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Burkina Faso: Government consumption (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1959–2025 · 67 observations · gcons_GDP

2025
17.2%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−1.5 pointsfrom 18.8%
Average, 2016–2025
19.0%10 years
Record high and low
26.1% (1994)low 6.68% (1967)

Government consumption (% of GDP)

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Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202517.2
202418.8
202320.0
202221.0
202120.2
202019.8
201920.5
201818.4
201717.7
201616.5

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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