Burkina Faso's changes in inventories (current LCU) was 74.62 billion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 335.05% from 17.15 billion in 2015 (15.84% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 74.62 billion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | -62.74 billion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 17.15 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | 641.83 billion | 2024 |
| Lowest | -286.12 billion | 2021 |
| Average since 2016 | 94.41 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 3.17 billion |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Burkina Faso's changes in inventories (current LCU) fell 567.21 billion on 2024 (from 641.83 billion to 74.62 billion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +20.89 billion and a typical year strayed about 124.58 billion from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 4.7 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 412.36 billion in 2024 and the biggest yearly fall was 567.21 billion in 2025. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 10% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Burkina Faso had the 27th highest value of the 109 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 2025 ranking
- Ukraine — 24th of 109: 122.45 billion
- Morocco — 25th of 109: 83.87 billion
- Mauritania — 26th of 109: 80.64 billion
- Saudi Arabia — 28th of 109: 72.37 billion
- Germany — 29th of 109: 72.37 billion
- Mexico — 30th of 109: 72.35 billion
What this measures
Changes in inventories is the value of entries into inventories less the value of withdrawals and less the value of any recurrent losses of goods held in inventories during the accounting period.This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.
All 47 values
| Year | Changes in inventories (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 74,620,045,200 |
| 2024 | 641,825,452,900 |
| 2023 | 229,467,622,700 |
| 2022 | -12,216,184,500 |
| 2021 | -286,121,999,100 |
| 2020 | -62,741,999,100 |
| 2019 | 84,513,000,900 |
| 2018 | 138,629,000,000 |
| 2017 | 95,302,000,000 |
| 2016 | 40,778,000,000 |
Changes in inventories (current LCU) in nearby economies
- Angola — 15.59 billion (2024)
- Benin — 56.5 billion (2025)
- Botswana — 2.51 billion (2025)
- Cameroon — 233.9 billion (2024)
- Central African Republic — -97.75 billion (2025)
- Chad — 495.84 billion (2025)
- Comoros — 7.91 billion (2023)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 6.98 trillion (2025)
- Congo, Rep. — 28.87 billion (2025)
- Côte d'Ivoire — -431.12 billion (2025)
- Equatorial Guinea
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)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Burkina Faso's changes in inventories (current LCU)?
- 74.62 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1979?
- It is up 2,254% from 3.17 billion in 1979 (7.11% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 641.83 billion in 2024 and the lowest -286.12 billion in 2021.
- How does Burkina Faso rank?
- 27th highest of 109 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in changes in inventories (current LCU) unusual for Burkina Faso?
- In 2025, Burkina Faso's changes in inventories (current LCU) fell 567.21 billion on 2024 (from 641.83 billion to 74.62 billion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +20.89 billion and a typical year strayed about 124.58 billion from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 4.7 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.GDI.STKB.CN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); National Accounts data files, Central Banks; Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) 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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