Burkina Faso Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account
BF: BOP: Capital Account: Net
BF: BOP: Capital Account: Net data was reported at 425.081 USD mn in 2021. This records an increase from the previous number of 367.658 USD mn for 2020. BF: BOP: Capital Account: Net data is updated yearly, averaging 269.861 USD mn from Dec 2005 to 2021, with 17 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.567 USD bn in 2006 and a record low of 180.592 USD mn in 2010. BF: BOP: Capital Account: Net data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Burkina Faso – Table BF.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Net capital account records acquisitions and disposals of nonproduced nonfinancial assets, such as land sold to embassies and sales of leases and licenses, as well as capital transfers, including government debt forgiveness. The use of the term capital account in this context is designed to be consistent with the System of National Accounts, which distinguishes between capital transactions and financial transactions. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.;;Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards.
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 425.081 2021 | yearly | 2005 - 2021 |
View Burkina Faso's BF: BOP: Capital Account: Net from 2005 to 2021 in the chart:
BF: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows
BF: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows data was reported at 121.295 USD mn in 2022. This records an increase from the previous number of -79.957 USD mn for 2021. BF: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows data is updated yearly, averaging 4.970 USD mn from Dec 1970 to 2022, with 53 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 490.403 USD mn in 2013 and a record low of -98.778 USD mn in 2020. BF: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Burkina Faso – Table BF.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Foreign direct investment refers to direct investment equity flows in the reporting economy. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, and other capital. Direct investment is a category of cross-border investment associated with a resident in one economy having control or a significant degree of influence on the management of an enterprise that is resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the ordinary shares of voting stock is the criterion for determining the existence of a direct investment relationship. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments database, supplemented by data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and official national sources.;Sum;Note: Data starting from 2005 are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6).
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 121.295 2022 | yearly | 1970 - 2022 |
View Burkina Faso's BF: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows from 1970 to 2022 in the chart:
BF: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP
BF: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP data was reported at 0.645 % in 2022. This records an increase from the previous number of -0.407 % for 2021. BF: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP data is updated yearly, averaging 0.234 % from Dec 1970 to 2022, with 53 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.648 % in 2013 and a record low of -0.557 % in 2020. BF: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Burkina Faso – Table BF.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Foreign direct investment are the net inflows of investment to acquire a lasting management interest (10 percent or more of voting stock) in an enterprise operating in an economy other than that of the investor. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, other long-term capital, and short-term capital as shown in the balance of payments. This series shows net inflows (new investment inflows less disinvestment) in the reporting economy from foreign investors, and is divided by GDP.;International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics and Balance of Payments databases, World Bank, International Debt Statistics, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.;Weighted average;Note: Data starting from 2005 are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6).
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 0.645 2022 | yearly | 1970 - 2022 |
View Burkina Faso's BF: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP from 1970 to 2022 in the chart:
BF: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows
BF: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows data was reported at 21.377 USD mn in 2022. This records an increase from the previous number of -43.119 USD mn for 2021. BF: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows data is updated yearly, averaging 0.380 USD mn from Dec 1974 to 2022, with 49 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 102.373 USD mn in 2011 and a record low of -315.665 USD mn in 2007. BF: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Burkina Faso – Table BF.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Foreign direct investment refers to direct investment equity flows in an economy. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, and other capital. Direct investment is a category of cross-border investment associated with a resident in one economy having control or a significant degree of influence on the management of an enterprise that is resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the ordinary shares of voting stock is the criterion for determining the existence of a direct investment relationship. This series shows net outflows of investment from the reporting economy to the rest of the world. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments database, supplemented by data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and official national sources.;Sum;Note: Data starting from 2005 are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6).
