Benin: Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Name: Benin: Central government deficit (% of GDP)
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Percent of GDP · 1965–2025 · 61 observations · cgovdef_GDP

2025: −2.80%percent of GDP
Change on 2024: +1.6 pointsfrom −4.37%
Average, 2016–2025: −4.63%10 years
Record high and low: 0.176% (1971)low −17.1% (1984)

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Percent of GDP

Year	Value
2025	-2.80
2024	-4.37
2023	-4.93
2022	-6.00
2021	-6.66
2020	-6.41
2019	-1.65
2018	-3.50
2017	-5.07
2016	-4.86

Sources

Central Bank of West African States1965–2024
Mitchell1977–2010
African Development Bank1980–2025
Franc Zone1991–2019

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Benin documentation (PDF)

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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