Interest payments, Long-term debt including IMF credit (current US$) in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Interest payments, Long-term debt including IMF credit (current US$) was 20.75 million current US$ in 2011. ◆ Volatile
Interest payments, Long-term debt including IMF credit in Burkina Faso, 1970–2011
Source: World Bank, Global Development Finance. Measured in current US$.
Analysis
The most recent figure for interest payments, long-term debt including imf credit in Burkina Faso is 20.75 million current US$, measured in 2011. That is the highest value across all 42 years on record.
That represents a change of up 14.4% on the previous year and up 95.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, interest payments, long-term debt including imf credit in Burkina Faso peaked at 20.75 million current US$ in 2011 and was at its lowest, 12,000 current US$, in 1970.
That places Burkina Faso 27th out of 50 countries with data for 2011, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Interest payments, Long-term debt including IMF credit (current US$) in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 12,000 current US$ | — |
| 1971 | 545,000 current US$ | +4441.7% |
| 1972 | 539,000 current US$ | -1.1% |
| 1973 | 767,000 current US$ | +42.3% |
| 1974 | 1.10 million current US$ | +42.9% |
| 1975 | 1.52 million current US$ | +38.7% |
| 1976 | 1.58 million current US$ | +4.2% |
| 1977 | 1.71 million current US$ | +8.1% |
| 1978 | 2.63 million current US$ | +53.7% |
| 1979 | 4.53 million current US$ | +71.9% |
| 1980 | 6.35 million current US$ | +40.3% |
| 1981 | 6.17 million current US$ | -2.8% |
| 1982 | 7.58 million current US$ | +22.8% |
| 1983 | 7.66 million current US$ | +1.1% |
| 1984 | 5.97 million current US$ | -22.0% |
| 1985 | 9.90 million current US$ | +65.8% |
| 1986 | 11.90 million current US$ | +20.2% |
| 1987 | 14.35 million current US$ | +20.5% |
| 1988 | 13.57 million current US$ | -5.4% |
| 1989 | 15.74 million current US$ | +16.0% |
| 1990 | 9.84 million current US$ | -37.5% |
| 1991 | 14.88 million current US$ | +51.3% |
| 1992 | 14.13 million current US$ | -5.1% |
| 1993 | 15.97 million current US$ | +13.1% |
| 1994 | 14.60 million current US$ | -8.6% |
| 1995 | 17.94 million current US$ | +22.9% |
| 1996 | 15.77 million current US$ | -12.1% |
| 1997 | 15.79 million current US$ | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 15.94 million current US$ | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 18.11 million current US$ | +13.6% |
| 2000 | 13.05 million current US$ | -27.9% |
| 2001 | 10.62 million current US$ | -18.6% |
| 2002 | 14.93 million current US$ | +40.6% |
| 2003 | 15.73 million current US$ | +5.3% |
| 2004 | 16.62 million current US$ | +5.6% |
| 2005 | 16.82 million current US$ | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 16.05 million current US$ | -4.6% |
| 2007 | 12.55 million current US$ | -21.8% |
| 2008 | 14.56 million current US$ | +16.0% |
| 2009 | 15.50 million current US$ | +6.4% |
| 2010 | 18.14 million current US$ | +17.0% |
| 2011 | 20.75 million current US$ | +14.4% |
Burkina Faso compared with similar countries
- Burkina Faso's 20.75 million current US$ is above the median for low income countries, which is 9.16 million current US$, 2.3× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Burkina Faso's 20.75 million current US$ is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 20.75 million current US$, 1.0× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Interest payments, Long-term debt including IMF credit (current US$) in Burkina Faso changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | +4441.7% | 12,000 current US$ | 545,000 current US$ |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.49 million current US$ | 12,000 current US$ | 4.53 million current US$ | 10 |
| 1980s | 9.92 million current US$ | 5.97 million current US$ | 15.74 million current US$ | 10 |
| 1990s | 15.30 million current US$ | 9.84 million current US$ | 18.11 million current US$ | 10 |
| 2000s | 14.64 million current US$ | 10.62 million current US$ | 16.82 million current US$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.44 million current US$ | 18.14 million current US$ | 20.75 million current US$ | 2 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
More external debt data for Burkina Faso
- IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per capita 1.44 NFL, US$ per person (2024)
- IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per unit of GDP 0.0015 NFL, US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per square kilometre 41.9 NFL, US$ per square kilometre (2023)
- Net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$), per capita 13.62 NFL, current US$ per person (2024)
- Net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0139 NFL, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$), per square kilometre 641.04 NFL, current US$ per square kilometre (2023)
- Use of IMF credit 677.60 million DOD, current US$ (2025)
- External debt stocks, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) 6.24 billion DOD, current US$ (2025)
- External debt stocks, long-term 10.65 billion DOD, current US$ (2025)
- External debt stocks, short-term 0 DOD, current US$ (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is interest payments, long-term debt including imf credit in Burkina Faso?
- Interest payments, long-term debt including imf credit in Burkina Faso was 20.75 million current US$ in 2011, according to World Bank, Global Development Finance.
- What is the highest interest payments, long-term debt including imf credit recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 20.75 million current US$ in 2011.
- What is the lowest interest payments, long-term debt including imf credit recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,000 current US$ in 1970.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for interest payments, long-term debt including imf credit?
- Burkina Faso ranks 27th out of 50 countries with data for 2011.
- Is interest payments, long-term debt including imf credit rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 95.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank, Global Development Finance, published as part of Interest payments, Long-term debt including IMF credit (current US$). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Interest payments on long-term debt are actual amounts of interest paid in currency, goods, or services in the year specified. Long-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original or extended maturity of more than one year and that is owed to nonresidents and repayable in currency, goods, or services. IMF charges cover interest payments with respect to all uses of IMF resources, excluding those resulting from drawings in the reserve tranche.