Burkina Faso vs Congo - Kinshasa

Burkina Faso vs Congo - Kinshasa: GDP growth

GDP growth: 5.3% a year in Burkina Faso in 2025 and 8.5% a year in Congo - Kinshasa in 2023, by IMF estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 5.5 percentage points, or 2.84 times that in Burkina Faso.

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% a year · IMF

Burkina Faso vs Congo - Kinshasa: GDP growthGDP growth: 5.3% a year in Burkina Faso in 2025 and 8.5% a year in Congo - Kinshasa in 2023, by IMF estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 5.5 percentage points, or 2.84 times that in Burkina Faso.
Burkina FasoCongo - KinshasaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Congo - Kinshasa has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Burkina Faso.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Burkina Faso at 4.9% a year and Congo - Kinshasa at 5.5% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearBurkina FasoCongo - Kinshasa
20255.35.7
20244.86.1
202338.5
20221.69.3
20216.96.4
202020.8
20195.90.6
20186.66.1
20176.24.2
201660.4
20153.96.4
20144.37.3
20135.89.6
20126.58.7
20116.67.6
20108.47.8
200930.6
20085.87.4
20074.18.5
20066.35.1
20058.79.8
20044.57.7
20037.86.6
20024.42.9
20016.6-2.1
20001.9-8.1
19997.3-3.8
19987.3-3.9
19976.3-7.8
199611-1.9
19955.72.8
19941.3-6.1
19933.5-13.5
19920.2-10.5
19919.1-8.4
1990-0.6-6.6
19892.2-1.3
19885.80.5
1987-0.22.7
198684.7
198511.30.5
19841.64.8
1983-1.21.4
19821.4-0.5
19812.70.9
198042.4
  • 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearBurkina FasoCongo - Kinshasa
20264.45.2
20274.85.7
20284.85.5
20294.85.5
20304.85.5
20314.95.5

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Good to know

  • How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
  • Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
  • The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
  • Ranks count the 143 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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