Title: Cash surplus/deficit (% of GDP) for Benin Series ID: CASHBLBJA188A Source: World Bank Release: World Development Indicators (Not a Press Release) Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted Frequency: Annual Units: Percent of GDP Date Range: 2001-01-01 to 2011-01-01 Last Updated: 2018-11-21 1:31 PM CST Notes: Cash surplus or deficit is revenue (including grants) minus expense, minus net acquisition of nonfinancial assets. In the 1986 GFS manual nonfinancial assets were included under revenue and expenditure in gross terms. This cash surplus or deficit is closest to the earlier overall budget balance (still missing is lending minus repayments, which are now a financing item under net acquisition of financial assets). World Bank sources: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates. Source Indicator: GC.BAL.CASH.GD.ZS DATE VALUE 2001-01-01 0.6480289741089400 2002-01-01 -0.0691435469496148 2003-01-01 -1.8337192408244300 2004-01-01 0.9191979866640710 2005-01-01 -0.6172303193454700 2006-01-01 0.2512240537828970 2007-01-01 . 2008-01-01 -0.3283039888631570 2009-01-01 -4.5195711560837300 2010-01-01 -1.0309036715405900 2011-01-01 -1.4285987861531600