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Benin General government total expenditure (% of GDP) Statistics

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Country or Region: Benin › Change country
Economic Indicator: General government total expenditure (% of GDP) › See all Benin indicators, › See General government total expenditure (% of GDP) data for all countries
Detailed Analysis for Year: 2010 › Change year
Full Dataset: from 1980 to 2016
Dataset updated: 1st August 2011
Data Source: International Monetary Fund (IMF)
National or Regional Currency: Central African Franc
Currency Symbol: XAF

Total expenditure consists of total expense and the net acquisition of nonfinancial assets. Note: Apart from being on an accrual basis, total expenditure differs from the GFSM 1986 definition of total expenditure in the sense that it also takes the disposals of nonfinancial assets into account. See notes for: General government total expenditure (National currency).

General government total expenditure (% of GDP) Statistics for Benin , Year 2010 - In Detail

General government total expenditure (% of GDP) for Benin in year 2010 is 20.215 %

This makes Benin No. 166 in world rankings according to General government total expenditure (% of GDP) in year 2010. The world's average General government total expenditure (% of GDP) value is 34.30 %; Benin is 14.09 less than the average.

In the previous year, 2009, General government total expenditure (% of GDP) for Benin was 24.84 % General government total expenditure (% of GDP) for Benin in 2010 was or will be 18.61% less than it was or will be in 2009.

In the following or forecasted year, 2011, General government total expenditure (% of GDP) for Benin was or will be 22.62 %, which is 11.90% more than the 2010 figure.

* Source: IMF
General government total expenditure (% of GDP) for Benin, in other Years
Year %
  2016 21.848
  2015 21.981
  2014 22.183
  2013 22.572
  2012 22.408
  2011 22.62
2010 20.215
  2009 24.836
  2008 21.223
  2007 23.255
  2006 19.305
  2005 21.15
  2004 20.396
  2003 20.53
  2002 22.728
  2001 22.639
  2000 23.279
  1999 19.319
  1998 18.117
  1997 21.118
  1996 22.093
  1995 24.583
  1994 22.557
  1993 19.936
  1992 22.399
  1991 20.968
  1990 22.059
  1989 n/a
  1988 n/a
  1987 n/a
  1986 n/a
  1985 n/a
  1984 n/a
  1983 n/a
  1982 n/a
  1981 n/a
  1980 n/a