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Burkina Faso: Central government revenue (% of GDP)

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

2025
21.4%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.9 pointsfrom 22.3%
Average, 2016–2025
20.5%10 years
Record high and low
32.7% (1982)low 4.64% (1954)

Central government revenue (% of GDP)

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0%5%10%15%20%25%30%35%1960197019801990200020102020Burkina FasoBurkina Faso, 1954: 4.64%Burkina Faso
Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202521.4
202422.3
202322.0
202221.5
202120.4
202019.4
201920.6
201819.8
201719.3
201618.5

Sources

  • Mitchell1954–2010
  • Central Bank of West African States1961–2024
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1973–2024
  • African Development Bank1980–2025
  • AFRISTAT1990–2022
  • World Development Indicators2002–2024

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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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