Benin Government Debt to GDP

Benin recorded a government debt equivalent to 22.10 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2017. Government Debt to GDP in Benin averaged 27.72 percent from 2000 until 2017, reaching an all time high of 58.20 percent in 2001 and a record low of 10.50 percent in 2007.

Government Debt to GDP in Benin is expected to be 23.00 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Benin Government Debt to GDP is projected to trend around 24.60 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Benin Government	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Government Debt to GDP	22.10	22.40	58.20	10.50	percent	[+]
Government Budget	-4.70	-5.90	0.20	-6.50	percent of GDP	[+]
Military Expenditure	84.00	116.00	116.00	14.00	USD Million	[+]
Credit Rating	30.00					[+]

Generally, Government debt as a percent of GDP is used by investors to measure a country ability to make future payments on its debt, thus affecting the country borrowing costs and government bond yields. This page provides - Benin Government Debt To GDP - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Benin Government Debt to GDP - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on May of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	22.10	22.40	58.20	10.50	2000 - 2017	percent	Yearly

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Japan	253.00	Dec/17	250	253 : 50.6	%
Italy	132.20	Dec/18	131	132 : 90.5	%
Singapore	112.20	Dec/18	111	112 : 67.4	%
United States	105.40	Dec/17	106	119 : 31.7	%
France	98.40	Dec/18	98.4	98.4 : 20.7	%
Spain	97.10	Dec/18	98.1	100 : 16.6	%
Canada	90.60	Dec/18	89.7	101 : 45.1	%
Argentina	86.20	Dec/18	56.6	167 : 34.5	%
Euro Area	85.10	Dec/18	87.1	92 : 65	%
United Kingdom	84.70	Dec/18	85.1	85.1 : 21.8	%
Brazil	77.22	Dec/18	74.07	77.22 : 51.27	%
India	68.70	Dec/17	69.6	84.2 : 66	%
Germany	60.90	Dec/18	64.5	81.8 : 54.8	%
South Africa	55.80	Dec/18	53.1	55.8 : 27.8	%
Netherlands	52.40	Dec/18	57	73.1 : 43	%
China	47.60	Dec/17	44.3	47.6 : 20.4	%
Mexico	46.00	Dec/18	46	48.2 : 17.9	%
Australia	40.70	Dec/18	40.7	40.7 : 9.7	%
South Korea	36.60	Dec/18	36.3	39.9 : 8.24	%
Indonesia	29.80	Dec/18	28.7	87.43 : 22.96	%
Switzerland	29.70	Dec/17	29.1	48.9 : 25.1	%
Turkey	28.30	Dec/17	28.3	76.1 : 27.6	%
Saudi Arabia	19.10	Dec/18	17.2	104 : 1.6	%
Russia	13.50	Dec/17	12.9	92.1 : 6.5	%