Gross debt in Burkina Faso
The government gross debt refers to the total of all sums of money that have to be paid to other countries, communities or institutions. On the other hand not included in the gross debt are the demands of a country to foreign ones.The gross debt in Burkina Faso in the period from 1998 to 2020 was between 1.3 billion and 8.3 billion USD. The highest level of the last years at 8 billion US Dollar was reached in 2020.
Based on the number of inhabitants, this is in Burkina Faso a debt of 399 USD per person. For comparison: The average debt per person in the same year in the European Union was 30,798 USD.
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Gross debt of the last 22 years in billion USD
Year | Burkina Faso total | Burkina Faso per capita | EU per capita |
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1998 | 1.34 bn USD | 122 USD | 14,079 USD |
1999 | 1.57 bn USD | 140 USD | 14,032 USD |
2000 | 1.41 bn USD | 121 USD | 11,232 USD |
2001 | 1.49 bn USD | 125 USD | 11,255 USD |
2002 | 1.57 bn USD | 128 USD | 12,258 USD |
2003 | 1.88 bn USD | 149 USD | 15,286 USD |
2004 | 2.22 bn USD | 170 USD | 17,595 USD |
2005 | 2.41 bn USD | 180 USD | 18,327 USD |
2006 | 1.32 bn USD | 95 USD | 18,877 USD |
2007 | 1.74 bn USD | 122 USD | 20,898 USD |
2008 | 2.18 bn USD | 148 USD | 24,086 USD |
2009 | 2.45 bn USD | 161 USD | 25,361 USD |
2010 | 2.81 bn USD | 180 USD | 26,496 USD |
2011 | 2.96 bn USD | 184 USD | 29,231 USD |
2012 | 3.17 bn USD | 191 USD | 28,174 USD |
2013 | 3.48 bn USD | 204 USD | 29,981 USD |
2014 | 3.70 bn USD | 211 USD | 30,648 USD |
2015 | 3.71 bn USD | 205 USD | 25,920 USD |
2016 | 4.27 bn USD | 229 USD | 26,262 USD |
2017 | 4.75 bn USD | 247 USD | 27,025 USD |
2018 | 6.03 bn USD | 306 USD | 28,454 USD |
2019 | 6.80 bn USD | 335 USD | 27,178 USD |
2020 | 8.35 bn USD | 399 USD | 30,798 USD |