Burkina Faso vs Côte d’Ivoire: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 53.2% of GDP in Burkina Faso and 57.2% of GDP in Côte d’Ivoire, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Côte d’Ivoire, by 4 percentage points, or 1.07 times that in Burkina Faso.

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% of GDP · IMF

Burkina FasoCôte d’IvoireIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

Côte d’Ivoire has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Burkina Faso.
In 2025, Burkina Faso ranked 74 and Côte d’Ivoire ranked 63 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Burkina Faso at 49.7% of GDP and Côte d’Ivoire at 50.9% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

Year	Burkina Faso	Côte d’Ivoire
2025	53.2	57.2
2024	57.3	59.5
2023	56.8	56.7
2022	59.2	56
2021	55.5	50.2
2020	45	46.3
2019	41.7	37.2
2018	38.1	35.3
2017	33.9	32.6
2016	32.9	31.1
2015	31.3	29.2
2014	26.1	26.7
2013	25.9	24.6
2012	25.2	24.7
2011	24.5	50
2010	23.7	45.6
2009	25.9	46.5
2008	24.9	51.2
2007	22.4	53.5
2006	20.1	57.5
2005	39.2	58.2
2004	40.7	56.7
2003	39.7	56.4
2002	43.3	63
2001	–	71.2
2000	–	74
1999	–	78
1998	–	75.2
1997	–	84.2

IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031

Year	Burkina Faso	Côte d’Ivoire
2026	51	57.8
2027	50.9	56.9
2028	51	55.3
2029	50.4	53.7
2030	50	52.2
2031	49.7	50.9

Each country on its own

Good to know

What the government owes, as a share of the economy’s yearly output.
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 149 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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Deaths in conflictsBurkina Faso: 2,595 deaths in 2022Côte d’Ivoire: 0 deaths in 2022