Burkina Faso - Merchandise imports

Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports) in Burkina Faso was 3.00 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 58 years was 4.92 in 2019, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1991.

Definition: Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from economies in the Arab World. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1962 1.44
1963 2.19
1966 1.07
1967 0.84
1969 0.76
1970 0.41
1971 0.49
1972 0.46
1973 0.80
1974 0.33
1975 0.04
1976 0.08
1977 0.43
1978 0.14
1979 0.03
1980 0.19
1981 0.04
1982 0.20
1983 0.22
1984 1.19
1985 1.85
1986 0.01
1987 0.02
1988 0.02
1989 0.00
1990 0.00
1991 0.00
1992 0.74
1993 0.96
1994 0.48
1995 0.54
1996 0.52
1997 0.55
1998 2.24
1999 2.73
2000 4.30
2001 4.52
2002 3.76
2003 0.90
2004 1.05
2005 2.46
2006 2.80
2007 1.82
2008 0.94
2009 2.07
2010 2.85
2011 2.48
2012 1.98
2013 2.13
2014 2.46
2015 3.58
2016 3.68
2017 2.53
2018 4.35
2019 4.92
2020 3.00

Merchandise imports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise imports (current US$) in Burkina Faso was 4,117,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4,365,000,000 in 2013 and a minimum value of 11,000,000 in 1960.

Definition: Merchandise imports show the c.i.f. value of goods received from the rest of the world valued in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Trade Organization.

See also:

Year Value
1960 11,000,000
1961 28,000,000
1962 35,000,000
1963 37,000,000
1964 40,000,000
1965 37,000,000
1966 38,000,000
1967 36,000,000
1968 44,000,000
1969 54,000,000
1970 49,000,000
1971 56,000,000
1972 69,000,000
1973 98,000,000
1974 144,000,000
1975 151,000,000
1976 144,000,000
1977 209,000,000
1978 227,000,000
1979 301,000,000
1980 359,000,000
1981 338,000,000
1982 347,000,000
1983 291,000,000
1984 253,000,000
1985 332,000,000
1986 405,000,000
1987 434,000,000
1988 454,000,000
1989 391,000,000
1990 536,000,000
1991 533,000,000
1992 466,000,000
1993 509,000,000
1994 349,000,000
1995 455,000,000
1996 647,000,000
1997 587,000,000
1998 732,000,000
1999 678,000,000
2000 611,000,000
2001 656,000,000
2002 739,000,000
2003 925,000,000
2004 1,270,000,000
2005 1,260,000,000
2006 1,319,000,000
2007 1,678,000,000
2008 2,018,000,000
2009 1,870,000,000
2010 2,048,000,000
2011 2,406,000,000
2012 3,575,000,000
2013 4,365,000,000
2014 3,576,000,000
2015 3,080,000,000
2016 3,345,000,000
2017 3,861,000,000
2018 4,301,000,000
2019 4,284,000,000
2020 4,117,000,000

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) in Burkina Faso was 40.51 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 59 years was 100.00 in 1965, while its lowest value was 28.43 in 2014.

Definition: Merchandise imports from high-income economies are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from high-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1961 100.00
1962 66.57
1963 61.20
1964 100.00
1965 100.00
1966 56.68
1967 58.54
1968 51.72
1969 63.02
1970 65.29
1971 68.49
1972 64.40
1973 68.31
1974 73.32
1975 69.00
1976 72.18
1977 74.62
1978 73.32
1979 67.84
1980 68.01
1981 63.84
1982 59.52
1983 59.86
1984 54.73
1985 58.37
1986 63.54
1987 62.83
1988 62.61
1989 58.03
1990 57.32
1991 42.36
1992 55.52
1993 54.02
1994 58.24
1995 55.99
1996 56.60
1997 59.95
1998 45.10
1999 51.06
2000 54.64
2001 52.92
2002 49.49
2003 39.39
2004 37.76
2005 44.89
2006 39.54
2007 38.32
2008 39.89
2009 44.95
2010 42.76
2011 44.46
2012 45.86
2013 49.82
2014 28.43
2015 49.27
2016 41.95
2017 45.71
2018 41.54
2019 47.19
2020 40.51

