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Benin: Central government tax revenue (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1965–2024 · 60 observations · cgovtax_GDP

2024
13.2%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+0.3 pointsfrom 12.9%
Average, 2015–2024
11.0%10 years
Record high and low
13.9% (1982)low 1.60% (1966)

Central government tax revenue (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202413.2
202312.9
202212.2
202111.0
202010.5
201910.6
201810.2
20179.66
20169.15
201510.6

Sources

  • Central Bank of West African States1965–2024
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1976–1979
  • World Development Indicators1976–1979
  • 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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