Economy · Tax revenue · Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso’s tax revenue rose to 18.7% of GDP in 2024.
18.7% of GDP
2024
Up 0.13 pp from 2023.
Updated 8 Oct 2026
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18.7% of GDP
What it is. Tax revenue counts the money the central government collects from taxes, divided by the size of the economy. Dividing by GDP lets a reader compare years of different economic size. Grants, other non-tax income and taxes raised by local authorities fall outside it. The figure shows how much of the country's output the state can claim through taxation.
Higher is better. Higher is better because a larger tax take relative to the economy gives the state domestic money for public services and reduces its reliance on borrowing or aid. The latest figure is 18.7% of GDP for 2024, against 18.6% of GDP a year earlier, a rise of 0.13 percentage points. Since 2015 the range runs from a low of 13.3% of GDP in 2015 to a high of 18.7% of GDP in 2024. The latest reading therefore sits at the top of its range for the period.
Why it matters. At 18.7% of GDP, the government has far more domestic revenue to pay public salaries and fund services than when the figure was 13.3% of GDP in 2015. Firms and households that are registered with the tax authorities carry most of that load, through taxes on business income and on everyday purchases. The small gain over the last year suggests collection is holding at its higher level.
| Period | Tax revenue · Burkina Faso |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 13.3% of GDP |
| 2016 | 14.1% of GDP |
| 2017 | 15.3% of GDP |
| 2018 | 15.3% of GDP |
| 2019 | 15.6% of GDP |
| 2020 | 13.7% of GDP |
| 2021 | 16% of GDP |
| 2022 | 17.9% of GDP |
| 2023 | 18.6% of GDP |
| 2024 | 18.7% of GDP |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · Licence: CC BY 4.0
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Strata-AF™ Data, Tax revenue, Burkina Faso, 2024; source World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0), retrieved 8 Oct 2026; https://data.strata-af.com/economy/tax-revenue/burkina-faso
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Central government tax revenue as a share of GDP. Unit: % of GDP.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (series GC.TAX.TOTL.GD.ZS), retrieved through the World Bank API and published under CC BY 4.0. Updated annually; the World Bank's own source notes apply.