Burkina Faso

Inflation in Burkina Faso

Inflation in Burkina Faso: 12.3% a year in 1980 and -0.6% a year in 2025, by IMF estimates.

Latest, 2025
-0.6% a year
Since 1980
−12.8 percentage points
Rank, 2025
176 of 179
counting from the highest
Projected, 2031
2% a year
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

% a year · IMF

Inflation in Burkina FasoInflation in Burkina Faso: 12.3% a year in 1980 and -0.6% a year in 2025, by IMF estimates. The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 2% a year in 2031.
Estimates, IMFIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 2% a year in 2031.
  • The highest was 24.7% a year in 1994, the lowest -3.2% a year in 2019.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearBurkina Faso
2025-0.6
20244.2
20230.9
202213.8
20213.9
20201.9
2019-3.2
20182
20171.5
20160.4
20151.7
2014-0.3
20130.5
20123.8
20112.8
2010-0.6
20090.9
200810.7
2007-0.2
20062.3
20056.4
2004-0.4
20032
20022.3
20014.7
2000-0.2
1999-1.1
19984.9
19972.9
19966.1
19957.8
199424.7
19930.6
1992-2
19912.5
1990-0.8
1989-0.3
19884.2
1987-2.9
1986-2.7
19857.1
19844.8
19838.3
198212.1
19817.6
198012.3
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearBurkina Faso
20262.1
20272.2
20282
20292
20302
20312

Good to know

  • How much consumer prices rose in a year, on average.
  • 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 179 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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