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Burkina Faso: Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1954–2025 · 66 observations · cgovdef_GDP

2025
−3.73%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+2.8 pointsfrom −6.51%
Average, 2016–2025
−7.40%10 years
Record high and low
2.55% (1975)low −31.1% (1983)

Central government deficit (% of GDP)

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-35%-30%-25%-20%-15%-10%-5%0%5%1960197019801990200020102020Burkina FasoBurkina Faso, 1954: -1.48%Burkina Faso
Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2025-3.73
2024-6.51
2023-8.29
2022-12.9
2021-8.43
2020-8.63
2019-4.12
2018-6.76
2017-9.25
2016-5.34

Sources

  • Mitchell1954–2010
  • Central Bank of West African States1961–2024
  • African Development Bank1980–2025
  • Franc Zone1991–2019
  • World Development Indicators2002–2024
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2020–2024

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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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