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Current account balance — Burkina Faso

Current account balance in Burkina Faso in 2031 — 5.5%. Ranked 23 in the world out of 188. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 7.5 pp.

2031 5.5% +0.4 pp vs 2030
World rank 23of 188
Period maximum 8.6%2026
Period minimum -10.8%2000

Trend over time

1980–2031 · % of GDP

Current account balance — Burkina Faso, 1980–2031-15-10-5051019801986199219982004201020162022202820311980: -2%1981: -2%1982: -4.8%1983: -3.4%1984: -0.2%1985: -3.6%1986: -0.8%1987: -1.9%1988: -1.6%1989: 3.4%1990: -2.2%1991: -2.6%1992: -0.6%1993: -2%1994: 0.7%1995: -3.4%1996: -7.3%1997: -8.1%1998: -6.6%1999: -10%2000: -10.8%2001: -9.1%2002: -8.3%2003: -7.8%2004: -9.8%2005: -10.3%2006: -8.3%2007: -7.4%2008: -10.2%2009: -4%2010: -1.8%2011: -1.3%2012: -1.3%2013: -10%2014: -7.2%2015: -7.6%2016: -6.1%2017: -5%2018: -4.2%2019: -3.3%2020: 4.2%2021: 0.4%2022: -7.5%2023: -5.1%2024: -3.5%2025: 6.7%2026: 8.6%2027: 8.4%2028: 6.9%2029: 6%2030: 5.1%2031: 5.5%
Change over the period: +7.5 pp Annual average: 0.15 pp

Comparison, 2031

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

Burkina Faso 5.5%
World computed 0.28%
Sub-Saharan Africa computed -1.15%
Western Africa computed 1.16%
Low-income countries computed -2.62%
Current account balance — Burkina Faso, by year Burkina Faso All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2031 5.5 +0.4 pp
2030 5.1 −0.9 pp
2029 6 −0.9 pp
2028 6.9 −1.5 pp
2027 8.4 −0.2 pp
2026 8.6 +1.9 pp
2025 6.7 +10.2 pp
2024 -3.5 +1.6 pp
2023 -5.1 +2.4 pp
2022 -7.5 −7.9 pp
2021 0.4 −3.8 pp
2020 4.2 +7.5 pp
2019 -3.3 +0.9 pp
2018 -4.2 +0.8 pp
2017 -5 +1.1 pp
2016 -6.1 +1.5 pp
2015 -7.6 −0.4 pp
2014 -7.2 +2.8 pp
2013 -10 −8.7 pp
2012 -1.3 +0 pp
2011 -1.3 +0.5 pp
2010 -1.8 +2.2 pp
2009 -4 +6.2 pp
2008 -10.2 −2.8 pp
2007 -7.4 +0.9 pp
2006 -8.3 +2 pp
2005 -10.3 −0.5 pp
2004 -9.8 −2 pp
2003 -7.8 +0.5 pp
2002 -8.3 +0.8 pp
2001 -9.1 +1.7 pp
2000 -10.8 −0.8 pp
1999 -10 −3.4 pp
1998 -6.6 +1.5 pp
1997 -8.1 −0.8 pp
1996 -7.3 −3.9 pp
1995 -3.4 −4.1 pp
1994 0.7 +2.7 pp
1993 -2 −1.4 pp
1992 -0.6 +2 pp
1991 -2.6 −0.4 pp
1990 -2.2 −5.6 pp
1989 3.4 +5 pp
1988 -1.6 +0.3 pp
1987 -1.9 −1.1 pp
1986 -0.8 +2.8 pp
1985 -3.6 −3.4 pp
1984 -0.2 +3.2 pp
1983 -3.4 +1.4 pp
1982 -4.8 −2.8 pp
1981 -2 +0 pp
1980 -2 —

Western Africa, 2031

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

BF Burkina Faso 5.5 GH Ghana 4.9 NG Nigeria 3.3 ML Mali 0.8 GN Guinea -1.4 TG Togo -1.7 NE Niger -2 CV Cabo Verde -2.3 GM Gambia -2.3 CI Côte d'Ivoire -2.5 SL Sierra Leone -3 BJ Benin -4 GW Guinea-Bissau -4 SN Senegal -5.3 MR Mauritania -6.3 LR Liberia -14.3
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About the indicator

The current account balance of the balance of payments as a percent of GDP: trade in goods and services, primary income (interest, dividends, compensation of employees) and secondary income (transfers). A surplus means a country earns more abroad than it spends and is building up external assets; a persistent deficit has to be financed by an inflow of capital.

Source: World Economic Outlook (IMF), license IMF open data.

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