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Burkina Faso: Government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1970–2024 · 55 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govdebt_GDP

2024
57.2%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+0.4 pointsfrom 56.8%
Average, 2015–2024
45.0%10 years
Record high and low
59.2% (2022)low 2.23% (1970)

Government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203146.4Forecast
203046.4Forecast
202946.6Forecast
202846.9Forecast
202747.1Forecast
202648.8Forecast
202552.0Forecast
202457.2
202356.8
202259.2
202155.5
202043.6
201941.7
201838.1
201733.9
201632.9
201531.3

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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