Burkina Faso vs Tanzania

Burkina Faso vs Tanzania: GDP growth

GDP growth: 5.3% a year in Burkina Faso in 2025 and 5.2% a year in Tanzania in 2023, by IMF estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Tanzania, by 2.2 percentage points, or 1.72 times that in Burkina Faso.

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% a year · IMF

Burkina Faso vs Tanzania: GDP growthGDP growth: 5.3% a year in Burkina Faso in 2025 and 5.2% a year in Tanzania in 2023, by IMF estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Tanzania, by 2.2 percentage points, or 1.72 times that in Burkina Faso.
Burkina FasoTanzaniaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Tanzania 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 Tanzania at 6% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearBurkina FasoTanzania
20255.35.9
20244.85.5
202335.2
20221.64.7
20216.94.8
202024.5
20195.96.9
20186.67
20176.26.7
201666.9
20153.96.2
20144.36.7
20135.86.8
20126.55.1
20116.67.9
20108.46.4
200935.4
20085.85.6
20074.18.5
20066.34.7
20058.77.4
20044.57.8
20037.86.9
20024.47.2
20016.66
20001.94.9
19997.34.8
19987.33.7
19976.33.5
1996114.5
19955.73.6
19941.31.6
19933.51.2
19920.20.6
19919.12.1
1990-0.67
19892.23.8
19885.84.4
1987-0.25.9
198686.6
198511.34.6
19841.63.4
1983-1.22.4
19821.40.6
19812.70.5
198043.3
  • 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearBurkina FasoTanzania
20264.46
20274.85.9
20284.86
20294.86
20304.85.9
20314.96

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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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