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Benin: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1989–2024 · 36 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govexp_GDP

2024
18.2%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−1.1 pointsfrom 19.3%
Average, 2015–2024
17.9%10 years
Record high and low
20.2% (1995)low 10.7% (1999)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203120.7Forecast
203020.4Forecast
202920.0Forecast
202819.6Forecast
202719.3Forecast
202618.8Forecast
202518.5Forecast
202418.2
202319.3
202220.0
202120.0
202019.1
201914.3
201816.5
201717.7
201615.4
201518.2

Sources

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

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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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