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Burkina Faso
Military expenditure (% of GDP)

Military expenditure by country as percentage of gross domestic product

Global rank#12out of 147 countries
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Historical trend

4.73.72.71.70.7196019922024Burkina Faso · 2024: 4.68%Burkina Faso

Analytical takeaways

  • Burkina Faso records 4.68% for Military expenditure (% of GDP) in 2024, ranking #12 globally out of 147 countries.
  • Military expenditure (% of GDP) increased from 0.68% in 1960 to 4.68% in 2024, a gain of 4.00%.
  • The country sits in the top quartile of the global distribution for this metric, making the page useful for leader-oriented high-intent searches.

Comparison

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