Benin — Combined government expenditure (% of GDP)

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

About this series

Combined government expenditure records government expense plus net investment in nonfinancial assets within the source series' coverage. It is a flow over the period. 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 expenditure reading was 18.5% of GDP in 2025, compared with 18.1% of GDP in 2024. The period change was +0.42 percentage points.

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Latest observations

2017–2030

PeriodValue
203020.4 % of GDP
202920 % of GDP
202819.6 % of GDP
202719.3 % of GDP
202618.7 % of GDP
9 earlier values, back to 2017
202518.5 % of GDP
202418.1 % of GDP
202319.2 % of GDP
202219.9 % of GDP
202119.9 % of GDP
202019.1 % of GDP
201914.3 % of GDP
201816.5 % of GDP
201717.7 % of GDP
Data release 2026_08_27_1049, published 30 Sept 2026.