Burkina Faso
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Debt Vulnerability
Moderate Risk of external debt distress
Sustainable Development Finance Policy
Performance and policy actions required : Yes
Set-aside applied : No
Non-concessional borrowing ceiling : Not established
Performance and Policy Actions (PPA)
Fiscal Sustainability
To ensure accurate data for tax collection, the government has submitted to the National Assembly the 2025 budget law containing a legal provision to institute the certified and standardized electronic invoicing for taxpayers under the Directorate of Large Enterprises.
Fiscal Sustainability
The Ministry of Economy and Finance has (i) transmitted a report to the Council of Ministers on the reconciliation between the staff registers and the payroll registers at the Ministry in charge of national education; and (ii) adopted an Arrêté establishing a formal framework for consultation between the actors in the personnel expenditure management chain.
World Bank Lending
| Grant eligibility : | 100% credits | Credit terms : | 50-year Credits (new) |
Lending amounts by fiscal year (commitments, US$ millions)
- Original Principal value of IBRD Loans
US$ 0.00 million - Original Principal value of IDA Credits
US$ 4015.07 million - Original Principal value of IDA Grants
US$ 1711.31 million
Data as of: 06/30/2025
Total lending at project level, for the period from FY2017 to FY2025
Debt Data
Total external debt stock
53.36
% of GNI (2023)
Total debt service
13.78
% of exports (goods, services, and primary income,2023)
Country Characteristics
Population, Total
23.55 million
(as of 2024)
GNI, Atlas Method
20.66 billion
(in current US$ as of 2024)
GNI per capita, Atlas Method
880
(in current US$ as of 2024)