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African Tax Observatory · Country brief · Burkina FasoData pulled 14 October 2026 · taxintellilyticsstories.com/africa/countries/BFA

Centre 12°16′N 1°46′W

Gazetteer · Western Africa · Low income

Burkina Faso

Collected 14.6% of GDP in tax in 2024, 16 of 38 reporting members.

14.6%

Tax, % of GDP, 2024

+2.4

Points since 2010

1.13

Tax buoyancy

over 15 years

$424

Tax per person

PPP dollars

Plate I·Over time

Fifteen years, against the continent

Over time

Burkina Faso against the continent

0.0%5.0%10.0%15.0%20.0%10111213141516171819202122232425
Burkina FasoWestern Africa medianATAF median and middle half
The shaded band is the middle half of ATAF members each year (25th to 75th percentile); the dashed line is the median of Western Africa. The members reporting change from year to year, so the band can move because the set of countries changed; the CSV gives the count for each year.
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YearBurkina FasoWestern Africa medianATAF medianATAF 25th percentileATAF 75th percentileMembers reporting
201012.2214.5614.3410.6716.4326
201113.3515.7114.8410.9916.6233
201215.0716.2115.0711.4516.7533
201316.0113.9313.8311.2316.8932
201414.2314.2314.2611.8717.1332
201514.3414.3415.0812.3318.5533
201614.5314.2814.3812.4017.4333
201716.2214.7514.7511.5016.9535
201814.5913.3214.1810.8616.1036
201915.3112.5013.5711.5117.2338
202015.1612.2213.2710.8516.0738
202114.8312.4612.7210.4416.0640
202217.6213.4514.1811.3418.1639
202317.6413.3014.4311.3018.8237
202414.5813.5114.3012.1718.0538
202513.3813.7412.1820.5334

Plate II·Peers, 2024

Each tax beside the medians

Against its peers, 2024

Each tax as a share of GDP, beside the medians

0%2%4%6%8%10%12%14%16%18%Tax-to-GDPDomestic taxesCustoms taxesNon-tax revenueVATPITCIT
The line joins Burkina Faso (orange) to the ATAF median (grey); the blue tick is the Western Africa median. All three are for 2024.
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MeasureBurkina FasoWestern Africa medianATAF median
Tax-to-GDP14.5813.5114.30
Domestic taxes8.358.389.01
Customs taxes6.235.324.87
Non-tax revenue2.652.592.59
VAT5.333.435.20
PIT1.251.482.04
CIT2.832.222.72

