Merchandise trade in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Merchandise trade was 67.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Merchandise trade in Burkina Faso, 1960–2025
Source: World Trade Organization (WTO). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Burkina Faso recorded 67.5% for merchandise trade in 2025. That is the highest value across all 66 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 29.4% on the previous year and up 52.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, merchandise trade in Burkina Faso peaked at 67.5% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 4.5%, in 1960.
Burkina Faso ranks 71st of 204 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 66 years of available data.
Merchandise trade in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 4.5% | — |
| 1961 | 9.1% | +101.3% |
| 1962 | 11.3% | +24.0% |
| 1963 | 11.7% | +3.0% |
| 1964 | 12.7% | +8.6% |
| 1965 | 12.3% | -3.0% |
| 1966 | 12.4% | +1.2% |
| 1967 | 12.0% | -3.7% |
| 1968 | 14.1% | +17.8% |
| 1969 | 15.7% | +11.1% |
| 1970 | 14.6% | -6.8% |
| 1971 | 14.9% | +2.1% |
| 1972 | 15.4% | +3.1% |
| 1973 | 18.2% | +18.5% |
| 1974 | 24.0% | +31.5% |
| 1975 | 20.7% | -13.4% |
| 1976 | 20.2% | -2.8% |
| 1977 | 23.3% | +15.7% |
| 1978 | 18.3% | -21.6% |
| 1979 | 21.6% | +18.1% |
| 1980 | 23.3% | +7.7% |
| 1981 | 23.2% | -0.3% |
| 1982 | 23.0% | -1.0% |
| 1983 | 21.8% | -5.1% |
| 1984 | 22.7% | +4.3% |
| 1985 | 26.0% | +14.1% |
| 1986 | 24.0% | -7.7% |
| 1987 | 24.9% | +3.7% |
| 1988 | 22.8% | -8.3% |
| 1989 | 18.6% | -18.4% |
| 1990 | 22.2% | +19.4% |
| 1991 | 20.4% | -8.1% |
| 1992 | 15.8% | -22.5% |
| 1993 | 18.1% | +14.4% |
| 1994 | 24.1% | +33.2% |
| 1995 | 30.7% | +27.7% |
| 1996 | 34.0% | +10.7% |
| 1997 | 33.5% | -1.7% |
| 1998 | 37.5% | +12.0% |
| 1999 | 27.5% | -26.5% |
| 2000 | 27.6% | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 27.6% | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 27.2% | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 26.3% | -3.4% |
| 2004 | 32.1% | +22.1% |
| 2005 | 28.1% | -12.4% |
| 2006 | 29.1% | +3.6% |
| 2007 | 30.2% | +3.6% |
| 2008 | 28.7% | -4.9% |
| 2009 | 29.3% | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 36.0% | +22.8% |
| 2011 | 39.8% | +10.5% |
| 2012 | 45.8% | +15.2% |
| 2013 | 50.0% | +9.1% |
| 2014 | 43.2% | -13.5% |
| 2015 | 44.4% | +2.7% |
| 2016 | 45.6% | +2.7% |
| 2017 | 47.7% | +4.7% |
| 2018 | 47.5% | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 46.9% | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 47.9% | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 49.0% | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 53.8% | +9.8% |
| 2023 | 51.5% | -4.2% |
| 2024 | 52.2% | +1.3% |
| 2025 | 67.5% | +29.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11.6% | 4.5% | 15.7% | 10 |
| 1970s | 19.1% | 14.6% | 24.0% | 10 |
| 1980s | 23.0% | 18.6% | 26.0% | 10 |
| 1990s | 26.4% | 15.8% | 37.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 28.6% | 26.3% | 32.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 44.7% | 36.0% | 50.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 53.7% | 47.9% | 67.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
- 68 Cape Verde 70.0% compare
- 69 Kyrgyzstan 69.9% compare
- 70 Georgia 67.7% compare
- 72 El Salvador 66.1% compare
- 73 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 66.1% compare
- 74 Germany 65.5% compare
More private sector data for Burkina Faso
- Food imports 11.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 46.9% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 7.57 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 7.1% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 2.7% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 11.08 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 460.07 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4009 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 96.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$), per capita 314.52 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is merchandise trade in Burkina Faso?
- Merchandise trade in Burkina Faso was 67.5% in 2025, according to World Trade Organization (WTO).
- What is the highest merchandise trade recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 67.5% in 2025.
- What is the lowest merchandise trade recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.5% in 1960.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for merchandise trade?
- Burkina Faso ranks 71st out of 204 countries with data for 2025.
- Is merchandise trade rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 52.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
- The figures come from World Trade Organization (WTO), published as part of Merchandise trade (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
General merchandise trade includes goods whose economic ownership is changed between a resident and a non-resident and that are not included in the following specific categories: goods under merchanting, non-monetary gold, and parts of travel, construction, and government goods and services n.i.e. It is the total of merchandise exports plus merchandise imports. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.