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 21.377 2022 | yearly | 1974 - 2022 |
View Burkina Faso's BF: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows from 1974 to 2022 in the chart:
BF: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP
BF: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP data was reported at 0.114 % in 2022. This records an increase from the previous number of -0.220 % for 2021. BF: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP data is updated yearly, averaging 0.025 % from Dec 1974 to 2022, with 49 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.847 % in 2011 and a record low of -4.139 % in 2007. BF: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Burkina Faso – Table BF.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Foreign direct investment refers to direct investment equity flows in an economy. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, and other capital. Direct investment is a category of cross-border investment associated with a resident in one economy having control or a significant degree of influence on the management of an enterprise that is resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the ordinary shares of voting stock is the criterion for determining the existence of a direct investment relationship. This series shows net outflows of investment from the reporting economy to the rest of the world, and is divided by GDP.;International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments database, supplemented by data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and official national sources.;Weighted average;Note: Data starting from 2005 are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6).
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 0.114 2022 | yearly | 1974 - 2022 |
View Burkina Faso's BF: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP from 1974 to 2022 in the chart:
Burkina Faso BF: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Primary Income
BF: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Primary Income data was reported at 435.508 USD mn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 415.778 USD mn for 2016. BF: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Primary Income data is updated yearly, averaging 6.300 USD mn from Dec 1970 to 2017, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 435.508 USD mn in 2017 and a record low of 0.000 USD mn in 1999. BF: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Primary Income data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Burkina Faso – Table BF.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Primary income on foreign direct investment covers payments of direct investment income (debit side), which consist of income on equity (dividends, branch profits, and reinvested earnings) and income on the intercompany debt (interest). Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook.; Sum;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 435.508 2017 | yearly | 1970 - 2017 |
View Burkina Faso's Burkina Faso BF: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Primary Income from 1970 to 2017 in the chart:
BF: BOP: Financial Account: Net
BF: BOP: Financial Account: Net data was reported at 460.116 USD mn in 2021. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1.103 USD bn for 2020. BF: BOP: Financial Account: Net data is updated yearly, averaging -316.070 USD mn from Dec 2005 to 2021, with 17 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.103 USD bn in 2020 and a record low of -870.525 USD mn in 2013. BF: BOP: Financial Account: Net data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Burkina Faso – Table BF.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. The net financial account shows net acquisition and disposal of financial assets and liabilities. It measures how net lending to or borrowing from nonresidents is financed, and is conceptually equal to the sum of the balances on the current and capital accounts. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.;;Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards. In BPM6, the headings of the financial account have been changed from credits and debits to net acquisition of financial assets and net incurrence of liabilities; i.e., all changes due to credit and debit entries are recorded on a net basis separately for financial assets and liabilities. Financial account balances are calculated as the change in assets minus the change in liabilities; signs are reversed from previous editions.
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 460.116 2021 | yearly | 2005 - 2021 |
View Burkina Faso's BF: BOP: Financial Account: Net from 2005 to 2021 in the chart:
BF: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Equity: Net Inflows
BF: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Equity: Net Inflows data was reported at 34.154 USD mn in 2021. This records an increase from the previous number of 31.338 USD mn for 2020. BF: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Equity: Net Inflows data is updated yearly, averaging 0.148 USD mn from Dec 1974 to 2021, with 38 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 65.668 USD mn in 2014 and a record low of -193.685 USD mn in 2013. BF: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Equity: Net Inflows data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Burkina Faso – Table BF.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Portfolio equity includes net inflows from equity securities other than those recorded as direct investment and including shares, stocks, depository receipts (American or global), and direct purchases of shares in local stock markets by foreign investors. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments database, and World Bank, International Debt Statistics.;Sum;Note: Data starting from 2005 are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6).
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 31.338 2020 | yearly | 1974 - 2020 |
View Burkina Faso's BF: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Equity: Net Inflows from 1974 to 2020 in the chart:
BF: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Net
BF: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Net data was reported at -196.139 USD mn in 2021. This records a decrease from the previous number of 518.135 USD mn for 2020. BF: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Net data is updated yearly, averaging 39.454 USD mn from Dec 2005 to 2021, with 17 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 518.135 USD mn in 2020 and a record low of -588.901 USD mn in 2018. BF: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Net data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Burkina Faso – Table BF.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Portfolio investment covers transactions in equity securities and debt securities. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.;;Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards. In BPM6, the headings of the financial account have been changed from credits and debits to net acquisition of financial assets and net incurrence of liabilities; i.e., all changes due to credit and debit entries are recorded on a net basis separately for financial assets and liabilities. Financial account balances are calculated as the change in assets minus the change in liabilities; signs are reversed from previous editions.
