Services, value added in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Services, value added was 3.2% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Services, value added in Burkina Faso, 1971–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in annual % growth.
Analysis
The most recent figure for services, value added in Burkina Faso is 3.2%, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 42.3% on the previous year and down 41.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services, value added in Burkina Faso peaked at 20.1% in 1979 and was at its lowest, -4.9%, in 1994.
Burkina Faso ranks 105th of 196 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Services, value added in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | annual % growth | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.3% | — |
| 1972 | 7.5% | +2093.7% |
| 1973 | -4.2% | -155.3% |
| 1974 | 16.8% | -503.9% |
| 1975 | -4.3% | -125.6% |
| 1976 | 7.6% | -277.2% |
| 1977 | 16.4% | +114.6% |
| 1978 | 4.7% | -71.1% |
| 1979 | 20.1% | +324.9% |
| 1980 | -4.8% | -123.8% |
| 1981 | 5.3% | -211.1% |
| 1982 | 15.3% | +187.2% |
| 1983 | 3.3% | -78.7% |
| 1984 | -2.3% | -169.8% |
| 1985 | 9.1% | -498.7% |
| 1986 | 5.3% | -41.6% |
| 1987 | 2.2% | -59.3% |
| 1988 | 2.5% | +14.5% |
| 1989 | 5.5% | +120.5% |
| 1990 | -0.1% | -102.2% |
| 1991 | 5.2% | -4411.5% |
| 1992 | -2.5% | -148.1% |
| 1993 | -0.4% | -85.9% |
| 1994 | -4.9% | +1296.1% |
| 1995 | 7.6% | -254.2% |
| 1996 | 13.9% | +81.7% |
| 1997 | 7.8% | -43.7% |
| 1998 | 2.9% | -62.9% |
| 1999 | -0.1% | -102.1% |
| 2000 | 9.2% | -15532.5% |
| 2001 | 7.2% | -21.6% |
| 2002 | 6.9% | -4.1% |
| 2003 | 4.3% | -38.0% |
| 2004 | 7.9% | +83.1% |
| 2005 | 9.1% | +16.3% |
| 2006 | 10.2% | +12.0% |
| 2007 | 4.5% | -55.8% |
| 2008 | 3.2% | -28.6% |
| 2009 | 5.9% | +84.1% |
| 2010 | 2.7% | -55.1% |
| 2011 | 6.6% | +146.3% |
| 2012 | 8.6% | +31.0% |
| 2013 | 5.4% | -36.9% |
| 2014 | 5.1% | -6.7% |
| 2015 | 5.5% | +9.4% |
| 2016 | 6.7% | +21.6% |
| 2017 | 6.2% | -8.2% |
| 2018 | 5.1% | -17.7% |
| 2019 | 8.0% | +57.0% |
| 2020 | -2.3% | -129.4% |
| 2021 | 12.5% | -631.0% |
| 2022 | 4.2% | -66.4% |
| 2023 | 3.8% | -9.2% |
| 2024 | 5.6% | +47.1% |
| 2025 | 3.2% | -42.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 7.2% | -4.3% | 20.1% | 9 |
| 1980s | 4.1% | -4.8% | 15.3% | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.9% | -4.9% | 13.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.9% | 3.2% | 10.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.0% | 2.7% | 8.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.5% | -2.3% | 12.5% | 6 |
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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)
- Services, value added (current US$), annual growth rate 12.77 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4152 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$), per capita 476.45 current US$ per person (2025)
- Services, value added (current LCU), annual growth rate 8.23 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added (current LCU), per unit of GDP 241.61 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Services, value added (current LCU), per capita 277,261 current LCU per person (2025)
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 3.23 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.3143 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is services, value added in Burkina Faso?
- Services, value added in Burkina Faso was 3.2% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest services, value added recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 20.1% in 1979.
- What is the lowest services, value added recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was -4.9% in 1994.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for services, value added?
- Burkina Faso ranks 105th out of 196 countries with data for 2025.
- Is services, value added rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is down 41.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), published as part of Services, value added (annual % growth). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Services industries correspond to ISIC (Rev. 4) divisions 45-99 and includes wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles, hotels and restaurants, transport, storage and communication, financial intermediation, real estate, renting and business activities, public administration and defence, compulsory social security, education, health and social work, other community, social and personal service activities, private households with employed persons, and extra-territorial organizations and bodies. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.