Botswana vs Burkina Faso: Gross capital formation
Botswana
14.0%
in 2024
Burkina Faso
14.8%
in 2025
Botswana rank
27th
Burkina Faso rank
25th
Gross capital formation over time
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
How they compare
Burkina Faso currently reports 14.8% against 14.0% in Botswana, a difference of 0.8%.
That makes Burkina Faso's figure about 1.1 times Botswana's.
The two have swapped places 32 times across 49 shared years of data; in 1976 it was Burkina Faso ahead.
Botswana ranks 27th and Burkina Faso ranks 25th of 169 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Botswana averaged higher in 5 and Burkina Faso in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Botswana | Burkina Faso | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 9.6% | -5.3% | 14.9% | Botswana |
| 1980s | 18.6% | 9.9% | 8.7% | Botswana |
| 1990s | 4.3% | 3.6% | 0.7% | Botswana |
| 2000s | 27.1% | 8.1% | 18.9% | Botswana |
| 2010s | 7.9% | 10.4% | 2.5% | Burkina Faso |
| 2020s | 5.4% | 4.8% | 0.6% | Botswana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher gross capital formation, Botswana or Burkina Faso?
- Burkina Faso, at 14.8% against 14.0% in Botswana as of 2025.
- What is the difference in gross capital formation between Botswana and Burkina Faso?
- 0.8%, with Burkina Faso ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Burkina Faso?
- 49 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2024.
- How do Botswana and Burkina Faso rank globally for gross capital formation?
- Botswana ranks 27th and Burkina Faso ranks 25th of 169 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks, published as Gross capital formation (annual % growth). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Gross capital formation includes acquisitions less disposals of produced assets for purposes of fixed capital formation, inventories or valuables. This indicator denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.