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Benin: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1970–2024 · 55 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

2024
54.0%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−0.9 pointsfrom 54.9%
Average, 2015–2024
44.8%10 years
Record high and low
64.6% (1994)low 3.86% (1972)

Central government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202454.0
202354.9
202254.2
202150.3
202046.1
201941.2
201841.1
201739.6
201635.9
201530.9

Sources

  • IMF Global Debt Database1970–2024
  • AFRISTAT2021–2022

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Benin documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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