Benin: General government deficit (% of GDP)

Name: Benin: General government deficit (% of GDP)
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Percent of GDP · 1989–2024 · 36 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdef_GDP

2024: −3.06%percent of GDP
Change on 2023: +1.1 pointsfrom −4.13%
Average, 2015–2024: −3.75%10 years
Record high and low: 2.50% (1998)low −5.55% (2022)

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Year	Value
2031	-2.90	Forecast
2030	-2.90	Forecast
2029	-2.90	Forecast
2028	-2.90	Forecast
2027	-2.90	Forecast
2026	-2.90	Forecast
2025	-2.90	Forecast
2024	-3.06
2023	-4.13
2022	-5.55
2021	-2.53
2020	-4.68
2019	-0.528
2018	-2.96
2017	-4.18
2016	-4.29
2015	-5.55

Sources

IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1989–2023
IMF World Economic Outlook1989–2024
IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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Benin documentation (PDF)

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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