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Burkina Faso Current Account Balance (% GDP) Statistics

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Country or Region: Burkina Faso › Change country
Economic Indicator: Current Account Balance (% GDP) › See all Burkina Faso indicators, › See Current Account Balance (% GDP) data for all countries
Detailed Analysis for Year: 2010 › Change year
Full Dataset: from 1980 to 2016
Dataset updated: 1st August 2011
Data Source: International Monetary Fund (IMF)
National or Regional Currency: Central African Franc
Currency Symbol: XAF

Current account is all transactions other than those in financial and capital items. The major classifications are goods and services, income and current transfers. The focus of the BOP is on transactions (between an economy and the rest of the world) in goods, services, and income. See notes for: Gross domestic product, current prices (National currency) Current account balance (U.S. dollars).

Current Account Balance (% GDP) Statistics for Burkina Faso , Year 2010 - In Detail

Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Burkina Faso in year 2010 is -4.249 %

This makes Burkina Faso No. 98 in world rankings according to Current Account Balance (% GDP) in year 2010. The world's average Current Account Balance (% GDP) value is -2.68 %; Burkina Faso is 1.57 less than the average.

In the previous year, 2009, Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Burkina Faso was -4.93 % Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Burkina Faso in 2010 was or will be 13.74% less than it was or will be in 2009.

In the following or forecasted year, 2011, Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Burkina Faso was or will be -4.06 %, which is 4.40% less than the 2010 figure.

* Source: IMF
Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Burkina Faso, in other Years
Year %
  2016 -5.561
  2015 -5.744
  2014 -6.901
  2013 -7.444
  2012 -7.572
  2011 -4.062
2010 -4.249
  2009 -4.926
  2008 -11.472
  2007 -8.245
  2006 -9.117
  2005 -11.611
  2004 -10.975
  2003 -8.991
  2002 -10.19
  2001 -11.112
  2000 -12.161
  1999 -10.594
  1998 -6.805
  1997 -8.247
  1996 -8.154
  1995 -3.875
  1994 -0.978
  1993 -4.485
  1992 -4.724
  1991 -5.119
  1990 -4.219
  1989 -1.113
  1988 -4.132
  1987 -3.732
  1986 -1.846
  1985 -4.328
  1984 0.518
  1983 -3.542
  1982 -4.826
  1981 -1.966
  1980 -1.162