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Burkina Faso: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1954–2025 · 67 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2025
24.6%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−3.0 pointsfrom 27.5%
Average, 2016–2025
25.9%10 years
Record high and low
44.0% (1983)low 6.27% (1954)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202524.6
202427.5
202328.7
202232.2
202126.3
202024.9
201923.3
201824.1
201726.2
201621.5

Sources

  • Mitchell1954–2010
  • Central Bank of West African States1961–2024
  • African Development Bank1980–2025
  • AFRISTAT1990–2022
  • World Development Indicators2002–2023
  • 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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