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NATIONAL PUBLIC DEBT Burkina Faso 2021

The national debt increased in Burkina Faso

In 2021 Burkina Faso public debt was 8,449 million euros10,000 million dollars, has increased 1,3881,942 million since 2020.

This amount means that the debt in 2021 reached 52.37% of Burkina Faso GDP, a 6 percentage point rise from 2020, when it was 46.37% of GDP.

If we check the tables we can see the evolution of Burkina Faso debt. It has risen since 2011 in global debt terms, when it was 1,950 million euros 2,713 million dollars and also in terms of GDP percentage, when it amounted to 22.47%.

According to the last data point published, Burkina Faso per capita debt in 2021 was 382 euros452 dollars per inhabitant. In 2020 it was 338 euros 385 dollars, afterwards rising by 44 euros67 dollars, and if we again check 2011 we can see that then the debt per person was 121 euros169 dollars .

The position of Burkina Faso, as compared with the rest of the world, has worsened in 2021 in terms of GDP percentage. Currently it is country number 89 in the list of debt to GDP and 15 in debt per capita, out of the 191 we publish.

In this page we show you the progression of the public debt in Burkina Faso. You can see debt in other countries in Public debt and see all the information about Burkina Faso in economy of Burkina Faso.

Burkina Faso: Evolution of debt
DateDebt (M.€.)Debt ($M)Debt (%GDP)Debt Per CapitaDebt Per Capita
20218,44910,00052.37%€382$452
20207,0618,05846.37%€338$385
20196,0766,80242.54%€299$335
20185,1416,07437.81%€260$308
20174,1634,70133.34%€217$245
20163,8764,28933.43%€208$230
20153,3183,68231.11%€183$203
20142,6113,47024.88%€148$197
20132,4083,19823.79%€141$187
20122,2702,91923.22%€137$176
20111,9502,71322.47%€121$169
20102,1172,80927.76%€136$180
20091,7532,44225.87%€116$161
20081,4802,17623.03%€101$148
20071,2701,74022.82%€89$122
20061,0481,31520.09%€76$95
20051,9372,41239.21%€144$180
20041,7852,22040.74%€137$170
20031,6631,88139.67%€131$149
20021,6581,56743.29%€135$127
Burkina Faso: Evolution of debt as a percentage of GDP

Burkina Faso: Evolution of debt in millions