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Benin: Government deficit

Millions of local currency · 1965–2024 · 60 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govdef

2024
−399 billionlocal currency

Government deficit

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Recent values

Millions of local currency

YearValue
2031-681,212Forecast
2030-629,709Forecast
2029-582,002Forecast
2028-535,676Forecast
2027-492,578Forecast
2026-452,470Forecast
2025-414,581Forecast
2024-399,120
2023-492,851
2022-602,931
2021-248,136
2020-421,772
2019-45,499
2018-235,605
2017-310,039
2016-300,428
2015-373,862

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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