Burkina Faso's adjusted savings, education expenditure (current US$) was US$806.74 million in 2021, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 68.5% from US$478.78 million in 2011 (5.36% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$806.74 million | 2021 |
| Five years earlier | US$528.48 million | 2016 |
| Ten years earlier | US$478.78 million | 2011 |
| Highest | US$806.74 million | 2021 |
| Lowest | US$7.96 million | 1970 |
| Average since 2012 | US$603.1 million | 2012–2021 |
| First recorded | US$7.96 million |
What the numbers say
In 2021, Burkina Faso's adjusted savings, education expenditure (current US$) rose 12.3% on 2020 (from US$718.25 million to US$806.74 million).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2020), the average change was +9.8% and a typical year strayed about 23% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 66.8% in 1997 and the biggest yearly fall was 36.9% in 1994. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2012 to 2021 the straight-line trend is upward, about US$32.53 million a year. A straight line explains 80% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
A straight-line projection, tested first
Extending that straight line gives about US$855.28 million for 2024. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2019 to 2021 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was US$26.77 million, against US$67.07 million for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.
See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.
How it compares
In 2021, Burkina Faso had the 107th highest value of the 179 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to Burkina Faso in the 2021 ranking
- West Bank and Gaza — 103rd of 179: US$874.12 million
- Mozambique — 104th of 179: US$831.11 million
- Mali — 105th of 179: US$825.27 million
- Moldova — 107th of 179: US$778.75 million
- Malta — 108th of 179: US$761.15 million
- Jamaica — 109th of 179: US$743.93 million
What this measures
Education expenditure refers to the current operating expenditures in education, including wages and salaries and excluding capital investments in buildings and equipment. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
All 52 values
| Year | Adjusted savings, education expenditure (current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 806,740,753 |
| 2020 | 718,254,103 |
| 2019 | 660,570,964 |
| 2018 | 663,220,027 |
| 2017 | 585,183,173 |
| 2016 | 528,480,500 |
| 2015 | 486,733,715 |
| 2014 | 574,846,323 |
| 2013 | 563,778,526 |
| 2012 | 443,214,555 |
Adjusted savings, education expenditure (current US$) in nearby economies
- Angola — US$2.22 billion (2021)
- Benin — US$516.23 million (2021)
- Botswana — US$1.58 billion (2021)
- Burundi — US$144.29 million (2021)
- Cabo Verde — US$98.98 million (2021)
- Cameroon — US$1.19 billion (2021)
- Central African Republic — US$30.91 million (2021)
- Chad — US$200.95 million (2021)
- Comoros — US$32.98 million (2021)
More economic policy & debt data for Burkina Faso
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$4.92 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 2.86 trillion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) — 17.81% (2025)
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$16.58 billion (2025)
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 9.65 trillion (2025)
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) — 60% (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$21.49 billion (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (current LCU)
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- What is Burkina Faso's adjusted savings, education expenditure (current US$)?
- US$806.74 million in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
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Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.ADJ.AEDU.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB); Statistical Yearbook, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division; Online database, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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