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports) in Burkina Faso was 32.74 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 58 years was 33.38 in 2016, while its lowest value was 0.81 in 1970.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from other low- and middle-income economies in other World Bank regions according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1962 2.02
1963 1.91
1966 1.60
1967 2.52
1969 1.00
1970 0.81
1971 1.19
1972 2.87
1973 2.52
1974 1.78
1975 2.31
1976 3.07
1977 3.99
1978 1.65
1979 2.65
1980 3.74
1981 2.54
1982 6.01
1983 3.94
1984 4.84
1985 6.28
1986 3.02
1987 5.47
1988 5.72
1989 10.69
1990 3.15
1991 5.56
1992 10.75
1993 9.75
1994 8.15
1995 8.03
1996 9.53
1997 10.72
1998 4.57
1999 5.03
2000 12.17
2001 13.10
2002 15.39
2003 10.34
2004 10.62
2005 16.73
2006 21.48
2007 25.39
2008 25.43
2009 24.48
2010 25.09
2011 26.30
2012 22.43
2013 23.72
2014 19.05
2015 27.98
2016 33.38
2017 29.57
2018 32.49
2019 23.47
2020 32.74

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports) in Burkina Faso was 14.33 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 58 years was 19.17 in 2016, while its lowest value was 0.22 in 1971.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia and Pacific are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the East Asia and Pacific region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1962 0.58
1966 0.27
1967 0.56
1969 0.24
1970 0.40
1971 0.22
1972 1.95
1973 0.80
1974 0.98
1975 1.69
1976 2.30
1977 1.89
1978 0.72
1979 1.33
1980 1.95
1981 1.65
1982 3.78
1983 2.68
1984 3.27
1985 3.95
1986 2.09
1987 4.61
1988 5.47
1989 10.43
1990 2.66
1991 3.82
1992 4.64
1993 8.00
1994 5.37
1995 3.52
1996 3.22
1997 4.08
1998 1.15
1999 0.65
2000 6.18
2001 6.82
2002 7.17
2003 3.73
2004 6.00
2005 7.01
2006 7.65
2007 10.84
2008 15.16
2009 13.94
2010 14.03
2011 14.07
2012 11.83
2013 14.68
2014 11.21
2015 15.84
2016 19.17
2017 16.92
2018 15.61
2019 3.67
2020 14.33

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports) in Burkina Faso was 9.38 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 9.38 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.01 in 1992.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe and Central Asia are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Europe and Central Asia region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1973 0.01
1974 0.02
1992 0.01
1993 0.05
1994 0.08
1995 0.10
1996 0.24
1997 1.58
1998 0.45
1999 0.52
2000 1.55
2001 2.37
2002 3.17
2003 2.54
2004 1.57
2005 1.38
2006 3.71
2007 3.66
2008 2.30
2009 1.93
2010 3.96
2011 4.25
2012 2.31
2013 1.35
2014 1.65
2015 3.22
2016 4.28
2017 4.53
2018 6.86
2019 8.38
2020 9.38

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports) in Burkina Faso was 0.89 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 53 years was 3.20 in 2012, while its lowest value was 0.06 in 1974.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America and the Caribbean are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Latin America and the Caribbean region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1967 1.12
1973 0.09
1974 0.06
1982 1.07
1983 1.03
1984 0.38
1985 0.48
1986 0.92
1987 0.84
1988 0.23
1989 0.26
1990 0.48
1991 0.41
1992 1.25
1993 0.89
1994 0.71
1995 0.99
1996 0.82
1997 1.35
1998 0.25
1999 0.40
2000 0.30
2001 0.53
2002 1.26
2003 0.77
2004 0.62
2005 1.82
2006 2.06
2007 1.31
2008 1.13
2009 1.88
2010 1.27
2011 1.81
2012 3.20
2013 1.22
2014 0.62
2015 2.24
2016 1.92
2017 1.35
2018 1.49
2019 1.68
2020 0.89

