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Services share of GDP — Burkina Faso

Services share of GDP in Burkina Faso in 2025 — 41.5%. Ranked 143 in the world out of 158. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 3.3 pp.

2025 41.5% −2.4 pp vs 2024
World rank 143of 158
Period maximum 50.5%1982
Period minimum 36.6%1964

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Services share of GDP — Burkina Faso, 1960–2025354045505519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 38.3%1962: 38.7%1964: 36.6%1966: 40.7%1968: 43.3%1970: 44.5%1972: 40.9%1974: 41.7%1976: 38.7%1978: 42.8%1980: 48.5%1982: 50.5%1984: 49.4%1986: 45%1988: 45.3%1990: 47.6%1992: 46.4%1994: 39.4%1996: 37.5%1998: 38%2000: 47.7%2002: 46.6%2004: 46.5%2006: 47.1%2008: 45.1%2010: 42.1%2012: 40.3%2014: 42.5%2016: 43.8%2018: 43.6%2020: 45%2022: 46.6%2024: 44%2025: 41.5%
Change over the period: +3.3 pp Annual average: 0.05 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Burkina Faso 41.5%
World computed 59.9%
Sub-Saharan Africa 50.2%
Western Africa computed 50.1%
Low-income countries computed 42%
Services share of GDP — Burkina Faso, by year Burkina Faso All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 41.5 −2.4 pp
2024 44 −3.6 pp
2023 47.6 +0.9 pp
2022 46.6 +1.3 pp
2021 45.4 +0.4 pp
2020 45 −0.4 pp
2019 45.3 +1.8 pp
2018 43.6 −0.4 pp
2017 44 +0.2 pp
2016 43.8 −0.3 pp
2015 44.1 +1.6 pp
2014 42.5 +0.9 pp
2013 41.6 +1.2 pp
2012 40.3 −0.2 pp
2011 40.6 −1.6 pp
2010 42.1 −3.8 pp
2009 45.9 +0.8 pp
2008 45.1 −3.1 pp
2007 48.2 +1 pp
2006 47.1 +2.6 pp
2005 44.5 −1.9 pp
2004 46.5 +1.6 pp
2003 44.9 −1.7 pp
2002 46.6 +0.2 pp
2001 46.4 −1.3 pp
2000 47.7 +3.8 pp
1999 44 +6 pp
1998 38 −0.3 pp
1997 38.3 +0.9 pp
1996 37.5 −2.1 pp
1995 39.5 +0.1 pp
1994 39.4 −6.9 pp
1993 46.3 −0.1 pp
1992 46.4 +0 pp
1991 46.4 −1.2 pp
1990 47.6 +1.7 pp
1989 45.9 +0.5 pp
1988 45.3 −0.6 pp
1987 45.9 +0.9 pp
1986 45 +1.8 pp
1985 43.2 −6.2 pp
1984 49.4 −0.4 pp
1983 49.9 −0.6 pp
1982 50.5 +2 pp
1981 48.4 −0 pp
1980 48.5 +1.4 pp
1979 47 +4.2 pp
1978 42.8 −1.1 pp
1977 43.9 +5.2 pp
1976 38.7 −1.6 pp
1975 40.4 −1.3 pp
1974 41.7 +1.9 pp
1973 39.8 −1.1 pp
1972 40.9 +0.1 pp
1971 40.8 −3.8 pp
1970 44.5 +1.4 pp
1969 43.2 −0.2 pp
1968 43.3 +1.2 pp
1967 42.2 +1.5 pp
1966 40.7 −0.4 pp
1965 41.2 +4.5 pp
1964 36.6 −0.2 pp
1963 36.9 −1.8 pp
1962 38.7 +0.2 pp
1961 38.5 +0.2 pp
1960 38.3 —

Western Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

CV Cabo Verde 67.9 TG Togo 61.7 NG Nigeria 58.2 GM Gambia 53.1 CI Côte d'Ivoire 51.2 BJ Benin 50.1 SN Senegal 46.3 GH Ghana 42.9 MR Mauritania 42.4 SL Sierra Leone 41.6 BF Burkina Faso 41.5 LR Liberia 40 GW Guinea-Bissau 39.1 ML Mali 36.6 GN Guinea 35.7 NE Niger 31.1
Full table for all countries

About the indicator

The share of value added by the service sector in GDP: wholesale and retail trade, transport, communications, finance, real estate, business and government services, education and health care. In most high-income countries it exceeds 70%; in small island states and tourism economies it reaches 80–90%.

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

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