What is the highest gross capital formation (current us$), per unit of gdp recorded in Burkina Faso?

The highest recorded value was 0.2739 current US$ per US$ of GDP in 1997.

What is the lowest gross capital formation (current us$), per unit of gdp recorded in Burkina Faso?

The lowest recorded value was 0.0797 current US$ per US$ of GDP in 1966.

How does Burkina Faso rank for gross capital formation (current us$), per unit of gdp?

Burkina Faso ranks 149th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.

Is gross capital formation (current us$), per unit of gdp rising or falling in Burkina Faso?

Over the last ten years it is down 11.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Gross capital formation (current US$), per unit of GDP in Burkina Faso

Name: Gross capital formation (current US$), per unit of GDP in Burkina Faso
Creator: Statizoid (derived)
License: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page

Burkina Faso: Gross capital formation (current US$), per unit of GDP was 0.1722 current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)

0.1722 current US$ per US$ of GDP

Change on year

down 21.0%

World rank

149th

of 187 countries

All-time high

0.2739 current US$ per US$ of GDP

in 1997

All-time low

0.0797 current US$ per US$ of GDP

in 1966

Years of data

1960–2025

Gross capital formation (current US$), per unit of GDP in Burkina Faso, 1960–2025

Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in current US$ per US$ of GDP.

Analysis

The most recent figure for gross capital formation (current us$), per unit of gdp in Burkina Faso is 0.1722 current US$ per US$ of GDP, measured in 2025.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 21.0% on the previous year and down 11.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, gross capital formation (current us$), per unit of gdp in Burkina Faso peaked at 0.2739 current US$ per US$ of GDP in 1997 and was at its lowest, 0.0797 current US$ per US$ of GDP, in 1966.

That places Burkina Faso 149th out of 187 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 66 years of available data.

Gross capital formation (current US$), per unit of GDP in Burkina Faso, year by year

Annual values for Gross capital formation (current US$), per unit of GDP in Burkina Faso, 1960 to 2025.
Year	current US$ per US$ of GDP	Change
1960	0.0852 current US$ per US$ of GDP	—
1961	0.0865 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+1.6%
1962	0.0871 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+0.6%
1963	0.088 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+1.1%
1964	0.0964 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+9.5%
1965	0.0871 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-9.6%
1966	0.0797 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-8.5%
1967	0.0802 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+0.6%
1968	0.0827 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+3.1%
1969	0.0961 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+16.2%
1970	0.1027 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+6.9%
1971	0.1487 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+44.8%
1972	0.1728 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+16.2%
1973	0.2063 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+19.4%
1974	0.2552 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+23.7%
1975	0.231 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-9.5%
1976	0.2284 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-1.1%
1977	0.1956 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-14.4%
1978	0.1832 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-6.4%
1979	0.164 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-10.5%
1980	0.1511 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-7.9%
1981	0.1413 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-6.5%
1982	0.1793 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+26.9%
1983	0.1713 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-4.4%
1984	0.1417 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-17.3%
1985	0.2295 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+62.0%
1986	0.2014 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-12.3%
1987	0.1922 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-4.5%
1988	0.1879 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-2.3%
1989	0.2041 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+8.6%
1990	0.1891 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-7.3%
1991	0.2125 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+12.3%
1992	0.193 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-9.1%
1993	0.1946 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+0.8%
1994	0.2717 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+39.6%
1995	0.2393 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-11.9%
1996	0.2494 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+4.3%
1997	0.2739 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+9.8%
1998	0.2417 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-11.7%
1999	0.173 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-28.5%
2000	0.1457 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-15.8%
2001	0.1355 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-7.0%
2002	0.1345 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-0.7%
2003	0.1546 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+14.9%
2004	0.1552 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+0.4%
2005	0.1756 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+13.2%
2006	0.1613 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-8.2%
2007	0.1825 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+13.2%
2008	0.2073 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+13.6%
2009	0.1999 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-3.6%
2010	0.2199 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+10.0%
2011	0.2212 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+0.6%
2012	0.2465 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+11.4%
2013	0.2371 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-3.8%
2014	0.1926 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-18.8%
2015	0.1941 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+0.7%
2016	0.208 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+7.2%
2017	0.2206 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+6.1%
2018	0.2174 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-1.5%
2019	0.1976 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-9.1%
2020	0.1716 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-13.1%
2021	0.1551 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-9.6%
2022	0.1806 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+16.4%
2023	0.2026 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+12.2%
2024	0.2179 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+7.6%
2025	0.1722 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-21.0%

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	0.0869 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0797 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0964 current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
1970s	0.1888 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.1027 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.2552 current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
1980s	0.18 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.1413 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.2295 current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
1990s	0.2238 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.173 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.2739 current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
2000s	0.1652 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.1345 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.2073 current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
2010s	0.2155 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.1926 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.2465 current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
2020s	0.1833 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.1551 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.2179 current US$ per US$ of GDP	6

Countries ranked near Burkina Faso

146 Poland 0.1789 current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
147 Cape Verde 0.1741 current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
148 Greece 0.1724 current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
150 Afghanistan 0.1709 current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
151 Brazil 0.1708 current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
152 Kenya 0.1696 current US$ per US$ of GDP compare

See the full ranking of 230 places →

More economy & growth data for Burkina Faso

Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 2.54 Percent per annum (2029)
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 4.98 Percent per annum (2029)
Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current LCU) 10.61 % change on previous year (2025)
Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current LCU) 349.13 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current LCU) 400,650 current LCU per person (2025)
Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 2.34 % change on previous year (2025)
Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 0.4456 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 511.34 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
Final consumption expenditure (current US$), annual growth rate 13.89 % change on previous year (2025)
Final consumption expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.778 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)

All data for Burkina Faso →

Frequently asked questions

What is gross capital formation (current us$), per unit of gdp in Burkina Faso?: Gross capital formation (current us$), per unit of gdp in Burkina Faso was 0.1722 current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest gross capital formation (current us$), per unit of gdp recorded in Burkina Faso?: The highest recorded value was 0.2739 current US$ per US$ of GDP in 1997.
What is the lowest gross capital formation (current us$), per unit of gdp recorded in Burkina Faso?: The lowest recorded value was 0.0797 current US$ per US$ of GDP in 1966.
How does Burkina Faso rank for gross capital formation (current us$), per unit of gdp?: Burkina Faso ranks 149th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
Is gross capital formation (current us$), per unit of gdp rising or falling in Burkina Faso?: Over the last ten years it is down 11.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?: The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Gross capital formation (current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 66 observations, free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page.

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Gross capital formation (current US$), per unit of GDP in Burkina Faso. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 09 September 2026, from https://economy.statizoid.com/stat/gross-capital-formation-current-us-per-unit-of-gdp/burkina-faso/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://economy.statizoid.com/stat/gross-capital-formation-current-us-per-unit-of-gdp/burkina-faso/">Gross capital formation (current US$), per unit of GDP in Burkina Faso</a> — Statizoid

How this figure is calculated

Gross capital formation (current US$) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Gross capital formation (current US$) ÷ GDP (current US$)

Computed from

Gross capital formation Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks
GDP Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks

Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.

About this data

Indicator: Gross capital formation (current US$), per unit of GDP
Unit: current US$ per US$ of GDP
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 230 places, 10,917 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 06 September 2026

Gross capital formation (current US$) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.