Government consumption (% of GDP) — all countries

Government consumption (% of GDP) — Burkina Faso

Government consumption (% of GDP) in Burkina Faso in 2025 — 17.8%. Ranked 55 in the world out of 132. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 10.4 pp.

2025 17.8% −1.6 pp vs 2024
World rank 55of 132
Period maximum 26.1%1994
Period minimum 4.3%1967

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Government consumption (% of GDP) — Burkina Faso, 1960–2025010203019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 7.4%1962: 7.5%1964: 7%1966: 4.6%1968: 6.1%1970: 6.9%1972: 7.3%1974: 8.3%1976: 10.1%1978: 10%1980: 9.2%1982: 13.8%1984: 13%1986: 19%1988: 20%1990: 21.1%1992: 21.7%1994: 26.1%1996: 24.4%1998: 22.3%2000: 14.1%2002: 14.6%2004: 14.2%2006: 15.1%2008: 14.7%2010: 14.5%2012: 14.3%2014: 15.5%2016: 16.5%2018: 18.4%2020: 19.8%2022: 21%2024: 19.4%2025: 17.8%
Change over the period: +10.4 pp Annual average: 0.16 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso 17.8%
Western Africa computed 12.3%
Low-income countries computed 12.3%
Government consumption (% of GDP) — Burkina Faso, by year Burkina Faso All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 17.8 −1.6 pp
2024 19.4 −1.5 pp
2023 20.9 −0.1 pp
2022 21 +0.7 pp
2021 20.2 +0.5 pp
2020 19.8 −0.7 pp
2019 20.5 +2.1 pp
2018 18.4 +0.7 pp
2017 17.7 +1.2 pp
2016 16.5 +0.6 pp
2015 15.9 +0.5 pp
2014 15.5 +0.8 pp
2013 14.7 +0.4 pp
2012 14.3 −0 pp
2011 14.3 −0.2 pp
2010 14.5 −0.8 pp
2009 15.2 +0.5 pp
2008 14.7 −2 pp
2007 16.7 +1.6 pp
2006 15.1 +1.3 pp
2005 13.8 −0.4 pp
2004 14.2 +0.6 pp
2003 13.6 −1 pp
2002 14.6 −0 pp
2001 14.6 +0.5 pp
2000 14.1 +2.1 pp
1999 12.1 −10.2 pp
1998 22.3 −1.4 pp
1997 23.7 −0.7 pp
1996 24.4 −0.8 pp
1995 25.2 −0.9 pp
1994 26.1 +4.7 pp
1993 21.3 −0.4 pp
1992 21.7 +0 pp
1991 21.7 +0.6 pp
1990 21.1 +0.9 pp
1989 20.1 +0.1 pp
1988 20 +0.1 pp
1987 19.9 +0.9 pp
1986 19 +1.7 pp
1985 17.3 +4.3 pp
1984 13 −1.3 pp
1983 14.4 +0.6 pp
1982 13.8 +4.5 pp
1981 9.3 +0 pp
1980 9.2 −1.6 pp
1979 10.8 +0.7 pp
1978 10 +0 pp
1977 10 −0.1 pp
1976 10.1 −2.8 pp
1975 12.9 +4.6 pp
1974 8.3 +0.2 pp
1973 8.1 +0.8 pp
1972 7.3 +0.1 pp
1971 7.1 +0.2 pp
1970 6.9 +1 pp
1969 5.9 −0.1 pp
1968 6.1 +1.7 pp
1967 4.3 −0.3 pp
1966 4.6 −0.5 pp
1965 5.1 −1.9 pp
1964 7 −0.4 pp
1963 7.4 −0.2 pp
1962 7.5 −0.1 pp
1961 7.7 +0.2 pp
1960 7.4

About the indicator

General government final consumption expenditure as a percent of GDP: compensation of public employees, purchases of goods and services for delivering public services, and spending on defense and security. It leaves out public investment and social transfers, so the indicator is lower than the overall size of the budget.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.