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Burkina Faso: Principal forgiven

4.60Mcurrent USD · 2025

Principal forgiven is the amount of principal due or in arrears that was written off or forgiven in any given year. It includes debt forgiven within and outside Paris Club agreements, principal forgiven and principal arrears forgiven. Data are in current U.S. dollars. All creditors combined (IDS counterpart area: World); figures by creditor are not carried. Annual figures for Burkina Faso from 1989 to 2025.

19892025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
20254,597,000
20240
20230
202227,475,488.2
20210
2020508,000
20190
20180
20170
20160
20150
20140
20130
20120
20107,365,356.5
20092,483,396.9
20086,717,755.9
20071,419,513
20066,909,616.5
200542,648,716.1
200434,616,051.8
200330,982,339.1
200224,670,788.4
200117,974,390.5
20006,958,999.8
19990
1998717,735.3
1997782,448.7
19962,536,599.1
199514,646,806.8
1994119,271,291.2
19931,788,466.6
1992121,001.7
199110,127,296
19905,433,061.1
1989188,909,974.3

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Published by World Bank, produced by World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Principal forgiven. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-principal-forgiven (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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