Burkina Faso — GDP
GDP (Nominal) for Burkina Faso, 1960–2025.
GDP for Burkina Faso was 27.63 billion in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 330.44 million in 1960 (about 83.6× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 7.05% per year.
Burkina Faso ranks 120 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 57%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 19.93 billion, so Burkina Faso sits above it. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 133%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 18 of 47 economies; Benin (24.57 billion) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was down 41% in 1994. That is 54% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1960 level: doubled by 1973; grown tenfold by 1992. Doubling roughly every 10 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 80th of 111 in 1960 → 95th of 146 in 1970 → 102nd of 163 in 1980 → 123rd of 192 in 1990 → 143rd of 204 in 2000 → 133rd of 212 in 2010 → 118th of 210 in 2020 → 118th of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27,627,297,461.32 | +19.4% |
| 2024 | 23,136,514,855.76 | +15.1% |
| 2023 | 20,106,062,971.65 | +8.0% |
| 2022 | 18,622,421,394.61 | -5.5% |
| 2021 | 19,697,516,284.38 | +11.1% |
| 2020 | 17,725,010,532.53 | +10.6% |
| 2019 | 16,032,813,503.37 | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 15,890,066,221.29 | +12.6% |
| 2017 | 14,106,955,615.34 | +9.9% |
| 2016 | 12,833,363,045.34 | +8.5% |
| 2015 | 11,832,159,315.63 | -15.1% |
| 2014 | 13,943,016,076.74 | +3.7% |
| 2013 | 13,444,300,485.84 | +7.0% |
| 2012 | 12,561,015,156.57 | +4.0% |
| 2011 | 12,080,295,977.56 | +19.5% |
| 2010 | 10,109,619,740.7 | +7.0% |
| 2009 | 9,450,696,873.34 | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 9,451,435,490.11 | +23.9% |
| 2007 | 7,625,722,836.77 | +16.5% |
| 2006 | 6,547,419,820.38 | +6.5% |
| 2005 | 6,146,353,173.35 | +12.7% |
| 2004 | 5,451,688,537.61 | +15.0% |
| 2003 | 4,740,768,142.67 | +30.9% |
| 2002 | 3,622,350,062.96 | +13.5% |
| 2001 | 3,190,371,080.95 | +7.5% |
| 2000 | 2,968,370,087.6 | -12.4% |
| 1999 | 3,389,566,712.66 | +20.8% |
| 1998 | 2,804,902,367.15 | +14.6% |
| 1997 | 2,447,669,101.95 | -5.4% |
| 1996 | 2,586,550,595.41 | +8.7% |
| 1995 | 2,379,517,975.28 | +25.5% |
| 1994 | 1,895,290,637.1 | -40.8% |
| 1993 | 3,199,536,465.23 | -4.7% |
| 1992 | 3,356,692,505.18 | +7.1% |
| 1991 | 3,135,045,584.08 | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 3,101,300,778.56 | +18.6% |
| 1989 | 2,615,587,733.97 | -0.0% |
| 1988 | 2,616,040,478.99 | +10.4% |
| 1987 | 2,369,834,949.73 | +16.4% |
| 1986 | 2,036,303,357.68 | +31.2% |
| 1985 | 1,552,493,196.28 | +6.3% |
| 1984 | 1,459,880,132.14 | -8.8% |
| 1983 | 1,600,278,605.25 | -8.8% |
| 1982 | 1,754,450,096.24 | -1.2% |
| 1981 | 1,775,842,333.57 | -7.9% |
| 1980 | 1,928,719,888.21 | +10.3% |
| 1979 | 1,748,480,620.52 | +18.5% |
| 1978 | 1,475,583,644.94 | +30.4% |
| 1977 | 1,131,224,878.19 | +15.8% |
| 1976 | 976,547,188.05 | +3.9% |
| 1975 | 939,972,703.46 | +25.1% |
| 1974 | 751,133,430.45 | +11.3% |
| 1973 | 674,773,569.88 | +16.6% |
| 1972 | 578,595,521.99 | +19.9% |
| 1971 | 482,411,179.12 | +5.2% |
| 1970 | 458,404,268.76 | -4.2% |
| 1969 | 478,298,645.39 | +3.9% |
| 1968 | 460,442,689.38 | +2.1% |
| 1967 | 450,753,923.55 | +3.9% |
| 1966 | 433,889,766.24 | +2.6% |
| 1965 | 422,916,789.75 | +3.1% |
| 1964 | 410,321,644.96 | +4.1% |
| 1963 | 394,040,667.11 | +3.8% |
| 1962 | 379,567,099.25 | +8.4% |
| 1961 | 350,247,234.26 | +6.0% |
| 1960 | 330,442,815.82 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Burkina Faso’s GDP in 1961?
350,247,234.26 (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Burkina Faso’s GDP figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Burkina Faso’s GDP growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +8260.7% in total — about 7.0% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.MKTP.CD. 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: 27,627,297,461.32; 2024: 23,136,514,855.76; 2023: 20,106,062,971.65; 2022: 18,622,421,394.61; 2021: 19,697,516,284.38. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.MKTP.CD — GDP (Nominal). 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.