Burkina Faso vs Zimbabwe

Burkina Faso vs Zimbabwe: GDP growth

GDP growth in 2025: 5.3% a year in Burkina Faso and 8.3% a year in Zimbabwe, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Zimbabwe, by 3 percentage points, or 1.56 times that in Burkina Faso.

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% a year · IMF

Burkina Faso vs Zimbabwe: GDP growthGDP growth in 2025: 5.3% a year in Burkina Faso and 8.3% a year in Zimbabwe, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Zimbabwe, by 3 percentage points, or 1.56 times that in Burkina Faso.
Burkina FasoZimbabweIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Zimbabwe has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Burkina Faso.
  • In 2025, Burkina Faso ranked 27 and Zimbabwe ranked 8 of 143 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Burkina Faso at 4.9% a year and Zimbabwe at 4.2% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearBurkina FasoZimbabwe
20255.38.3
20244.81.7
202335.3
20221.65.7
20216.97.9
20202-11.5
20195.9-6.7
20186.64.3
20176.29.8
201661.2
20153.92.1
20144.32.4
20135.82
20126.515.4
20116.614.3
20108.419.6
200937.4
20085.8-16.3
20074.1-3.4
20066.3-3.6
20058.7-7.4
20044.5-6.3
20037.8-16.2
20024.4-7.7
20016.6-0.5
20001.9-4.2
19997.3-1.1
19987.3–
19976.3–
199611–
19955.7–
19941.3–
19933.5–
19920.2–
19919.1–
1990-0.6–
19892.2–
19885.8–
1987-0.2–
19868–
198511.3–
19841.6–
1983-1.2–
19821.4–
19812.7–
19804–
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearBurkina FasoZimbabwe
20264.45
20274.83.5
20284.85
20294.84.2
20304.84.2
20314.94.2

Each country on its own

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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