Bank assets as a share of GDP rose 6.81% to 61.7% in Burkina Faso in 2015, according to the National Central Bank.
Historically, bank assets as a share of GDP in Burkina Faso reached an all time high of 61.7% in 2015 and an all time low of 3.03% in 1961. When compared to Burkina Faso's main peers, bank assets as a share of GDP in Ghana amounted to 46.3%, 27.1% in Ivory Coast, 50.1% in Mali and 30.2% in Niger in 2015.
Burkina Faso has been ranked 97th within the group of 149 countries we follow in terms of bank assets as a share of GDP, 39 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Bank Assets (As % of GDP) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Algeria | % | 67.4% | 66.5% | 64.5% | 65.0% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Benin | % | 69.1% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | % | 61.7% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Chad | % | 16.3% | 19.8% | 20.1% | 18.5% | 19.5% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Ghana | % | 46.3% | 48.5% | 45.8% | 34.8% | 36.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Guinea | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 25.1% | 23.5% | 21.8% | 22.0% | 23.4% | ||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | % | 27.1% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Liberia | % | ... | 45.9% | 39.4% | 40.4% | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||||
| Libya | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 314% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||
| Mali | % | 50.1% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 56.1% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||
| Niger | % | 30.2% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Togo | % | 79.3% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
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