Benin — Combined government deficit (% of GDP)

% of GDP · Annual · 1965–2030 · 66 observations

About this series

The combined government deficit series records the period's fiscal balance under the source's accounting and sign convention. A deficit indicates a shortfall; the series is a flow, not a debt stock. WED's combined-government scope requires source metadata. This series expresses that measure as a percentage of GDP for the matching period.

In Benin, the combined government deficit reading was −2.9% of GDP in 2025, compared with −3.06% of GDP in 2024. The period change was +0.16 percentage points.

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Latest observations

2017–2030

PeriodValue
2030-2.9 % of GDP
2029-2.9 % of GDP
2028-2.9 % of GDP
2027-2.9 % of GDP
2026-2.9 % of GDP
9 earlier values, back to 2017
2025-2.9 % of GDP
2024-3.06 % of GDP
2023-4.13 % of GDP
2022-5.55 % of GDP
2021-5.71 % of GDP
2020-4.68 % of GDP
2019-0.53 % of GDP
2018-2.96 % of GDP
2017-4.18 % of GDP
Data release 2026_08_27_1049, published 30 Sept 2026.