Business & Markets · Manufacturing value added · Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso’s manufacturing value added fell to 6.6% of GDP in 2025.
6.6% of GDP
2025
Down 2.9 pp from 2024.
Updated 8 Oct 2026
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6.6% of GDP
What it is. Manufacturing value added is the value factories and processing plants create once the cost of the materials and services they buy in is taken out. It is shown as a share of GDP, so it follows the weight of industry in the economy rather than the size of output. Mining, farming and services are counted in other sectors and sit outside this figure.
Higher is better. A higher share is better because more of the country's output then comes from turning raw materials into finished goods, which tends to support steadier jobs and more varied exports. The latest figure for 2025 is 6.6% of GDP, down 2.9 percentage points from 9.5% of GDP a year earlier. It is also the lowest reading since 2016, when the share stood at 11.1% of GDP, the highest in that span.
Why it matters. At 6.6% of GDP, factories supply a small part of Burkina Faso's economy, and the drop over the last year shrinks it further. Households tend to depend more on imported finished goods when local processing is thin. Firms and the state have a narrower base of locally made products to sell, export and tax.
| Period | Manufacturing value added · Burkina Faso |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 11.1% of GDP |
| 2017 | 10.3% of GDP |
| 2018 | 10.5% of GDP |
| 2019 | 10.4% of GDP |
| 2020 | 10% of GDP |
| 2021 | 9.8% of GDP |
| 2022 | 10.2% of GDP |
| 2023 | 9.9% of GDP |
| 2024 | 9.5% of GDP |
| 2025 | 6.6% of GDP |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · Licence: CC BY 4.0
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Strata-AF™ Data, Manufacturing value added, Burkina Faso, 2025; source World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0), retrieved 8 Oct 2026; https://data.strata-af.com/business/manufacturing-value-added/burkina-faso
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Manufacturing value added as a share of GDP. Unit: % of GDP.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (series NV.IND.MANF.ZS), retrieved through the World Bank API and published under CC BY 4.0. Updated annually; the World Bank's own source notes apply.