Plate III·Tax heads

How Burkina Faso's tax is made up

Tax heads

What each tax brings in, as a share of GDP

0%5%10%15%20%101112131415161718192021222324
Domestic VATPersonal income taxCorporate income taxOther domestic taxesVAT on importsImport dutyExcise on importsOther customs taxesNot attributed to a headPresumptive tax
Each bar stacks the tax heads ATAF publishes for that year. Where the heads do not add up to total tax revenue, the gap is drawn in light grey and labelled, never spread across the heads. A head missing from a year was not reported for that year.
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YearTax headRevenue (PPP $)% of GDP
2010Domestic VAT5631532952.70
2010Personal income tax3039155091.46
2010Corporate income tax3141297041.51
2010Other domestic taxes1968996330.94
2010VAT on imports5438114032.61
2010Import duty4061042091.95
2010Excise on imports126859170.06
2010Other customs taxes1519481720.73
2010Not attributed to a head552565340.27
2011Domestic VAT5795731682.56
2011Personal income tax3416835891.51
2011Corporate income tax5484793822.42
2011Other domestic taxes1921186620.85
2011VAT on imports6864247973.03
2011Import duty4524407551.99
2011Excise on imports166483770.07
2011Other customs taxes2158070170.95
2012Domestic VAT5960105892.50
2012Personal income tax4012919061.68
2012Corporate income tax6564892382.75
2012Other domestic taxes1793662790.75
2012VAT on imports9492733553.98
2012Import duty5651180532.37
2012Excise on imports163604840.07
2012Other customs taxes2703731841.13
2013Domestic VAT7195630532.82
2013Personal income tax4461119841.75
2013Corporate income tax7349943842.88
2013Other domestic taxes2207327420.86
2013VAT on imports11121248624.35
2013Import duty6539669112.56
2013Excise on imports165962770.06
2013Other customs taxes2268756560.89
2014Domestic VAT7455318882.77
2014Personal income tax4237093971.57
2014Corporate income tax7165938942.66
2014Other domestic taxes2596818200.96
2014VAT on imports9723109293.61
2014Import duty5760754782.14
2014Excise on imports141432140.05
2014Other customs taxes2985890711.11
2015Domestic VAT8112732182.90
2015Personal income tax4444922591.59
2015Corporate income tax6002258152.14
2015Other domestic taxes2507784170.90
2015VAT on imports9758159013.48
2015Import duty5866644512.09
2015Excise on imports170747210.06
2015Other customs taxes3786550211.35
2016Domestic VAT9657865083.13
2016Personal income tax5593357771.81
2016Corporate income tax7820762822.54
2016Other domestic taxes3136079451.02
2016VAT on imports11422576203.70
2016Import duty7637217232.48
2016Excise on imports200494440.07
2017Domestic VAT11345224923.18
2017Personal income tax7129076722.00
2017Corporate income tax8646430482.42
2017Other domestic taxes3761284491.05
2017VAT on imports14123910603.96
2017Import duty7936017082.22
2017Excise on imports204604720.06
2017Other customs taxes5677561941.59
2018Domestic VAT10680880902.49
2018Personal income tax7715016351.80
2018Corporate income tax10079575182.35
2018Other domestic taxes3744468800.87
2018VAT on imports15171284043.54
2018Import duty7681558561.79
2018Excise on imports267498520.06
2018Other customs taxes6956487111.62
2018Not attributed to a head294334070.07
2019Domestic VAT12449260552.66
2019Personal income tax9585392092.05
2019Corporate income tax12086347602.58
2019Other domestic taxes4046991340.86
2019VAT on imports15853101623.38
2019Import duty7710872971.65
2019Excise on imports295547020.06
2019Other customs taxes7375316121.57
2019Not attributed to a head2297823820.49
2020Domestic VAT13683072502.57
2020Personal income tax6763955191.27
2020Corporate income tax11348723072.13
2020Presumptive tax1867823700.35
2020Other domestic taxes8856933741.66
2020VAT on imports14865401112.79
2020Import duty7244108501.36
2020Excise on imports285936680.05
2020Other customs taxes15567293432.92
2021Domestic VAT15326633172.61
2021Personal income tax6582914571.12
2021Corporate income tax16432160802.80
2021Presumptive tax2361809050.40
2021Other domestic taxes25628140704.37
2021VAT on imports1643216080.28
2021Import duty8492462311.45
2021Excise on imports402010050.07
2021Other customs taxes9547738691.63
2021Not attributed to a head552763820.09
2022Domestic VAT13956845152.33
2022Personal income tax7977511881.33
2022Corporate income tax21803077433.65
2022Other domestic taxes16349666462.73
2022VAT on imports24159737614.04
2022Import duty11968779072.00
2022Excise on imports516078780.09
2022Other customs taxes10520320001.76
2023Domestic VAT15499467722.44
2023Personal income tax9068243731.43
2023Corporate income tax21103724743.32
2023Other domestic taxes16679129532.62
2023VAT on imports26678206284.20
2023Import duty12572134521.98
2023Excise on imports476296360.07
2023Other customs taxes11949650661.88
2024Domestic VAT14941880912.18
2024Personal income tax8582093851.25
2024Corporate income tax19335069292.83
2024Other domestic taxes17199329532.51
2024VAT on imports21533533363.15
2024Import duty10835134691.58
2024Excise on imports424521600.06
2024Other customs taxes9866840241.44

The mix in 2024

Every shilling, franc or rand of tax, by head

VAT on imports21.6%Corporate income tax19.4%Other domestic taxes17.2%Domestic VAT15.0%Import duty10.9%Other customs taxes9.9%Personal income tax8.6%
Rectangle areas are proportional to revenue in 2024 (US dollars at purchasing-power parity). Total tax revenue: $10.0bn.
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Tax headRevenue (PPP $)Share of tax revenue
Domestic VAT14941880910.15
Personal income tax8582093850.09
Corporate income tax19335069290.19
Other domestic taxes17199329530.17
VAT on imports21533533360.22
Import duty10835134690.11
Excise on imports424521600.00
Other customs taxes9866840240.10

Every published number

Burkina Faso in the ATAF Databank

All 23 freely available indicators, exactly as ATAF publishes them. A blank cell means ATAF has no figure for that year; nothing is filled in.

