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Benin - Government Debt to GDP 2006

Name: Benin Government Debt to GDP 2006
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General government gross debt as % of GDP · IMF WEO

8.37% −18.61% from 2005 Global rank: 15th

Benin's government debt to gdp was 8.37% in 2006, decreased +18.61% from 26.98% in 2005. This was the 15th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2006▾

Government Debt to GDP by Country - 2006
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Brunei Darussalam	0.59%	-
2nd	Equatorial Guinea	1.22%	-57.2%
3rd	Hong Kong SAR, China	1.42%	-17.1%
4th	Turkmenistan	4.23%	-38.0%
5th	Estonia	4.72%	-0.3%
6th	Chile	5.02%	-28.7%
7th	United Arab Emirates	5.05%	12.7%
8th	Azerbaijan	5.30%	-22.7%
9th	Botswana	6.14%	-17.7%
10th	Kazakhstan	6.68%	-17.6%
11th	Nigeria	6.68%	-50.3%
12th	Oman	7.56%	-9.8%
13th	Kuwait	7.79%	-23.6%
14th	Luxembourg	8.21%	3.2%
15th	Benin	8.37%	-69.0%
16th	Russian Federation	9.80%	-34.0%
17th	Australia	9.94%	-8.5%
18th	Latvia	10.66%	-14.8%
19th	Belarus	12.27%	51.3%
20th	Romania	12.69%	-28.6%
21st	Kiribati	12.87%	6.2%
22nd	Uzbekistan	13.54%	-35.6%
23rd	Qatar	13.95%	-27.1%
24th	San Marino	14.15%	-2.2%
25th	Eswatini	14.67%	8.2%
26th	Ukraine	14.80%	-16.6%
27th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	15.22%	-17.0%
28th	Angola	16.73%	-44.0%
29th	Andorra	17.17%	16.3%
30th	Ghana	17.29%	-45.4%
31st	Lithuania	17.30%	-2.0%
32nd	Tanzania	17.44%	-31.2%
33rd	Trinidad and Tobago	17.47%	-15.5%
34th	Senegal	17.49%	-51.6%
35th	Malawi	17.91%	-74.8%
36th	Mali	18.07%	-61.3%
37th	Niger	18.28%	-63.0%
38th	Cameroon	18.35%	-58.1%
39th	New Zealand	18.40%	-11.5%
40th	Armenia	18.72%	-23.3%
41st	West Bank and Gaza	19.25%	-19.8%
42nd	Bahrain	19.43%	-16.3%
43rd	Chad	20.08%	-8.6%
44th	Burkina Faso	20.09%	-48.8%
45th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	20.58%	-17.2%
46th	Guatemala	20.86%	4.2%
47th	Paraguay	20.97%	-25.9%
48th	Vanuatu	22.16%	-15.7%
49th	Algeria	22.47%	-11.4%
50th	Rwanda	22.49%	-61.8%
51st	Suriname	22.54%	-16.9%
52nd	Bulgaria	22.61%	-20.6%
53rd	Afghanistan	22.99%	-88.9%
54th	Bahamas, The	23.15%	0.9%
55th	Ireland	23.65%	-9.2%
56th	Zambia	25.01%	-67.0%
57th	China	25.17%	-2.8%
58th	Micronesia, Federated States of	25.40%	1.6%
59th	Saudi Arabia	25.83%	-30.8%
60th	Papua New Guinea	25.98%	-17.7%
61st	Namibia	26.14%	-2.8%
62nd	Slovenia	26.21%	-1.4%
63rd	Zimbabwe	26.69%	19.3%
64th	Cambodia	26.73%	-15.6%
65th	Korea	27.04%	8.5%
66th	Czechia	27.57%	-0.4%
67th	Uganda	27.76%	-34.8%
68th	South Africa	28.03%	-5.4%
69th	Georgia	28.28%	-19.9%
70th	Palau	28.63%	-6.0%
71st	Viet Nam	30.25%	5.5%
72nd	North Macedonia	30.59%	-16.6%
73rd	Slovak Republic	31.53%	-9.9%
74th	Haiti	32.16%	8.3%
75th	Madagascar	32.23%	-56.7%
76th	Costa Rica	33.04%	-11.5%
77th	Ecuador	33.09%	-7.5%
78th	Denmark	33.19%	-15.7%
79th	Puerto Rico (US)	33.45%	-
80th	Samoa	33.50%	-1.9%
81st	Gabon	34.88%	-16.3%
82nd	Peru	34.94%	-13.4%
83rd	Moldova	34.98%	-13.5%
84th	Bangladesh	35.33%	-0.6%
85th	Mexico	35.78%	-2.9%
86th	Indonesia	35.85%	-15.9%
87th	Colombia	35.97%	-6.7%
88th	Dominican Republic	36.02%	-6.0%
89th	Montenegro	36.75%	-4.9%
90th	Maldives	36.78%	-14.9%
91st	Tajikistan	36.81%	-19.7%
92nd	Serbia	37.04%	-26.1%
93rd	Kenya	37.07%	-0.9%
94th	Tuvalu	37.48%	0.2%
95th	Mauritania	38.00%	-46.5%
96th	Finland	38.01%	-4.7%
97th	Croatia	38.37%	-6.2%
98th	Comoros	38.48%	-3.5%
99th	Spain	39.02%	-8.0%
