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Benin: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1965–2025 · 61 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2025
18.6%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.4 pointsfrom 19.0%
Average, 2016–2025
18.0%10 years
Record high and low
27.7% (1984)low 2.61% (1967)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202518.6
202419.0
202319.2
202219.8
202119.9
202019.1
201914.6
201816.5
201717.9
201615.5

Sources

  • Central Bank of West African States1965–2024
  • Mitchell1977–2010
  • African Development Bank1980–2025
  • AFRISTAT1990–2022

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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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