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Burkina Faso: Gross capital formation (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1959–2025 · 67 observations · forecasts to 2031 · inv_GDP

2025
21.4%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−5.7 pointsfrom 27.1%
Average, 2016–2025
20.6%10 years
Record high and low
27.2% (1994)low 3.49% (1967)

Gross capital formation (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203117.8Forecast
203017.8Forecast
202917.9Forecast
202818.1Forecast
202718.3Forecast
202619.5Forecast
202521.4
202427.1
202322.5
202218.1
202115.5
202017.2
201919.8
201821.7
201722.1
201620.8

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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