Burkina Faso — GDP growth
GDP Growth (Annual %) for Burkina Faso, 1961–2025.
GDP growth for Burkina Faso was 5.29% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 11.01% in 1996. The lowest was -1.78% in 1984 (about -3.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.42% per year.
Burkina Faso ranks 46 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 22%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 4.61%, so Burkina Faso sits above it. It peaked in 1996 and has fallen 52% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 35%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 21 of 47 economies; Liberia (5.02%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 2552% in 1988. That is 11% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1961 level: doubled by 1967. Doubling roughly every 165 years at that pace.
World ranking. Climbed: 64th of 107 in 1961 → 112th of 119 in 1970 → 102nd of 152 in 1980 → 137th of 176 in 1990 → 158th of 199 in 2000 → 25th of 209 in 2010 → 20th of 209 in 2020 → 41st of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1961 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.29% | +0.5 pp |
| 2024 | 4.83% | +1.8 pp |
| 2023 | 3% | +1.4 pp |
| 2022 | 1.63% | -5.3 pp |
| 2021 | 6.94% | +4.9 pp |
| 2020 | 2.01% | -3.9 pp |
| 2019 | 5.89% | -0.7 pp |
| 2018 | 6.6% | +0.4 pp |
| 2017 | 6.2% | +0.2 pp |
| 2016 | 5.96% | +2.0 pp |
| 2015 | 3.92% | -0.4 pp |
| 2014 | 4.33% | -1.5 pp |
| 2013 | 5.79% | -0.7 pp |
| 2012 | 6.45% | -0.2 pp |
| 2011 | 6.62% | -1.8 pp |
| 2010 | 8.45% | +5.5 pp |
| 2009 | 2.96% | -2.8 pp |
| 2008 | 5.8% | +1.7 pp |
| 2007 | 4.11% | -2.1 pp |
| 2006 | 6.25% | -2.4 pp |
| 2005 | 8.66% | +4.2 pp |
| 2004 | 4.48% | -3.3 pp |
| 2003 | 7.8% | +3.4 pp |
| 2002 | 4.35% | -2.3 pp |
| 2001 | 6.61% | +4.7 pp |
| 2000 | 1.89% | -5.5 pp |
| 1999 | 7.4% | +0.1 pp |
| 1998 | 7.31% | +1.0 pp |
| 1997 | 6.32% | -4.7 pp |
| 1996 | 11.01% | +5.3 pp |
| 1995 | 5.72% | +4.4 pp |
| 1994 | 1.32% | -2.1 pp |
| 1993 | 3.46% | +3.2 pp |
| 1992 | 0.23% | -8.8 pp |
| 1991 | 9.07% | +9.7 pp |
| 1990 | -0.6% | -2.8 pp |
| 1989 | 2.15% | -3.6 pp |
| 1988 | 5.8% | +6.0 pp |
| 1987 | -0.24% | -8.2 pp |
| 1986 | 7.96% | -0.6 pp |
| 1985 | 8.52% | +10.3 pp |
| 1984 | -1.78% | -2.1 pp |
| 1983 | 0.35% | -9.2 pp |
| 1982 | 9.56% | +5.3 pp |
| 1981 | 4.26% | +3.5 pp |
| 1980 | 0.8% | -2.9 pp |
| 1979 | 3.66% | -0.9 pp |
| 1978 | 4.61% | +4.2 pp |
| 1977 | 0.37% | -8.2 pp |
| 1976 | 8.53% | +5.5 pp |
| 1975 | 3% | -5.3 pp |
| 1974 | 8.29% | +7.8 pp |
| 1973 | 0.45% | -1.9 pp |
| 1972 | 2.31% | +0.9 pp |
| 1971 | 1.41% | +1.3 pp |
| 1970 | 0.12% | -1.9 pp |
| 1969 | 2.03% | -1.0 pp |
| 1968 | 3.07% | -5.8 pp |
| 1967 | 8.82% | +8.3 pp |
| 1966 | 0.54% | -3.2 pp |
| 1965 | 3.76% | +1.5 pp |
| 1964 | 2.28% | +3.6 pp |
| 1963 | -1.27% | -7.4 pp |
| 1962 | 6.13% | +2.1 pp |
| 1961 | 4.04% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Burkina Faso’s GDP growth in 1962?
6.13% (1962). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in annual %, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Burkina Faso’s GDP growth growing or shrinking?
Between 1961 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +30.9% in total — about 0.4% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 5.29%; 2024: 4.83%; 2023: 3%; 2022: 1.63%; 2021: 6.94%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG — GDP Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.