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Burkina Faso: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1954–2024 · 66 observations · forecasts to 2031 · 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
44.0% (1983)low 6.27% (1954)

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

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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