100th	Thailand	39.18%	-13.8%
101st	Honduras	39.20%	-29.5%
102nd	Tonga	39.55%	-8.8%
103rd	Malaysia	39.66%	-2.7%
104th	Mozambique	40.03%	-33.4%
105th	Yemen, Republic of	40.84%	-6.8%
106th	Mongolia	40.94%	-
107th	United Kingdom	42.06%	2.6%
108th	Solomon Islands	42.31%	-5.3%
109th	Nepal	42.87%	-5.0%
110th	Lesotho	43.73%	6.7%
111th	Sweden	43.84%	-10.3%
112th	Türkiye	44.02%	-12.0%
113th	Marshall Islands	44.36%	-3.1%
114th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	44.72%	-11.4%
115th	Netherlands	44.96%	-9.3%
116th	Syrian Arab Republic	44.98%	-11.3%
117th	Aruba	45.52%	0.9%
118th	Tunisia	45.72%	-8.5%
119th	Pakistan	46.19%	-3.5%
120th	Central African Republic	46.75%	-54.6%
121st	Poland	47.10%	1.3%
122nd	St. Lucia	47.96%	-4.9%
123rd	Switzerland	48.47%	-11.7%
124th	Fiji	50.33%	11.0%
125th	Morocco	50.64%	-7.5%
126th	Nicaragua	51.16%	-23.2%
127th	El Salvador	52.56%	13.6%
128th	Norway	52.59%	24.2%
129th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	54.38%	-33.8%
130th	Panama	54.72%	-7.7%
131st	Mauritius	55.31%	-5.1%
132nd	Albania	56.69%	-2.6%
133rd	Philippines	57.19%	-11.6%
134th	Côte d'Ivoire	57.47%	-1.2%
135th	Cyprus	59.03%	-7.8%
136th	Lao PDR	60.01%	-18.0%
137th	Uruguay	61.06%	-7.7%
138th	Sierra Leone	61.88%	-21.5%
139th	Sudan	63.71%	-15.6%
140th	Hungary	64.49%	6.5%
141st	United States	64.53%	-1.9%
142nd	Malta	64.55%	-8.0%
143rd	Brazil	64.60%	-3.5%
144th	France	65.40%	-4.1%
145th	Jordan	65.64%	-18.4%
146th	Cabo Verde	66.20%	-0.8%
147th	Germany	66.40%	-1.1%
148th	Barbados	67.74%	2.2%
149th	Togo	67.74%	7.4%
150th	Austria	68.18%	-1.8%
151st	Iceland	69.83%	3.1%
152nd	Canada	69.92%	-1.0%
153rd	Argentina	70.79%	-11.8%
154th	Belize	71.37%	-1.9%
155th	Kyrgyz Republic	73.36%	-14.4%
156th	Portugal	73.68%	2.0%
157th	Sri Lanka	74.29%	-3.0%
158th	Guyana	74.50%	-17.9%
159th	Dominica	77.36%	-5.7%
160th	Israel	77.65%	-8.9%
161st	India	77.89%	-5.4%
162nd	Antigua and Barbuda	79.12%	-4.5%
163rd	Bhutan	80.12%	-0.9%
164th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	85.92%	-12.6%
165th	Singapore	86.52%	-6.6%
166th	Gambia, The	87.34%	5.7%
167th	Belgium	91.49%	-3.8%
168th	Grenada	92.92%	6.4%
169th	Congo, Republic of	94.73%	-5.0%
170th	Guinea	95.22%	-2.8%
171st	Myanmar	103.10%	-13.3%
172nd	Greece	105.33%	-4.1%
173rd	Italy	106.26%	0.1%
174th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	107.55%	-4.0%
175th	Jamaica	114.16%	-6.1%
176th	Burundi	130.26%	-4.9%
177th	Seychelles	135.07%	-6.2%
178th	St. Kitts and Nevis	140.35%	7.9%
179th	Iraq	143.17%	-37.0%
180th	Japan	174.14%	-0.3%
181st	Lebanon	183.29%	2.4%
182nd	Guinea-Bissau	190.41%	-6.5%
183rd	Eritrea	199.05%	-3.1%
184th	São Tomé and Principe	283.18%	-15.3%
185th	Liberia	450.96%	-7.7%

FAQ

What was Benin's government debt to gdp in 2006?▾

Benin's government debt to gdp in 2006 was 8.37%. This ranked 15th globally.

How did Benin's government debt to gdp change in 2006?▾

Benin's government debt to gdp decreased by 69.0% in 2006 compared to 2005.

Which country had the highest government debt to gdp in 2006?▾

Liberia had the highest government debt to gdp in 2006 at 450.96%.

What is the government debt to gdp of Benin in 2006?▾

The government debt to gdp of Benin in 2006 was 8.37%. This ranked 15th globally.

How does 2006 compare to 2005 for Benin's government debt to gdp?▾

Benin's government debt to gdp went from 26.98% in 2005 to 8.37% in 2006, a 69.0% decrease.

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