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Burkina Faso: General government revenue (% of GDP)

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

2024
22.0%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−0.5 pointsfrom 22.5%
Average, 2015–2024
20.2%10 years
Record high and low
36.2% (2006)low 10.3% (1985)

General government revenue (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203121.9Forecast
203021.8Forecast
202921.6Forecast
202821.5Forecast
202721.2Forecast
202621.2Forecast
202522.5Forecast
202422.0
202322.5
202222.0
202120.4
202019.3
201920.0
201819.8
201719.3
201618.6
201518.3

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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