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Trade between Burkina Faso and Switzerland

In 2024, Burkina Faso exported $6.3 billion to Switzerland and imported $14 million. Burkina Faso ran a surplus of $6.3 billion with Switzerland, compared with a surplus of $3.5 billion in 2019. Switzerland was Burkina Faso’s largest trading partner (40% of its trade), and Burkina Faso was Switzerland’s 25th (0.8%).

Summary

Burkina Faso → Switzerland
$6.3billion
Switzerland → Burkina Faso
$14million
Burkina Faso’s balance
$6.3billion

Balance

Burkina Faso’s trade balance with Switzerland

Trade between Burkina Faso and Switzerland grew 1,030.8-fold since 1995

USD billions (current). Burkina Faso’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).

  • Exports 6.3
  • Imports 0
  • Balance +6.3

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$3 million$3 million$195 thousand
1996$964 thousand$3 million-$2 million
1997$2 million$6 million-$5 million
1998$2 million$3 million-$1 million
1999$3 million$2 million$348 thousand
2000$53 million$2 million$51 million
2001$2 million$3 million-$1 million
2002$3 million$2 million$369 thousand
2003$2 million$3 million-$848 thousand
2004$2 million$3 million-$1 million
2005$88 million$4 million$84 million
2006$108 million$4 million$104 million
2007$127 million$5 million$123 million
2008$195 million$5 million$190 million
2009$360 million$11 million$349 million
2010$816 million$9 million$807 million
2011$1.6 billion$6 million$1.6 billion
2012$2.7 billion$22 million$2.7 billion
2013$2.7 billion$11 million$2.7 billion
2014$1.9 billion$15 million$1.9 billion
2015$2.1 billion$8 million$2.1 billion
2016$2.8 billion$7 million$2.8 billion
2017$3 billion$45 million$3 billion
2018$3.2 billion$19 million$3.2 billion
2019$3.5 billion$8 million$3.5 billion
2020$6.6 billion$8 million$6.6 billion
2021$7.1 billion$7 million$7.1 billion
2022$6.2 billion$15 million$6.1 billion
2023$6 billion$12 million$6 billion
2024$6.3 billion$14 million$6.3 billion

What they sell each other

What Burkina Faso sells to Switzerland

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Gold$6.3 billion · 99.1%
    91 tonnes · Burkina Faso’s destinations
  2. Raw cotton$49 million · 0.78%
    27 thousand tonnes
  3. Silver$5 million · 0.09%
    6 tonnes
  4. Preserved fruit and nuts$763 thousand · 0.01%
    35 tonnes
  5. Coconuts, Brazil nuts and cashews$556 thousand · 0.01%
    59 tonnes
  6. Avocados, mangoes, pineapples and dates$375 thousand · 0.01%
    197 tonnes
  7. Other oilseeds$298 thousand · 0%
    90 tonnes
  8. Dried fruit and nut mixes$211 thousand · 0%
    19 tonnes
  9. Coffee$190 thousand · 0%
    38 tonnes
  10. Other vegetable oils$189 thousand · 0%
    39 tonnes

What Switzerland sells to Burkina Faso

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Refined petroleum$5 million · 38%
    5 thousand tonnes · Burkina Faso’s sources
  2. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$1 million · 8.9%
    30 tonnes · Switzerland’s destinations
  3. Malt extract and food mixes$872 thousand · 6.3%
    59 tonnes
  4. Physical and chemical analysis instruments$621 thousand · 4.5%
    1 tonne
  5. Medical and dental instruments$550 thousand · 4%
    5 tonnes · Switzerland’s destinations
  6. Earthmoving and drilling machines$377 thousand · 2.7%
    42 tonnes
  7. Air pumps, compressors and fans$298 thousand · 2.2%
    3 tonnes
  8. Surveying instruments$269 thousand · 2%
  9. Plastic packaging$263 thousand · 1.9%
    63 tonnes
  10. Parts for cranes and excavators$256 thousand · 1.9%
    7 tonnes

How it travels

Burkina Faso and Switzerland traded $6.3 billion in 2024 (both directions together). They trade mostly by air: 99% of the value travels by plane.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$63 million · 0.99%
  2. Air$6.3 billion · 99%

Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.

How much each matters to the other

Switzerland was Burkina Faso’s largest trading partner (40% of its trade), and Burkina Faso was Switzerland’s 25th (0.8%).

Switzerland in Burkina Faso’s trade
39.6%
Switzerland’s rank among Burkina Faso’s partners
1st
Burkina Faso in Switzerland’s trade
0.8%
Burkina Faso’s rank among Switzerland’s partners
25th

Compare with

Other partners of Burkina Faso

Other partners of Switzerland

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.