Burkina Faso's travel services (% of service exports, BoP) was 20.08% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 9.71 percentage points from 29.79% in 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 20.08% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 21.57% | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 29.79% | 2014 |
| Highest | 86.88% | 2006 |
| Lowest | 14.69% | 2021 |
| Average since 2015 | 21.16% | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 69.56% | 2005 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Burkina Faso's travel services (% of service exports, BoP) fell 3.91 percentage points on 2023 (from 23.99% to 20.08%).
Across the 18 yearly changes before that (2006 to 2023), the average change was −2.53 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 9.75 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 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 17.32 percentage points in 2006 and the biggest yearly fall was 21.53 percentage points in 2007. 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 downward, about 1.03 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 39% 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 21st highest value of the 29 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 | 20.08% | 2024 |
| World | 19.75% | 2025 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 37.15% | 2025 |
| Low income | 31.96% | 2024 |
Closest to Burkina Faso in the 2024 ranking
- Niger — 17th of 29: 30.96%
- Kyrgyz Republic — 18th of 29: 29.05%
- Solomon Islands — 19th of 29: 21.11%
- Ethiopia — 21st of 29: 13.97%
- Cameroon — 22nd of 29: 12.51%
- Malta — 23rd of 29: 10.67%
What this measures
Travel services cover goods and services for own use or to give away acquired from an economy by nonresidents during visits to that economy, or acquired from other economies by residents during visits to these other economies. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service exports which are services provided by residents to non-residents.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 20 values
| Year | Travel services (% of service exports, BoP) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 20.08 |
| 2023 | 23.99 |
| 2022 | 15 |
| 2021 | 14.69 |
| 2020 | 14.72 |
| 2019 | 21.57 |
| 2018 | 21.72 |
| 2017 | 24.39 |
| 2016 | 27.45 |
| 2015 | 28 |
| 2014 |
Travel services (% of service exports, BoP) in nearby economies
- Angola — 13.7% (2025)
- Benin — 54.43% (2023)
- Botswana — 55.17% (2025)
- Burundi — 2.18% (2025)
- Cabo Verde — 78.29% (2025)
- Cameroon — 12.51% (2024)
- Comoros — 72.9% (2023)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 51.49% (2025)
- Congo, Rep. — 3.14% (2021)
- Côte d'Ivoire — 38.91% (2024)
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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Questions people ask
- What is Burkina Faso's travel services (% of service exports, BoP)?
- 20.08% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2005?
- It is down 49.48 percentage points from 69.56% in 2005. The highest value was 86.88% in 2006 and the lowest 14.69% in 2021.
- How does Burkina Faso rank?
- 21st highest of 29 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in travel services (% of service exports, BoP) unusual for Burkina Faso?
- In 2024, Burkina Faso's travel services (% of service exports, BoP) fell 3.91 percentage points on 2023 (from 23.99% to 20.08%). Across the 18 yearly changes before that (2006 to 2023), the average change was −2.53 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 9.75 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 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.TRVL.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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