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Burkina Faso: Current account (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1968–2024 · 57 observations · forecasts to 2031 · CA_GDP

2024
−3.97%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+1.1 pointsfrom −5.06%
Average, 2015–2024
−3.94%10 years
Record high and low
4.19% (2020)low −12.9% (1977)

Current account (% of GDP)

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-15%-10%-5%0%5%10%1970198019902000201020202030Burkina FasoBurkina Faso
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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
20315.45Forecast
20305.11Forecast
20296.04Forecast
20286.92Forecast
20278.43Forecast
20268.59Forecast
20256.71Forecast
2024-3.97
2023-5.06
2022-7.54
20210.392
20204.19
2019-3.27
2018-4.18
2017-6.35
2016-6.08
2015-7.57

Sources

  • Central Bank of West African States1968–1995
  • WDI (archive)1974–1994
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2023
  • IMF International Financial Statistics2005–2024
  • World Development Indicators2005–2024
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2023–2031

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Burkina Faso documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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