Benin — Combined government expenditure (% of GDP)
% of GDP · Annual · 1965–2031 · 67 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 18.2% of GDP in 2024. The period change was +0.25 percentage points.
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Latest observations
2018–2031
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2031 | 20.7 % of GDP |
| 2030 | 20.4 % of GDP |
| 2029 | 20 % of GDP |
| 2028 | 19.6 % of GDP |
| 2027 | 19.3 % of GDP |
9 earlier values, back to 2018
| 2026 | 18.8 % of GDP |
| 2025 | 18.5 % of GDP |
| 2024 | 18.2 % of GDP |
| 2023 | 19.3 % of GDP |
| 2022 | 20 % of GDP |
| 2021 | 20 % of GDP |
| 2020 | 19.1 % of GDP |
| 2019 | 14.3 % of GDP |
| 2018 | 16.5 % of GDP |