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Burkina Faso: Government tax revenue (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1961–2024 · 64 observations · govtax_GDP

2024
18.7%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+0.1 pointsfrom 18.6%
Average, 2015–2024
15.9%10 years
Record high and low
18.7% (2024)low 6.90% (1992)

Government tax revenue (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202418.7
202318.6
202217.9
202116.1
202013.7
201915.7
201815.3
201715.1
201614.1
201513.3

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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