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Country or Region: Burkina Faso › Change country
Economic Indicator: Gross National Savings (% of GDP) › See all Burkina Faso indicators, › See Gross National Savings (% of 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

Data are based on individual countries' national accounts statistics. For many countries, the estimates of national saving are built up from national accounts data on gross domestic investment and from balance of payments-based data on net foreign investment. Source: National Statistical Office. The ministry of economy also provides estimates Latest actual data: 2010. INSD will update the antional accounts in April to include the latest actual of 2008 while 2009-2010 are estimates from the ministry of economy National accounts manual used: SNA 1993 GDP valuation: Market prices Start/end months of reporting year: January/December Base year: 1999 Chain-weighted: No Primary domestic currency: CFA francs Data last updated: 03/2011

Gross National Savings (% of GDP) for Burkina Faso in year 2010 is 16.002 %

This makes Burkina Faso No. 111 in world rankings according to Gross National Savings (% of GDP) in year 2010. The world's average Gross National Savings (% of GDP) value is 18.64 %; Burkina Faso is 2.64 less than the average.

In the previous year, 2009, Gross National Savings (% of GDP) for Burkina Faso was 11.51 % Gross National Savings (% of GDP) for Burkina Faso in 2010 was or will be 39.00% more than it was or will be in 2009.

In the following or forecasted year, 2011, Gross National Savings (% of GDP) for Burkina Faso was or will be 18.79 %, which is 17.39% more than the 2010 figure.