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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