Taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Taxes on income, profits and capital gains was 22.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Burkina Faso, 2002–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of revenue.
Analysis
Burkina Faso recorded 22.4% for taxes on income, profits and capital gains in 2024.
That represents a change of down 11.5% on the previous year and up 12.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Burkina Faso peaked at 27.7% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 13.8%, in 2009.
Burkina Faso ranks 82nd of 153 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | % of revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 17.7% | — |
| 2003 | 15.4% | -12.7% |
| 2004 | 15.6% | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 16.0% | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 15.1% | -5.6% |
| 2007 | 14.9% | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 16.4% | +9.8% |
| 2009 | 13.8% | -15.7% |
| 2010 | 15.2% | +9.7% |
| 2011 | 19.2% | +26.5% |
| 2012 | 20.1% | +4.5% |
| 2013 | 19.2% | -4.1% |
| 2014 | 19.9% | +3.4% |
| 2015 | 18.3% | -7.7% |
| 2016 | 20.3% | +10.4% |
| 2017 | 20.5% | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 21.8% | +6.5% |
| 2019 | 23.5% | +8.1% |
| 2020 | 22.2% | -5.7% |
| 2021 | 24.6% | +10.7% |
| 2022 | 27.7% | +12.7% |
| 2023 | 25.4% | -8.5% |
| 2024 | 22.4% | -11.5% |
Burkina Faso compared with similar countries
- Burkina Faso's 22.4% is above the median for low income countries, which is 22.4%, 1.0× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Burkina Faso's 22.4% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 25.5%, 88% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 15.6% | 13.8% | 17.7% | 8 |
| 2010s | 19.8% | 15.2% | 23.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 24.5% | 22.2% | 27.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
- 79 Solomon Islands 22.7% compare
- 80 Cape Verde 22.7% compare
- 81 Saint Lucia 22.7% compare
- 83 Estonia 22.3% compare
- 84 Spain 22.0% compare
- 85 Czechia 21.9% compare
More public sector data for Burkina Faso
- Democracy, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (2022)
- Men's universal right to vote, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Universal right to vote, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Universal right to vote in practice, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (2022)
- Elected parliament, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (2022)
- Chief executive of the government is elected, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (2022)
- Democracy 0 (2025)
- Chief executive of the government is elected 0 (2025)
- Elected parliament 0 (2025)
- Men's universal right to vote 1 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Burkina Faso?
- Taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Burkina Faso was 22.4% in 2024, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest taxes on income, profits and capital gains recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 27.7% in 2022.
- What is the lowest taxes on income, profits and capital gains recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.8% in 2009.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for taxes on income, profits and capital gains?
- Burkina Faso ranks 82nd out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taxes on income, profits and capital gains rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (% of revenue). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 23 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains are taxes payable on the actual or presumed incomes, profits and capital gains. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of revenue which includes all transactions that add to the amount of economic value of a unit or sector.