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Benin: Government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1965–2024 · 60 observations · forecasts to 2031 · 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 −17.1% (1984)

Government deficit (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2031-2.90Forecast
2030-2.90Forecast
2029-2.90Forecast
2028-2.90Forecast
2027-2.90Forecast
2026-2.90Forecast
2025-2.90Forecast
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

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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