Budget balance — all countries

Budget balance — Benin

Budget balance in Benin in 2031 — -2.9%. Ranked 113 in the world out of 188. Since 1989, the indicator has fallen by 3.8 pp.

2031 -2.9% +0 pp vs 2030
World rank 113of 188
Period maximum 2.5%1998
Period minimum -5.6%2015

Trend over time

1989–2031 · % of GDP

Budget balance — Benin, 1989–2031-7.5-5-2.502.51989199419992004200920142019202420291989: 0.9%1990: -3.2%1991: -3.1%1992: -2.7%1993: -0.6%1994: -2.1%1995: -2.6%1996: -0.1%1997: 0.6%1998: 2.5%1999: 1.9%2000: -3.7%2001: -3.3%2002: -3.3%2003: -1.1%2004: -0.7%2005: -1.5%2006: -0.1%2007: 0.2%2008: 0%2009: -2.2%2010: -0.3%2011: -1%2012: -0.2%2013: -1.4%2014: -1.7%2015: -5.6%2016: -4.3%2017: -4.2%2018: -3%2019: -0.5%2020: -4.7%2021: -2.5%2022: -5.6%2023: -4.1%2024: -3.1%2025: -2.9%2026: -2.9%2027: -2.9%2028: -2.9%2029: -2.9%2030: -2.9%2031: -2.9%
Change over the period: −3.8 pp Annual average: -0.09 pp

Comparison, 2031

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

Benin -2.9%
World computed -4.85%
Sub-Saharan Africa computed -3.08%
Western Africa computed -2.26%
Budget balance — Benin, by year Benin All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2031 -2.9 +0 pp
2030 -2.9 +0 pp
2029 -2.9 +0 pp
2028 -2.9 +0 pp
2027 -2.9 +0 pp
2026 -2.9 +0 pp
2025 -2.9 +0.2 pp
2024 -3.1 +1 pp
2023 -4.1 +1.5 pp
2022 -5.6 −3.1 pp
2021 -2.5 +2.2 pp
2020 -4.7 −4.2 pp
2019 -0.5 +2.5 pp
2018 -3 +1.2 pp
2017 -4.2 +0.1 pp
2016 -4.3 +1.3 pp
2015 -5.6 −3.9 pp
2014 -1.7 −0.3 pp
2013 -1.4 −1.2 pp
2012 -0.2 +0.8 pp
2011 -1 −0.7 pp
2010 -0.3 +1.9 pp
2009 -2.2 −2.2 pp
2008 0 −0.2 pp
2007 0.2 +0.3 pp
2006 -0.1 +1.4 pp
2005 -1.5 −0.8 pp
2004 -0.7 +0.4 pp
2003 -1.1 +2.2 pp
2002 -3.3 +0 pp
2001 -3.3 +0.4 pp
2000 -3.7 −5.6 pp
1999 1.9 −0.6 pp
1998 2.5 +1.9 pp
1997 0.6 +0.7 pp
1996 -0.1 +2.5 pp
1995 -2.6 −0.5 pp
1994 -2.1 −1.5 pp
1993 -0.6 +2.1 pp
1992 -2.7 +0.4 pp
1991 -3.1 +0.1 pp
1990 -3.2 −4.1 pp
1989 0.9

About the indicator

Net lending or net borrowing of general government as a percent of GDP — what is commonly called the budget deficit, taken with a plus sign when there is a surplus. General government includes regions, local authorities and extrabudgetary funds, so the quantity is fuller than the balance of the central budget alone. The IMF series runs with a forecast several years ahead.

Important: Negative values are deficits. Accumulated deficits are what government debt is, so the two indicators are worth looking at together: a country can live with a deficit for years and carry a small debt all the same, if its economy grows faster.

Source: World Economic Outlook (IMF), license IMF open data.