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Benin: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1965–2024 · 60 observations · forecasts to 2031 · 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
27.7% (1984)low 2.61% (1967)

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

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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