Burkina Faso: Unprecedented budget performance, with revenues exceeding forecasts at 102% of target
Amid a national context marked by significant security and humanitarian challenges, the Burkinabe state demonstrates notable economic resilience. The Minister of Economy and Finance, Dr. Aboubakar Nakanabo, concluded the year 2025 with a performance rate of 89% on his objectives contract, according to official data made public. This result underscores the robustness of public financial management despite multiple pressures.
Among the most significant achievements, the mobilization of budgetary revenues stands out as an exceptional success. Initial forecasts estimated revenues at 3,236 billion CFA francs.
Against all expectations, the tax and customs administration collected 3,309 billion CFA francs for the public Treasury, achieving a realization rate of 102%.
This overperformance illustrates the optimization and modernization efforts undertaken to strengthen the state’s internal resources.
This ability to exceed financial forecasts is all the more remarkable as it occurs in a complex environment.
Burkina Faso has faced an acute security crisis for several years, which traditionally weighs on economic activity, limits access to certain areas, and leads to unforeseen expenditures for defense and humanitarian assistance.
Within this framework, generating additional revenue demonstrates both adaptation and a political will to preserve the financial sovereignty of the country.
Beyond the figures, this performance reflects several dynamics at play: a more effective administration, a strengthened fight against fraud and tax evasion, and likely a better formalization of part of the economy.
It enables the state to finance its priorities; notably security, basic social services, and infrastructure; without relying exclusively on debt or external aid.
The challenges remain immense. The gap between development needs, security imperatives, and available resources persists.
However, the course of rigorous and proactive management appears to be holding. Through these results, the government indicates that virtuous management of public funds is possible, even in times of crisis, and that it constitutes an essential pillar of national resilience.
This economic resilience, symbolized by exceeding revenue targets, sends a positive signal to technical and financial partners, as well as to national economic operators. It proves that, despite adversity, Burkinabe institutions maintain their capacity for action and planning.
Olivier TOE
