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Burkina Faso Economic Indicators

Latest economic indicators and statistics for Burkina Faso.

Indicator Current Value Previous Value Frequency Period
GDP $23.25B $20.32B Yearly 2024
GDP Annual Growth Rate 4.99% 2.96% Yearly 2024
GDP per Capita $763.91 $744.17 Yearly 2024
GDP per Capita PPP $2,547.93 $2,482.07 Yearly 2024
R&D Expenditure (% GDP) 0.25% 0.25% Yearly 2021
Real GDP $17.99B $17.13B Yearly 2024
Annual Inflation Rate 4.19% 0.74% Yearly 2024
Annual Unemployment Rate 5.17% 5.35% Yearly 2024
Female Labor Force Rate 41.02% 41.29% Yearly 2024
Annual Exports $5.64B $4.46B Yearly 2024
Annual Imports $6.43B $5.88B Yearly 2024
Exports (% GDP) 28.49% 28.86% Yearly 2024
FDI Inflows (% GDP) 0.54% 3.56% Yearly 2023
Imports (% GDP) 34.94% 35.96% Yearly 2024
Net Trade (Goods & Services, BoP) -$922.32M -$947.07M Yearly 2023
Tariff Rate 11.44% 11.33% Yearly 2022
Trade (% GDP) 63.43% 64.82% Yearly 2024
Interest Rate 5.25% 5.25% Daily Jul 31, 2025
Private Credit (% GDP) 27.01% 31.58% Yearly 2024
Adult Literacy Rate 34.5% 37% Yearly 2022
Gini Index 37.4 points 43 points Yearly 2021
Happiness Index 4.38 points 4.55 points Yearly 2024
Homicide Rate 1.25 1.12 Yearly 2017
Population 23.55M 23.03M Yearly 2024
Poverty Rate 42.1% 47.7% Yearly 2021
Primary Enrollment Rate 72.32% 82.36% Yearly 2023
Agricultural Land (%) 53.24% 52.69% Yearly 2022
Annual CO2 Emissions 6.19M tonnes 6.37M tonnes Yearly 2023
Forest Area (%) 22.36% 22.54% Yearly 2022
Corruption Control -0.17 points -0.11 points Yearly 2023
Political stability index -2.04 points -1.82 points Yearly 2023
Infant Mortality Rate 44.8 46.1 Yearly 2023
Life Expectancy 61.09 60.7 Yearly 2023
Physicians per 1,000 people 0.15 0.1 Yearly 2022
Electricity Access 21.7% 19.5% Yearly 2023
Internet Users 17% 14.6% Yearly 2023
Travel Earnings $173M $179M Yearly 2019
Visitor Arrivals 67,000 143,000 Yearly 2020