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Benin: Government consumption (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1959–2025 · 67 observations · gcons_GDP

2025
8.87%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.1 pointsfrom 9.01%
Average, 2016–2025
10.2%10 years
Record high and low
27.6% (1962)low 7.79% (2002)

Government consumption (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
20258.87
20249.01
20239.50
202210.1
202110.1
202011.4
201910.6
201810.8
201711.0
201610.3

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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