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports) in Burkina Faso was 2.53 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 58 years was 3.69 in 2019, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1991.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East and North Africa are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Middle East and North Africa region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1962 1.44
1963 1.91
1966 1.07
1967 0.84
1969 0.76
1970 0.41
1971 0.49
1972 0.46
1973 0.80
1974 0.33
1975 0.04
1976 0.08
1977 0.43
1978 0.14
1979 0.03
1980 0.19
1981 0.04
1982 0.20
1983 0.22
1984 1.19
1985 1.85
1986 0.01
1987 0.02
1988 0.02
1989 0.00
1990 0.00
1991 0.00
1992 0.33
1993 0.32
1994 0.31
1995 0.43
1996 0.43
1997 0.48
1998 2.18
1999 2.64
2000 3.25
2001 0.91
2002 0.95
2003 0.77
2004 0.59
2005 1.24
2006 1.26
2007 1.78
2008 0.88
2009 1.56
2010 2.19
2011 1.72
2012 1.57
2013 1.56
2014 1.77
2015 3.16
2016 2.71
2017 2.19
2018 3.25
2019 3.69
2020 2.53

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports) in Burkina Faso was 5.61 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 54 years was 7.80 in 2007, while its lowest value was 0.27 in 1966.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the South Asia region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1966 0.27
1971 0.48
1972 0.46
1973 0.82
1974 0.39
1975 0.57
1976 0.69
1977 1.67
1978 0.79
1979 1.28
1980 1.61
1981 0.85
1982 0.95
1991 1.32
1992 4.51
1993 0.48
1994 1.68
1995 2.99
1996 4.83
1997 3.23
1998 0.54
1999 0.82
2000 0.90
2001 2.47
2002 2.82
2003 2.52
2004 1.84
2005 5.28
2006 6.79
2007 7.80
2008 5.96
2009 5.17
2010 3.64
2011 4.45
2012 3.52
2013 4.90
2014 3.81
2015 3.51
2016 5.30
2017 4.58
2018 5.28
2019 6.05
2020 5.61

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports) in Burkina Faso was 25.14 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 58 years was 52.33 in 2014, while its lowest value was 15.12 in 1978.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Sub-Saharan Africa region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1962 23.63
1963 34.15
1966 35.83
1967 36.13
1968 35.28
1969 26.96
1970 24.64
1971 24.75
1972 28.49
1973 25.55
1974 18.97
1975 22.66
1976 19.50
1977 16.70
1978 15.12
1979 21.81
1980 23.02
1981 26.12
1982 27.32
1983 28.29
1984 28.10
1985 28.41
1986 27.71
1987 23.95
1988 22.83
1989 21.57
1990 26.60
1991 28.12
1992 27.37
1993 29.62
1994 26.71
1995 27.41
1996 25.85
1997 25.11
1998 26.54
1999 39.45
2000 32.20
2001 31.94
2002 32.16
2003 48.10
2004 48.03
2005 32.77
2006 33.27
2007 30.29
2008 29.51
2009 30.19
2010 31.22
2011 28.69
2012 26.46
2013 26.23
2014 52.33
2015 22.29
2016 24.23
2017 24.43
2018 23.91
2019 27.04
2020 25.14

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in Burkina Faso was 1.62 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 59 years was 23.96 in 1991, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1961.

