Burkina Faso Country Report: GDP data and GDP forecasts; economic, financial and trade information; the best banks in Burkina Faso; country and population overview
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US$ 10.208 billion (2010 estimate)
23.439 billion of International dollars (2010 estimate)
| 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
| 6.6% | 4.4% | 7.8% | 4.5% | 8.7% | 5.5% | 3.6% | 5.2% |
| 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012* | ||||
| 3.2% | 7.9% | 5.6% | 5% |
*Estimate
US$ 664 (2010 estimate)
$1,524 International Dollars (2010 estimate)
| 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2015** |
| 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
**Forecast
(Data released on February 2012)
N/A
(Data released on March 2012)
| 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012* |
| 2.6%(2008) | -0.6% | 2.8% | 2.5% |
*Estimate
| 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012* |
| N/A | N/A | N/A(2009) | N/A |
*Estimate
N/A
(Data released on December 2011)
| 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012* |
| 23.9% | 26.1% | 27.1% | 29.4% | 27.7% |
*Estimate
| 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011* | 2012** |
| -4.3% | -5.3% | -5.8% | -2.5% | -4.7% |
*Estimate **Forecast
Standard & Poor's: B
Moody's rating: N/A
Moody's outlook: N/A
(Foreign Currency Government Bond Ratings; Data last updated Dec 2011 and Nov 2012)
| 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
US$ -818 million (2010 estimate)(After 2008)
-8% of GDP (2010 estimate)(2009)
N/A
(Data released on April 2012)
0.01%(2007)
(Data were released in 2012 and refer to 2011)
0.01% (2010)(2007)
(Data were released in 2012)
China 22%, Turkey 17.7%, Singapore 8.8%, Indonesia 7%, Thailand 5.2% (2011)
Cote dIvoire 16.4%, France 14.9%, Ghana 4.9%, Togo 4.6%, Belgium 4.1% (2011)
| 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | |
| US$101 million | US$35 million(2009) | US$7 million(2009) |
| 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | |
| US$8 million | US$-4 million | US$4 million |
| 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| N/A | N/A(2009) | N/A(2009) | N/A |
N/A
(for a monthly update on M&A; click here )
N/A(2008 estimate)
(for a monthly update on M&A; click here )
Overall ranking: 153 out of 185 countries(2009) (2013)
Subcategories:
Starting a business: 120 out of 185 countries(2009)
Enforcing Contracts: 109 out of 185 countries
Registering Property: 113 out of 185 countries
Getting credit: 129 out of 185 countries
Protecting investors: 150 out of 185 countries
Trading across border: 173 out of 185 countries
Paying Taxes: 157 out of 185 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 64 out of 185 countries
Getting Electricity: 139 out of 185 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 113 out of 185 countries
(2013)
133
(2012)
Ranking: 85 Score: 60.6 (Moderately Free) (2009)
(100=totally free 0=totally repressed )
Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) (2009)
French (official), native African languages belonging to Sudanic family spoken by 90% of the population
Muslim 50%, indigenous beliefs 40%, Christian (mainly Roman Catholic) 10%
| 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2012* | 2017** |
| 6.96 million | 8.53 million | 11.29 million | 17.36 million | 19.45 million |
*Estimate **Forecast
| 1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2011 |
| 4.7% | 8.8% | 16.6% | 26.5% |
81.21% (2011)
39.79 (2009)
(Data were released in 2011, 0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)
Political Rights:5
Civil Liberties:3 (2011)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free)
46.1% (2011)
(sum of fixed telephone lines and mobile cellular subscribers)
3% (Data were released in 2012 and refer to 2011)
Ouagadougou: 28th (2011)
0.1044 (Data were released in 2012 and refer to 2009)
