Burkina Faso: General government deficit (% of GDP)

Name: Burkina Faso: General government deficit (% of GDP)
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Percent of GDP · 1985–2024 · 40 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdef_GDP

2024: −5.84%percent of GDP
Change on 2023: +1.1 pointsfrom −6.91%
Average, 2015–2024: −5.62%10 years
Record high and low: 14.3% (2006)low −10.9% (2022)

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Year	Value
2031	-3.00	Forecast
2030	-3.00	Forecast
2029	-3.00	Forecast
2028	-3.00	Forecast
2027	-3.04	Forecast
2026	-3.50	Forecast
2025	-3.54	Forecast
2024	-5.84
2023	-6.91
2022	-10.9
2021	-7.45
2020	-5.16
2019	-3.39
2018	-4.43
2017	-6.92
2016	-3.08
2015	-2.09

Sources

IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1985–2023
IMF World Economic Outlook1985–2024
IMF Government Finance Statistics2020–2024
IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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Burkina Faso documentation (PDF)

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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