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Government consumption (% of GDP) — Benin

Government consumption (% of GDP) in Benin in 2025 — 8.9%. Ranked 120 in the world out of 132. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 1.3 pp.

2025 8.9% −0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 120of 132
Period maximum 17.6%1990
Period minimum 7.8%2002

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Government consumption (% of GDP) — Benin, 1960–20257.51012.51517.52019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 10.2%1962: 10.8%1964: 9.1%1966: 8.2%1968: 9%1970: 9.7%1972: 10.1%1974: 8.6%1976: 8.6%1978: 8.3%1980: 8.6%1982: 10.5%1984: 13.6%1986: 15.3%1988: 13.2%1990: 17.6%1992: 15.8%1994: 15.6%1996: 13.5%1998: 13.1%2000: 8.1%2002: 7.8%2004: 8.8%2006: 9.7%2008: 10.2%2010: 11.2%2012: 11.1%2014: 10.2%2016: 10.3%2018: 10.4%2020: 11.4%2022: 10.1%2024: 9%2025: 8.9%
Change over the period: −1.3 pp Annual average: -0.02 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Benin

Benin 8.9%
Sub-Saharan Africa 17%
Western Africa computed 12.3%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 11.6%
Government consumption (% of GDP) — Benin, by year Benin All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 8.9 −0.1 pp
2024 9 −0.5 pp
2023 9.5 −0.6 pp
2022 10.1 −0 pp
2021 10.1 −1.3 pp
2020 11.4 +1.1 pp
2019 10.3 −0.1 pp
2018 10.4 −0.1 pp
2017 10.5 +0.2 pp
2016 10.3 −1.1 pp
2015 11.4 +1.2 pp
2014 10.2 −0.9 pp
2013 11 −0.1 pp
2012 11.1 +0.1 pp
2011 11 −0.2 pp
2010 11.2 −0.1 pp
2009 11.3 +1.1 pp
2008 10.2 +0.7 pp
2007 9.6 −0.1 pp
2006 9.7 +0.7 pp
2005 9 +0.2 pp
2004 8.8 −0 pp
2003 8.8 +1 pp
2002 7.8 −0.3 pp
2001 8.1 +0 pp
2000 8.1 −0.1 pp
1999 8.1 −5 pp
1998 13.1 −0.1 pp
1997 13.2 −0.3 pp
1996 13.5 −0.9 pp
1995 14.4 −1.2 pp
1994 15.6 +0.4 pp
1993 15.3 −0.5 pp
1992 15.8 −0.4 pp
1991 16.2 −1.4 pp
1990 17.6 +6.5 pp
1989 11.1 −2.1 pp
1988 13.2 −2.4 pp
1987 15.5 +0.3 pp
1986 15.3 −0.1 pp
1985 15.4 +1.7 pp
1984 13.6 −0.8 pp
1983 14.4 +3.9 pp
1982 10.5 +1.3 pp
1981 9.2 +0.5 pp
1980 8.6 +0.6 pp
1979 8 −0.3 pp
1978 8.3 +0 pp
1977 8.3 −0.3 pp
1976 8.6 −0.7 pp
1975 9.3 +0.6 pp
1974 8.6 −1.3 pp
1973 10 −0.2 pp
1972 10.1 +0.1 pp
1971 10 +0.3 pp
1970 9.7 +0.8 pp
1969 8.9 −0.1 pp
1968 9 −0.2 pp
1967 9.2 +1 pp
1966 8.2 −0.6 pp
1965 8.8 −0.3 pp
1964 9.1 −1.5 pp
1963 10.6 −0.2 pp
1962 10.8 +0.7 pp
1961 10.2 +0 pp
1960 10.2 —

Western Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

CV Cabo Verde 22.9 BF Burkina Faso 17.8 GN Guinea 16.7 MR Mauritania 16 GW Guinea-Bissau 15.5 SN Senegal 15.4 ML Mali 13.1 NE Niger 12.2 GM Gambia 10.2 BJ Benin 8.9 CI Côte d'Ivoire 8.7 SL Sierra Leone 5.9
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About the indicator

General government final consumption expenditure as a percent of GDP: compensation of public employees, purchases of goods and services for delivering public services, and spending on defense and security. It leaves out public investment and social transfers, so the indicator is lower than the overall size of the budget.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.

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