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Benin: Central government revenue (% of GDP)

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

2025
15.1%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.2 pointsfrom 15.3%
Average, 2016–2025
14.1%10 years
Record high and low
20.0% (1982)low 2.10% (1966)

Central government revenue (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202515.1
202415.3
202315.0
202214.3
202114.1
202014.4
201914.1
201813.6
201713.6
201611.1

Sources

  • Central Bank of West African States1965–2024
  • Mitchell1975–2010
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1977–1979
  • World Development Indicators1977–1979
  • African Development Bank1980–2025
  • AFRISTAT1990–2022

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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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