Burkina Faso recorded a Current Account deficit of 5.40 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2024. Current Account to GDP in Burkina Faso averaged -6.55 percent of GDP from 1974 until 2024, reaching an all time high of 0.40 percent of GDP in 2021 and a record low of -13.60 percent of GDP in 2017. source: African Development Bank Group
Current Account to GDP in Burkina Faso is expected to reach -4.90 percent of GDP by the end of 2026, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Burkina Faso Current Account to GDP is projected to trend around -3.10 percent of GDP in 2027, according to our econometric models.