Burkina Faso: ATAF Databank indicators by year
Indicator2010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Nominal GDP (PPP)$20.8bn$22.7bn$23.9bn$25.5bn$27.0bn$28.0bn$30.8bn$35.7bn$42.9bn$46.8bn$53.3bn$58.6bn$59.8bn$63.5bn$68.4bn
Real GDP3,362,900.0m3,585,700.0m3,817,100.0m4,038,200.0m4,212,900.0m4,377,000.0m4,637,200.0m4,930,200.0m8,401,800.0m8,880,600.0m9,040,341.8m9,664,698.7m9,807,600.0m10,158,100.0m10,635,400.0m
Final Consumption (PPP)$34.9bn$38.9bn$51.2bn$53.7bn$54.3bn
Total Tax Revenues (PPP)$2.5bn$3.0bn$3.6bn$4.1bn$3.8bn$4.0bn$4.5bn$5.8bn$6.3bn$7.2bn$8.1bn$8.7bn$10.5bn$11.2bn$10.0bn$12.7bn
Total Number Of Registered Taxpayers42k71k115k135k161k
Non-Tax-Revenues (PPP)$69.0m$1.2bn$1.3bn$1.8bn
Domestic Tax Revenues (PPP)$1.4bn$1.7bn$1.8bn$2.1bn$2.0bn$2.1bn$2.6bn$3.0bn$3.3bn$4.0bn$4.3bn$6.7bn$5.8bn$6.0bn$5.7bn$7.3bn
Customs Tax Revenues (PPP)$1.1bn$1.4bn$1.8bn$2.0bn$1.9bn$2.0bn$1.9bn$2.8bn$3.0bn$3.1bn$3.8bn$2.0bn$4.7bn$5.2bn$4.3bn$5.4bn
Revenue From Agriculture, Forest & Fishing (PPP)$447.3k$546.5k$724.5k$713.7k$10.1m$1.8m$2.1m$5.2m$6.8m$8.0m$8.4m$7.7m
Revenue From Mining & Quarrying (PPP)$99.6m$291.0m$455.0m$939.0m$364.6m$302.9m$345.8m$483.0m$466.8m$519.1m$591.3m$2.8bn$1.6bn$1.5bn$3.2bn$4.4bn
Revenue From Secondary Sector (PPP)$192.1m$198.8m$235.7m$191.4m$358.7m$427.1m$497.2m$703.8m$3.7bn$3.8bn$757.0m$883.0m
Revenue From Tertiary Sector (PPP)$14.8m$23.0m$28.8m$35.8m$58.8m$69.8m$82.1m$126.4m$6.8bn$7.3bn$6.6bn$7.5bn
Domestic VAT Revenues (PPP)$563.2m$579.6m$596.0m$719.6m$745.5m$811.3m$965.8m$1.1bn$1.1bn$1.2bn$1.4bn$1.5bn$1.4bn$1.5bn$1.5bn$1.6bn
VAT Refunded (PPP)$36.1m$103.3m$149.6m$177.4m$323.1m$229.5m$289.5m$350.9m$245.3m$245.6m$246.2m$504.6m$496.5m$589.5m$567.7m
PIT Revenues (PPP)$303.9m$341.7m$401.3m$446.1m$423.7m$444.5m$559.3m$712.9m$771.5m$958.5m$676.4m$658.3m$797.8m$906.8m$858.2m$865.2m
CIT Revenues (PPP)$314.1m$548.5m$656.5m$735.0m$716.6m$600.2m$782.1m$864.6m$1.0bn$1.2bn$1.1bn$1.6bn$2.2bn$2.1bn$1.9bn$2.3bn
Withholding Tax Revenues (PPP)
Presumptive Tax Revenues (PPP)$186.8m$236.2m
Other Domestic Tax Revenues (PPP)$196.9m$192.1m$179.4m$220.7m$259.7m$250.8m$313.6m$376.1m$374.4m$404.7m$885.7m$2.6bn$1.6bn$1.7bn$1.7bn$2.7bn
VAT On Import Revenues (PPP)$543.8m$686.4m$949.3m$1.1bn$972.3m$975.8m$1.1bn$1.4bn$1.5bn$1.6bn$1.5bn$164.3m$2.4bn$2.7bn$2.2bn$2.7bn
Import Duty Revenues (PPP)$406.1m$452.4m$565.1m$654.0m$576.1m$586.7m$763.7m$793.6m$768.2m$771.1m$724.4m$849.2m$1.2bn$1.3bn$1.1bn$1.4bn
Excises on Imports Revenues (PPP)$12.7m$16.6m$16.4m$16.6m$14.1m$17.1m$20.0m$20.5m$26.7m$29.6m$28.6m$40.2m$51.6m$47.6m$42.5m$57.7m
Other Customs Tax Revenues (PPP)$151.9m$215.8m$270.4m$226.9m$298.6m$378.7m$567.8m$695.6m$737.5m$1.6bn$954.8m$1.1bn$1.2bn$986.7m$1.3bn

Values are rounded for display; the CSV has them exactly as published. Revenue and GDP are US dollars at purchasing-power parity.

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Source: ATAF Databank, the African Tax Administration Forum; World Bank World Development Indicators. Tax and GDP are in US dollars at purchasing-power parity, so their ratio equals the ratio in local currency. Cite as: Kaijamahe, W. H. (2026). Burkina Faso. In African Tax Observatory (Edition 1, October 2026) [Data set and atlas]. TaxIntellilytics Stories. https://www.taxintellilyticsstories.com/africa/countries/BFA Every figure and its method: taxintellilyticsstories.com/africa/methods

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Burkina Faso, in Edition 1

Kaijamahe, W. H. (2026). Burkina Faso. In African Tax Observatory (Edition 1, October 2026) [Data set and atlas]. TaxIntellilytics Stories. https://www.taxintellilyticsstories.com/africa/countries/BFA

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