Burkina Faso - General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP)

General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) in Burkina Faso was 20.24 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 59 years was 26.06 in 1994, while its lowest value was 4.32 in 1967.

Definition: General government final consumption expenditure (formerly general government consumption) includes all government current expenditures for purchases of goods and services (including compensation of employees). It also includes most expenditures on national defense and security, but excludes government military expenditures that are part of government capital formation.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

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Year Value
1960 7.43
1961 7.65
1962 7.55
1963 7.39
1964 6.98
1965 5.05
1966 4.60
1967 4.32
1968 6.06
1969 5.91
1970 6.94
1971 7.14
1972 7.27
1973 8.08
1974 8.27
1975 12.89
1976 10.13
1977 10.03
1978 10.05
1979 10.79
1980 9.23
1981 9.25
1982 13.79
1983 14.38
1984 13.04
1985 17.30
1986 18.99
1987 19.94
1988 20.02
1989 20.14
1990 21.06
1991 21.69
1992 21.73
1993 21.34
1994 26.06
1995 25.20
1996 24.39
1997 23.73
1998 22.30
1999 12.06
2000 14.11
2001 14.63
2002 14.59
2003 13.59
2004 14.24
2005 13.79
2006 15.10
2007 16.69
2008 14.67
2009 15.22
2010 14.46
2011 14.29
2012 14.25
2013 14.66
2014 15.47
2015 15.94
2016 16.51
2017 17.74
2018 18.42
2019 20.24

Limitations and Exceptions: Because policymakers have tended to focus on fostering the growth of output, and because data on production are easier to collect than data on spending, many countries generate their primary estimate of GDP using the production approach. Moreover, many countries do not estimate all the components of national expenditures but instead derive some of the main aggregates indirectly using GDP (based on the production approach) as the control total.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Gross domestic product (GDP) from the expenditure side is made up of household final consumption expenditure, general government final consumption expenditure, gross capital formation (private and public investment in fixed assets, changes in inventories, and net acquisitions of valuables), and net exports (exports minus imports) of goods and services. Such expenditures are recorded in purchaser prices and include net taxes on products.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts