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Burkina Faso
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)

Imports of goods includes change in the economic ownership of goods from non-residents to residents of the compiling economy, irrespective of physical movement of goods across national borders. Imports of services includes services provided by non-residents to residents. 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.

Global rank#98out of 138 countries
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Historical trend

37.030.624.217.811.4196019932025Burkina Faso · 2025: 30.01%Burkina Faso

Analytical takeaways

  • Burkina Faso records 30.01% for Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) in 2025, ranking #98 globally out of 138 countries.
  • Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) increased from 15.84% in 1960 to 30.01% in 2025, a gain of 14.17%.
  • The country sits in the middle of the global distribution for this metric, making the page a balanced entry point for comparative analysis beyond the extremes.

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