Definition: Merchandise imports by the reporting economy residuals are the total merchandise imports by the reporting economy from the rest of the world as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database, less the sum of imports by the reporting economy from high-, low-, and middle-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Includes trade with unspecified partners or with economies not covered by World Bank classification. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1961 0.00
1962 7.78
1963 2.73
1964 0.00
1965 0.00
1966 5.88
1967 2.80
1968 13.00
1969 9.02
1970 9.26
1971 5.58
1972 4.23
1973 3.63
1974 5.93
1975 6.03
1976 5.25
1977 4.70
1978 9.91
1979 7.70
1980 5.23
1981 7.50
1982 7.14
1983 7.92
1984 12.32
1985 6.94
1986 5.73
1987 7.75
1988 8.84
1989 9.71
1990 12.93
1991 23.96
1992 6.36
1993 6.60
1994 6.90
1995 8.57
1996 8.01
1997 4.21
1998 23.79
1999 4.46
2000 0.98
2001 2.04
2002 2.96
2003 2.16
2004 3.59
2005 5.60
2006 5.71
2007 6.00
2008 5.17
2009 0.38
2010 0.93
2011 0.55
2012 5.25
2013 0.23
2014 0.19
2015 0.47
2016 0.44
2017 0.29
2018 2.06
2019 2.29
2020 1.62

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) in Burkina Faso was $4,121,300,000 as of 2020. Over the past 59 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $4,371,259,000 in 2013 and $300,000 in 1961.

Definition: Merchandise imports by the reporting economy are the total merchandise imports by the reporting economy from the rest of the world, as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1961 $300,000
1962 $34,700,000
1963 $36,600,000
1964 $900,000
1965 $800,000
1966 $37,400,000
1967 $35,700,000
1968 $37,700,000
1969 $51,781,000
1970 $47,125,000
1971 $50,595,000
1972 $59,175,000
1973 $77,400,000
1974 $153,269,000
1975 $146,853,000
1976 $143,918,000
1977 $205,172,000
1978 $225,196,000
1979 $299,355,000
1980 $357,115,000
1981 $335,319,000
1982 $346,907,000
1983 $287,350,000
1984 $257,737,400
1985 $324,782,100
1986 $403,266,400
1987 $434,464,600
1988 $453,098,300
1989 $393,126,100
1990 $535,785,600
1991 $533,490,500
1992 $499,703,200
1993 $430,503,000
1994 $348,875,500
1995 $480,846,900
1996 $603,065,500
1997 $529,871,200
1998 $778,150,300
1999 $601,892,500
2000 $477,149,600
2001 $537,219,600
2002 $546,007,700
2003 $724,819,600
2004 $947,292,000
2005 $1,010,300,000
2006 $1,251,903,000
2007 $1,548,921,000
2008 $1,964,885,000
2009 $1,873,912,000
2010 $2,051,992,000
2011 $2,411,209,000
2012 $3,573,178,000
2013 $4,371,259,000
2014 $3,580,226,000
2015 $2,984,633,000
2016 $3,347,111,000
2017 $3,722,765,000
2018 $4,239,770,000
2019 $3,573,761,000
2020 $4,121,300,000

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports) in Burkina Faso was 25.14 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 58 years was 52.33 in 2014, while its lowest value was 15.12 in 1978.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from other low- and middle-income economies in the same World Bank region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data. No figures are shown for high-income economies, because they are a separate category in the World Bank classification of economies.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1962 23.63
1963 34.15
1966 35.83
1967 36.13
1968 35.28
1969 26.96
1970 24.64
1971 24.75
1972 28.49
1973 25.55
1974 18.97
1975 22.66
1976 19.50
1977 16.70
1978 15.12
1979 21.81
1980 23.02
1981 26.12
1982 27.32
1983 28.29
1984 28.10
1985 28.41
1986 27.71
1987 23.95
1988 22.83
1989 21.57
1990 26.60
1991 28.12
1992 27.37
1993 29.62
1994 26.71
1995 27.41
1996 25.85
1997 25.11
1998 26.54
1999 39.45
2000 32.20
2001 31.94
2002 32.16
2003 48.10
2004 48.03
2005 32.77
2006 33.27
2007 30.29
2008 29.51
2009 30.19
2010 31.22
2011 28.69
2012 26.46
2013 26.23
2014 52.33
2015 22.29
2016 24.23
2017 24.43
2018 23.91
2019 27.04
2020 25.14

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports