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Who buys Burkina Faso’s gold? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Burkina Faso exported $8.3 billion of gold (120 tonnes), 1.5% of the world total. Switzerland bought 76% of the total, followed by the United Arab Emirates (17%) and Uganda (5%). Burkina Faso was the world’s 18th-largest exporter of gold.

Summary

Value
$8.3billion
Tonnes
120tonnes
Share of world total
1.5%
World rank
18th
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 10 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Switzerland6.3Tonnes: 91USD per tonne: $69,180,18376%Air
United Arab Emirates1.4Tonnes: 22USD per tonne: $64,285,66217.4%Air
Uganda0.43Tonnes: 6USD per tonne: $78,070,8005.2%Air
India0.05Tonnes: 1USD per tonne: $54,433,9410.65%Air
South Africa0.05Tonnes: 1USD per tonne: $75,426,7360.62%Air
Rwanda0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $68,688,5510.11%Air
Bahrain< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $69,628,0000%Air
Hong Kong re-exports< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $71,788,0000%Air
Niger< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $3,014,4760%Land
Turkey< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $54,806,0000%Air

Trend

Who it sells to

Switzerland has been its main destination since 2004

Value in USD billions. The five largest destinations in 2024.

  • Switzerland 6.3
  • United Arab Emirates 1.4
  • Uganda 0.43
  • India 0.05
  • South Africa 0.05

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Switzerland06.3
United Arab Emirates01.4
Uganda00.43
India00.05
South Africa00.05

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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