Imports (% of GDP) — all countries

Imports (% of GDP) — Burkina Faso

Imports (% of GDP) in Burkina Faso in 2025 — 30.01%. Ranked 98 in the world out of 138. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 14.17 pp.

2025 30.01% −1.92 pp vs 2024
World rank 98of 138
Period maximum 36.96%2013
Period minimum 11.38%1965

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Imports (% of GDP) — Burkina Faso, 1960–202501020304019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 15.84%1962: 15.71%1964: 11.52%1966: 11.65%1968: 15.29%1970: 16.14%1972: 21.29%1974: 24.47%1976: 27.01%1978: 27.75%1980: 31.26%1982: 31.62%1984: 28.76%1986: 28.97%1988: 27.13%1990: 24.46%1992: 19.53%1994: 25.03%1996: 27.62%1998: 28.13%2000: 26.28%2002: 22.45%2004: 24.6%2006: 24.15%2008: 25.24%2010: 28.56%2012: 34.64%2014: 31.89%2016: 31.98%2018: 32.52%2020: 28.96%2022: 36.3%2024: 31.93%2025: 30.01%
Change over the period: +14.17 pp Annual average: 0.22 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Burkina Faso 30.01%
World 28.5%
Western Africa computed 31.67%
Low-income countries computed 27.75%
Imports (% of GDP) — Burkina Faso, by year Burkina Faso All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 30.01 −1.92 pp
2024 31.93 −2.28 pp
2023 34.2 −2.1 pp
2022 36.3 +6.68 pp
2021 29.62 +0.66 pp
2020 28.96 −2.19 pp
2019 31.15 −1.37 pp
2018 32.52 −0.3 pp
2017 32.82 +0.84 pp
2016 31.98 −1 pp
2015 32.98 +1.09 pp
2014 31.89 −5.07 pp
2013 36.96 +2.32 pp
2012 34.64 +3.34 pp
2011 31.3 +2.74 pp
2010 28.56 +2.05 pp
2009 26.51 +1.27 pp
2008 25.24 +1.8 pp
2007 23.43 −0.72 pp
2006 24.15 −0.18 pp
2005 24.33 −0.27 pp
2004 24.6 +3.45 pp
2003 21.15 −1.3 pp
2002 22.45 −0.17 pp
2001 22.61 −3.66 pp
2000 26.28 −0.62 pp
1999 26.9 −1.23 pp
1998 28.13 +1.53 pp
1997 26.6 −1.01 pp
1996 27.62 +1.01 pp
1995 26.61 +1.58 pp
1994 25.03 +4.35 pp
1993 20.67 +1.15 pp
1992 19.53 −3.82 pp
1991 23.35 −1.11 pp
1990 24.46 +0.81 pp
1989 23.65 −3.49 pp
1988 27.13 −0.95 pp
1987 28.08 −0.89 pp
1986 28.97 −2.05 pp
1985 31.03 +2.27 pp
1984 28.76 −0.82 pp
1983 29.57 −2.05 pp
1982 31.62 +0.19 pp
1981 31.44 +0.17 pp
1980 31.26 +1.98 pp
1979 29.28 +1.53 pp
1978 27.75 −2.69 pp
1977 30.44 +3.44 pp
1976 27.01 −3.14 pp
1975 30.15 +5.68 pp
1974 24.47 +1.55 pp
1973 22.92 +1.63 pp
1972 21.29 +1.36 pp
1971 19.93 +3.79 pp
1970 16.14 −0.39 pp
1969 16.53 +1.25 pp
1968 15.29 +1.36 pp
1967 13.93 +2.28 pp
1966 11.65 +0.27 pp
1965 11.38 −0.14 pp
1964 11.52 −4.15 pp
1963 15.67 −0.04 pp
1962 15.71 −0.08 pp
1961 15.79 −0.05 pp
1960 15.84

About the indicator

Imports of goods and services as a percent of GDP — a measure of how far an economy depends on supplies from abroad. High values are typical both of small open economies and of countries embedded in global supply chains, where imported components are processed and shipped back out.

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