Foreign direct investments as a share of GDP fell 84.9% to 0.005% in Burkina Faso in 2023, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, foreign direct investments as a share of GDP in Burkina Faso reached an all time high of 0.036% in 2013 and an all time low of -0.006% in 2020. When compared to Burkina Faso's main peers, foreign direct investments as a share of GDP in Ghana amounted to 0.016%, 0.022% in Ivory Coast, 0.029% in Mali and 0.061% in Niger in 2023.
Burkina Faso has been ranked 127th within the group of 165 countries we follow in terms of foreign direct investments as a share of GDP, 57 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Foreign Direct Investments (As % of GDP) | Unit | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Algeria | % | 0.006% | 0.008% | 0.007% | 0.007% | 0.005% | ||||||||||||||||
| Benin | % | 0.016% | 0.014% | 0.015% | 0.011% | 0.020% | ||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | % | < 0.001% | 0.017% | 0.010% | -0.006% | -0.004% | ||||||||||||||||
| Chad | % | 0.027% | 0.030% | 0.038% | 0.037% | 0.042% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ghana | % | 0.054% | 0.044% | 0.057% | 0.027% | 0.032% | ||||||||||||||||
| Guinea | % | 0.056% | 0.030% | 0.003% | 0.013% | 0.012% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | % | 0.019% | 0.011% | 0.014% | 0.011% | 0.019% | ||||||||||||||||
| Liberia | % | 0.073% | 0.038% | 0.026% | 0.232% | 0.152% | ||||||||||||||||
| Libya | % | ... | ... | ... | < 0.001% | ... | 0.017% | |||||||||||||||
| Mali | % | 0.031% | 0.023% | 0.042% | 0.026% | 0.028% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | % | 0.087% | 0.103% | -0.112% | 0.112% | 0.116% | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | % | 0.030% | 0.036% | 0.056% | 0.026% | 0.040% | ||||||||||||||||
| Togo | % | 0.014% | -0.026% | 0.049% | -0.008% | -0.016% |
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