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Benin: General government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1970–2024 · 55 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdebt_GDP

2024
60.5%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−0.8 pointsfrom 61.3%
Average, 2015–2024
47.1%10 years
Record high and low
78.7% (1994)low 4.81% (1972)

General government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203150.3Forecast
203051.1Forecast
202952.0Forecast
202853.2Forecast
202755.6Forecast
202657.2Forecast
202557.3Forecast
202460.5
202361.3
202259.7
202155.6
202046.1
201940.4
201840.8
201739.4
201635.9
201530.9

Sources

  • IMF Historical Public Debt Database1970–2015
  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1989–2023
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1998–2024
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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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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