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Benin: Government debt (% of GDP)

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

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

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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