Benin vs Burkina Faso: Current expenditure, total
Current expenditure, total over time
- Benin
- Burkina Faso
How they compare
Burkina Faso currently reports 629.05 billion current LCU against 374.28 billion current LCU in Benin, a difference of 254.77 billion current LCU.
That makes Burkina Faso's figure about 1.7 times Benin's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 19 shared years of data; in 1989 it was Burkina Faso ahead.
Benin ranks 24th and Burkina Faso ranks 21st of 51 countries.
Burkina Faso has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Burkina Faso | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 70.09 billion current LCU | 82.55 billion current LCU | 12.46 billion current LCU | Burkina Faso |
| 1990s | 116.90 billion current LCU | 127.96 billion current LCU | 11.06 billion current LCU | Burkina Faso |
| 2000s | 291.45 billion current LCU | 298.25 billion current LCU | 6.81 billion current LCU | Burkina Faso |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher current expenditure, total, Benin or Burkina Faso?
- Burkina Faso, at 629.05 billion current LCU against 374.28 billion current LCU in Benin as of 2011.
- What is the difference in current expenditure, total between Benin and Burkina Faso?
- 254.77 billion current LCU, with Burkina Faso ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Burkina Faso?
- 19 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2007.
- How do Benin and Burkina Faso rank globally for current expenditure, total?
- Benin ranks 24th and Burkina Faso ranks 21st of 51 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Bank country economists, published as Current expenditure, total (current LCU). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Total current expenditure includes requited payments other than for capital assets or for goods or services to be used in the production of capital assets, and unrequited payments for purposes other than permitting the recipients to acquire capital assets, compensating the recipients for damage or destruction of capital assets, or increasing the financial capital of the recipients. Data are shown for central government only. Data are in current local currency.