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| -196.139 2021 | yearly | 2005 - 2021 |
View Burkina Faso's BF: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Net from 2005 to 2021 in the chart:
BF: BOP: Grants: Excluding Technical Cooperation
BF: BOP: Grants: Excluding Technical Cooperation data was reported at 1.123 USD bn in 2022. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1.288 USD bn for 2021. BF: BOP: Grants: Excluding Technical Cooperation data is updated yearly, averaging 204.430 USD mn from Dec 1960 to 2022, with 63 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.874 USD bn in 2006 and a record low of 0.000 USD mn in 1961. BF: BOP: Grants: Excluding Technical Cooperation data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Burkina Faso – Table BF.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Grants are defined as legally binding commitments that obligate a specific value of funds available for disbursement for which there is no repayment requirement. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;World Bank, International Debt Statistics, and OECD.;Sum;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 1,122.730 2022 | yearly | 1960 - 2022 |
View Burkina Faso's BF: BOP: Grants: Excluding Technical Cooperation from 1960 to 2022 in the chart:
BF: BOP: Grants: Technical Cooperation
BF: BOP: Grants: Technical Cooperation data was reported at 109.530 USD mn in 2021. This records a decrease from the previous number of 135.110 USD mn for 2020. BF: BOP: Grants: Technical Cooperation data is updated yearly, averaging 85.375 USD mn from Dec 1960 to 2021, with 62 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 136.320 USD mn in 1992 and a record low of 0.200 USD mn in 1960. BF: BOP: Grants: Technical Cooperation data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Burkina Faso – Table BF.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Technical cooperation grants include free-standing technical cooperation grants, which are intended to finance the transfer of technical and managerial skills or of technology for the purpose of building up general national capacity without reference to any specific investment projects; and investment-related technical cooperation grants, which are provided to strengthen the capacity to execute specific investment projects. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;World Bank, International Debt Statistics, and OECD.;Sum;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 109.530 2021 | yearly | 1960 - 2021 |
View Burkina Faso's BF: BOP: Grants: Technical Cooperation from 1960 to 2021 in the chart:
BF: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions
BF: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions data was reported at -42.220 USD mn in 2021. This records a decrease from the previous number of -7.433 USD mn for 2020. BF: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions data is updated yearly, averaging -6.310 USD mn from Dec 2005 to 2021, with 17 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 33.056 USD mn in 2009 and a record low of -42.220 USD mn in 2021. BF: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Burkina Faso – Table BF.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Net errors and omissions constitute a residual category needed to ensure that accounts in the balance of payments statement sum to zero. Net errors and omissions are derived as the balance on the financial account minus the balances on the current and capital accounts. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.;;Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards.
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| -42.220 2021 | yearly | 2005 - 2021 |
View Burkina Faso's BF: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions from 2005 to 2021 in the chart:
BF: BOP: Reserves and Related Items
BF: BOP: Reserves and Related Items data was reported at 132.456 USD mn in 2021. This records an increase from the previous number of -258.506 USD mn for 2020. BF: BOP: Reserves and Related Items data is updated yearly, averaging -102.360 USD mn from Dec 2005 to 2021, with 17 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 508.244 USD mn in 2017 and a record low of -734.160 USD mn in 2010. BF: BOP: Reserves and Related Items data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Burkina Faso – Table BF.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Reserves and related items is the net change in a country's holdings of international reserves resulting from transactions on the current, capital, and financial accounts. Reserve assets are those external assets that are readily available to and controlled by monetary authorities for meeting balance of payments financing needs, and include holdings of monetary gold, special drawing rights (SDRs), reserve position in the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and other reserve assets. Also included are net credit and loans from the IMF (excluding reserve position) and total exceptional financing. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.;;Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards. In BPM6, the headings of the financial account have been changed from credits and debits to net acquisition of financial assets and net incurrence of liabilities; i.e., all changes due to credit and debit entries are recorded on a net basis separately for financial assets and liabilities. Financial account balances are calculated as the change in assets minus the change in liabilities; signs are reversed from previous editions.
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 132.456 2021 | yearly | 2005 - 2021 |