End my suffering and Paul needs to learn how to pronounce Niger.
XD
shot de fug up benis XDDDDD
Keep up the great work, Paul!
"Now, here's where things get a little bit compliclated" Paul Barbato 5/31/15
Really good work, I love watching your videos!
i fucking love this show.
I love geography and just found this. i know alot about geography but still fun to whatch
My ancestry dna places me 40% Benin Togo. Never heard of it before. Thanks for the video.
YES!!!!!!!! One country closer to Sweden.
Liking these videos and great with so many coming out right now.
Fun fact : Benin was once called the Dahomey - it first acquired the name “Benin” in 1975.
Why did they change the name to Benin?
@@kiampakuingi9812it was renamed Benin after the Bight of Benin, the body of water on its coast.
@@kiampakuingi9812 It was changed for neutral reasons, since the name "Dahomey" is heavily tied with the Fon people, and as mentioned over 40 ethnic groups live in Benin, so the name kind of implies favoritism to the Fon.
@@Starterpack8811 actually it was named after the kingdom of Benin in nigeria
@@kiampakuingi9812 it was named after the kingdom of benin in africa
The first vid I've seen was the one from Belarus. And wow ur series are fun to watch. Learning so much. Cant wait for my country Georgia!
Miranda Sings music up in here
A mirfanda !
Voker Ha it's actually generic music from youtube that they let creators use for free.
Ikr
When I first heard it I was like "I AM WATCHING A MIRFANDA'S EDUCATIONAL VIDEO" but a single comment killed it for me. Thanks m8.
OMG YASSSSS
this is my favorite channel
Bhutans gonna be the best video ever
Love from the United States of America to Benin! 🇺🇸❤️🇧🇯
9:28 Thats not Soviet Union, thats Russia. Where are the baltic states, Ukraine, Belarus and the -stan countries?
#nitpick
Nitpick? Um... no. Mistake that huge (literally :3) is REALLY not nitpicking. If Kaliningrad was forgotten, then it would be nitpicking.
Forgot the Caucasus countries
Sorry, them too. :)
TheFancyRoman Because if you are angry go make your own version!
I appreciate how you say nouns the best way you can!
Benin's physical geography is kinda like a Minecraft world with many biomes haha
+Joshua Takahashi stfu
+John Smith have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon?
Joshua Takahashi
wat
+John Smith or asked the grinning bob cat why he grins?
+Joshua Takahashi You are original man! hahaha
Great vid Paul!!!
O my God. this chinese man knows our History more than some benineses... I am proudly ADJA. Benin and Togo are the same.. french colonisators separeted us.
Chinese?
Victor Gabriel well just by looking at him, he does look like he has some Oriental ancestry of some sort. Why are you surprised?
fdfxd2 For some, Chinese is used interchangeably with people with Oriental heritage. It's not a big deal.
He doesn’t sound oriental at all. He’s an American.
I'm happy the french came they contributed to the language and taught french!
These videos are great, good job mate
I´ve Benin Benin :D
Highdiverdd awesome
I love how you explain all of this :)!!Its like LOL!And when you were like telling about the Sahara and the other part that so funny!Im gonna use this videos to teach people about countries there very funny and educational
Good job 😀
Yeah
Hey partisan.
Kisssss his assssssssss
Albania for the win
*****
remove shqip remove shqip
XD
Paul & team, you are wonderful!
I think I watched the intro so, So many times!!!! Makes me laugh every time XD
Thanks for this video my Dad is part from Benin and this means a lot
Damn that Savannah sure has sass. You might call it... Sassannah!!! No...? Okay
10/10
Talking countries, and now talking biomes. WHY NOT. XD
Sassannah Republic
The best
You make geography fun and funny. I love this channel
A small comment at about 3:27... 'M' (upper case 'm') is NOT the symbol for meters.. 'm' (lower case 'm') is. 'M' is for 'mega' (as in Mm is 1000000 meters).
Thanks!
my best youtube channel ever... this guy's killing it
I'm just here for the Korea videos that are coming out in like 18 million years.
*70 years later*
Yup...
Still waiting...
Benin:Macroeconomic performance
Real GDP growth was estimated at 6.0% in 2018, compared to 5.4% in 2017, due to the good performance of agriculture, particularly cotton (+ 5.6%), the industrial sector ( + 6.7%), driven by ginneries (+ 18%) and construction and public works (+ 8.5%). The services sector grew by 7.5% thanks to the dynamism of transport, postal services and telecommunications (+ 10.6%), banks and other financial institutions (+ 9.5%), trade and food industries and hotel (+ 6.9%). On the demand side, growth was driven mainly by final consumption (+ 3.6%). The trade deficit narrowed slightly, from 9.1% of GDP in 2017 to 8.3%.
The budget deficit (including grants) was reduced to 4.7 percent of GDP in 2018, compared to 5.9 percent in 2017, thanks to revenue mobilization (1.2 percent of GDP) and cuts in current expenditures. Domestic debt (60% of total public debt) represented 30.9% of GDP and the risk of over-indebtedness rose from low to moderate. Benin has a common monetary policy put in place by the Central Bank of West African States. The inflation rate rose from 0.1% in 2017 to 1.6% in 2018, according to estimates.
Outlook: Positive and Negative Factors
Real GDP growth is expected to be 6.3% in 2019 and 6.8% in 2020. Growth in the raw materials sector is expected to reach 5.7% in 2019, driven mainly by the cotton sector . Industrial growth is expected to increase by 13.3% in 2019, driven by construction and public works (25% growth) and electricity and water, which are expected to grow by 8% when the Maria Power Plant -Gléta of 120 MW will go into production. The fiscal deficit is expected to stabilize at 2.6% of GDP in 2019 and 1.9% in 2020. Total public debt is projected to fall to 53 3% of GDP in 2019 and 48.9% in 2020.
As part of the 2017-2025 Agricultural Sector Strategic Plan and the 2017-2021 National Agricultural Investment, Food and Nutrition Security Plan, seven agricultural development clusters were created in 2017.
Africa Stats
When's the Bhutan video coming out?
Can't wait....
Let's get this episode to 1 million views!
6:24 Almost the flag.
if memory serves correct, namibia's borders have been like that since it was established as a colony of imperial germany.
The real Benin is inside Nigeria Benin city, Oba hatoKpere ise!!!
Your channel's growing so fast! Keep it up, I remember when u had 3,000 subs and you were working 2 jobs (:
My father comes from Benin😹
This stuff is great man. But it would be awesome if national geographic wanted you to do a 30 minute show of each country. That way you could get more in-depth, because I want to know more about each country.
1. Cape Verde in the southern part of Africa? 5:55
2. *avons 9:58
BossomeGamer 1:20 "La plupart du temps" "La" is missing :) #frenchgrammarnazis
I love your channel!!!