Benin recorded a Government Budget deficit equal to 3.70 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2024. Government Budget in Benin averaged -3.18 percent of GDP from 2002 until 2024, reaching an all time high of 0.20 percent of GDP in 2007 and a record low of -6.50 percent of GDP in 2015. source: African Development Bank Group
Government Budget in Benin is expected to reach -3.00 percent of GDP by the end of 2025, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Benin Government Budget is projected to trend around -2.90 percent of GDP in 2026 and -2.70 percent of GDP in 2027, according to our econometric models.