Burkina Faso's ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP) was 14.21% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 3.27 percentage points from 10.95% in 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 14.21% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 10.55% | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 10.95% | 2014 |
| Highest | 41.84% | 2011 |
| Lowest | 0.6% | 2005 |
| Average since 2015 | 11.54% | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 0.6% | 2005 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Burkina Faso's ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP) fell 0.94 percentage points on 2023 (from 15.16% to 14.21%).
Across the 18 yearly changes before that (2006 to 2023), the average change was +0.81 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 8.59 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations below 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 24.12 percentage points in 2011 and the biggest yearly fall was 22.48 percentage points in 2012. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.38 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 45% 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.
How it compares
In 2024, Burkina Faso had the 8th highest value of the 28 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 14.21% | 2024 |
| World | 15.71% | 2025 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 6.39% | 2025 |
| Low income | 6.66% | 2023 |
Closest to Burkina Faso in the 2024 ranking
- Niger — 4th of 28: 28.27%
- Nicaragua — 5th of 28: 19.44%
- West Bank and Gaza — 6th of 28: 17.7%
- Kyrgyz Republic — 8th of 28: 11.56%
- Cameroon — 9th of 28: 10.48%
- Côte d'Ivoire — 10th of 28: 9.87%
What this measures
Information and communication technology service exports include computer and communications services (telecommunications and postal and courier services) and information services (computer data and news-related service transactions).
Limitations: Discrepancies may arise in the balance of payments because there is no single source for balance of payments data and therefore no way to ensure that the data are fully consistent. Sources include customs data, monetary accounts of the banking system, external debt records, information provided by enterprises, surveys to estimate service transactions, and foreign exchange records. Differences in collection methods - such as in timing, definitions of residence and ownership, and the exchange rate used to value transactions - contribute to net errors and omissions. In addition, smuggling and other illegal or quasi-legal transactions may be unrecorded or misrecorded.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 20 values
| Year | ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 14.21 |
| 2023 | 15.16 |
| 2022 | 10.53 |
| 2021 | 11.06 |
| 2020 | 11.05 |
| 2019 | 10.55 |
| 2018 | 10.54 |
| 2017 | 10.54 |
| 2016 | 10.77 |
| 2015 | 10.96 |
| 2014 |
ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP) in nearby economies
- Angola — 17.44% (2025)
- Benin — 3.04% (2023)
- Botswana — 1.56% (2025)
- Burundi — 2.88% (2025)
- Cabo Verde — 1.17% (2025)
- Cameroon — 10.48% (2024)
- Comoros — 11.69% (2023)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 0.46% (2025)
- Congo, Rep. — 5.46% (2021)
- Côte d'Ivoire — 9.87% (2024)
More infrastructure data for Burkina Faso
- Fixed telephone subscriptions — 81,718 (2024)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 2,437 (2023)
- Air transport, passengers carried — 103,592 (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions — 27.46 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 116.59 (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 0.35 (2024)
- Air transport, freight (million ton-km) — 1.47 (2023)
- Individuals using the Internet (% of population) — 28.25% (2024)
- Scientific and technical journal articles — 519.72 (2023)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Burkina Faso's ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP)?
- 14.21% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2005?
- It is up 13.62 percentage points from 0.6% in 2005. The highest value was 41.84% in 2011 and the lowest 0.6% in 2005.
- How does Burkina Faso rank?
- 8th highest of 28 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP) unusual for Burkina Faso?
- In 2024, Burkina Faso's ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP) fell 0.94 percentage points on 2023 (from 15.16% to 14.21%). Across the 18 yearly changes before that (2006 to 2023), the average change was +0.81 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 8.59 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator BX.GSR.CCIS.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF) 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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