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Burkina Faso: Central government tax revenue (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1961–2024 · 64 observations · cgovtax_GDP

2024
18.6%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+0.6 pointsfrom 18.0%
Average, 2015–2024
15.6%10 years
Record high and low
18.6% (2024)low 6.90% (1992)

Central government tax revenue (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202418.6
202318.0
202217.3
202115.4
202013.5
201915.7
201815.3
201715.1
201614.1
201513.3

Sources

  • Central Bank of West African States1961–2024
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1973–2024
  • 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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