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Burkina Faso: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1985–2024 · 40 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govexp_GDP

2024
27.8%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−1.6 pointsfrom 29.4%
Average, 2015–2024
25.8%10 years
Record high and low
32.9% (2022)low 11.5% (1985)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203124.9Forecast
203024.8Forecast
202924.6Forecast
202824.5Forecast
202724.2Forecast
202624.7Forecast
202526.1Forecast
202427.8
202329.4
202232.9
202127.8
202024.4
201923.3
201824.2
201726.3
201621.6
201520.4

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)

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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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