| Metric | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Tracked flow records | 547 | Raw count of trade-flow records in the database naming Burkina Faso as an origin or destination — a record count, never a summed dollar total. |
| Port coverage | 0of 1 | Ports catalogued for Burkina Faso with verified cargo statistics tracked on PortIndex. |
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How concentrated Burkina Faso's trade is across its top partner countries, computed from currently-tracked trade flows (not the historical 1997–2015 World Bank dataset). Measures country-to-country concentration only — Burkina Faso's trade_flows records don't carry product-level detail to break this down further.
+ 179 more tracked partners not shown above.
| Metric | Latest value | Year | Trend (2020–2024) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goods exports | XOF 3708.3B | 2024 | |
| Goods imports | XOF 3529.7B | 2024 |
Every one of Burkina Faso's 99 real trading partners reported for 2024 under UN Comtrade (BF) — a complete, deduplicated partner breakdown for this exact country/source/period combination, not a global top-N slice.
| Partner | Reported value |
|---|---|
| Switzerland (CH) | $3.2B |
| United Arab Emirates (AE) | $1.5B |
| Côte d'Ivoire (CI) | $163.5M |
| Mali (ML) | $129.9M |
| Ghana (GH) | $84.3M |
| Togo (TG) | $59.9M |
| South Africa (ZA) | $55.2M |
| India (IN) | $54.3M |
| Greece (GR) | $54.0M |
| Singapore (SG) | $46.1M |
| France (FR) | $41.2M |
| Netherlands (NL) | $30.7M |
| China (CN) | $23.7M |
| Mauritius (MU) | $22.5M |
| Senegal (SN) | $20.3M |
| Ethiopia (ET) | $20.3M |
| United States (US) | $18.5M |
| Belgium (BE) | $18.1M |
| Germany (DE) | $14.1M |
| Niger (NE) | $13.6M |
| Denmark (DK) | $12.7M |
| Türkiye (TR) | $11.6M |
| Japan (JP) | $11.5M |
| Viet Nam (VN) | $11.3M |
| Rwanda (RW) | $9.5M |
| Malaysia (MY) | $6.8M |
| Sweden (SE) | $6.2M |
| United Kingdom (GB) | $5.7M |
| Guinea (GN) | $5.4M |
| Benin (BJ) | $5.1M |
| Morocco (MA) | $3.9M |
| Canada (CA) | $3.7M |
| Nigeria (NG) | $3.5M |
| Spain (ES) | $3.2M |
| Mauritania (MR) | $2.7M |
| Congo, The Democratic Republic of the (CD) | $2.6M |
| Saudi Arabia (SA) | $2.3M |
| Russian Federation (RU) | $2.0M |
| Italy (IT) | $1.7M |
| Indonesia (ID) | $1.5M |
| Algeria (DZ) | $1.3M |
| Brazil (BR) | $1.1M |
| Namibia (NA) | $862.2K |
| Botswana (BW) | $834.6K |
| Tunisia (TN) | $828.7K |
| Slovakia (SK) | $684.9K |
| Equatorial Guinea (GQ) | $655.7K |
| Mexico (MX) | $630.0K |
| Egypt (EG) | $588.8K |
| Australia (AU) | $550.3K |
Firm-level entry/exit/survival dynamics for Burkina Faso's exporting firms, whole economy (not broken down by product) so every figure below is a genuine national rate — never an average across incompatible product categories. See /exporter-dynamics to compare Burkina Faso against all 68 covered countries.
| Metric | Latest value | Year | Trend (2005–2012) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of exporting firms | 555 | 2012 | |
| Incumbent exporting firms | 312 | 2012 | |
| New entrant exporting firms | 243 | 2012 | |
| Exiting exporting firms | 200 | 2012 | |
| Firm entry rate | 43.8% | 2012 | |
| Firm exit rate | 39.1% | 2012 | |
| Exporter concentration (EDD HHI, 0–1 scale) | 0.129 | 2012 | |
| Product categories exported (distinct HS4 codes) | 475 | 2012 | |
| Avg. export value per exporting firm | $3.9M | 2012 | |
| Median export value per exporting firm | $37.6K | 2012 | |
| Avg. destination countries per exporting firm | 2.1 | 2013 | |
| Median destination countries per exporting firm | 1.0 | 2013 |
The 2012 mean is 105x the median — a small number of large exporting firms account for most of the export value; the typical firm exports far less than the average figure suggests.
Top product categories among Burkina Faso's exporting firms by number of exporters, 2012 — each row is a real, separately-reported HS2 product category, never combined with another.
| Product category (HS2) | Exporting firms |
|---|---|
| Machinery and mechanical appliances HS 84 | 115 |
| Edible fruit and nuts HS 08 | 80 |
| Edible vegetables HS 07 | 72 |
| Vehicles other than railway HS 87 | 71 |
| Oil seeds, grains, fruits HS 12 | 65 |
| Electrical machinery and equipment HS 85 | 53 |
| Optical, medical, precision instruments HS 90 | 50 |
| Articles of iron or steel HS 73 | 44 |
Top manufacturing industries among Burkina Faso's exporting firms by number of exporters, 2012 — each row is a real, separately-reported ISIC industry, never combined with another.
| Manufacturing industry (ISIC) | Exporting firms |
|---|---|
| Meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, oils and fats ISIC 151 | 65 |
| Motor vehicles ISIC 341 | 57 |
| Special purpose machinery ISIC 292 | 57 |
| Medical, measuring, checking, testing instruments ISIC 331 | 52 |
| Other chemical products ISIC 242 | 46 |
| Basic precious and non-ferrous metals ISIC 272 | 43 |
| Other fabricated metal products; metalworking ISIC 289 | 43 |
| General purpose machinery ISIC 291 | 41 |