Burkina Faso — Current account (% of GDP)
% of GDP · Annual · 1968–2030 · 63 observations
About this series
The current account balance records a country's net transactions with the rest of the world in goods, services, primary income, and secondary income. A balance can be positive, negative, or zero. This series expresses the aggregate as a percentage of GDP for the matching period.
The latest current account reading for Burkina Faso was −1.62% of GDP in 2025. The previous reading was −3.97% of GDP in 2024; the period change was +2.35 percentage points.
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- Annual data, 1968–2030
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Latest observations
2018–2030
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2030 | -3.88 % of GDP |
| 2029 | -3.21 % of GDP |
| 2028 | -2.44 % of GDP |
| 2027 | -1.45 % of GDP |
| 2026 | -1.25 % of GDP |
8 earlier values, back to 2018
| 2025 | -1.62 % of GDP |
| 2024 | -3.97 % of GDP |
| 2023 | -5.06 % of GDP |
| 2022 | -7.54 % of GDP |
| 2021 | 0.39 % of GDP |
| 2020 | 4.19 % of GDP |
| 2019 | -3.27 % of GDP |
| 2018 | -4.18 % of GDP |