Economy · Exports of goods and services · Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso’s exports of goods and services rose to 35% of GDP in 2025.
35% of GDP
2025
Up 6.4 pp from 2024.
Updated 8 Oct 2026
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35% of GDP
What it is. Exports of goods and services as a share of GDP shows how much of a country's annual output is sold abroad. It adds up the value of goods shipped out and services supplied to non-residents, then divides by GDP. For Burkina Faso, a gold and cotton exporter, the figure follows commodity prices and shipment volumes closely. It records the value of sales, so it says nothing about how much of that income stays in the country or how many people it employs.
Higher is better. A higher share is better here because it means more of the economy earns foreign currency and is paid for by outside buyers. The latest figure is 35% of GDP for 2025, up from 28.6% of GDP a year earlier, a rise of 6.4 percentage points. It is the highest reading since 2016, the start of the window, and well above the low of 25.9% of GDP recorded in 2016.
Why it matters. A larger export share brings more foreign currency into Burkina Faso, which helps the state pay for imports such as fuel, medicines and machinery. Producers of gold and farm goods gain when sales abroad make up more of national income. The same dependence leaves households and public finances exposed if world prices for those few products fall.
| Period | Exports of goods and services · Burkina Faso |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 25.9% of GDP |
| 2017 | 26.5% of GDP |
| 2018 | 28.1% of GDP |
| 2019 | 29.3% of GDP |
| 2020 | 31.8% of GDP |
| 2021 | 32.8% of GDP |
| 2022 | 31.2% of GDP |
| 2023 | 28.9% of GDP |
| 2024 | 28.6% of GDP |
| 2025 | 35% of GDP |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · Licence: CC BY 4.0
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Strata-AF™ Data, Exports of goods and services, Burkina Faso, 2025; source World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0), retrieved 8 Oct 2026; https://data.strata-af.com/economy/exports/burkina-faso
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Exports of goods and services as a share of GDP. Unit: % of GDP.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (series NE.EXP.GNFS.ZS), retrieved through the World Bank API and published under CC BY 4.0. Updated annually; the World Bank's own source notes apply.