Burkina Faso vs Senegal: Net foreign assets

Burkina Faso

3.10 trillion current LCU

in 2025

Senegal

3.63 trillion current LCU

in 2025

Burkina Faso rank

40th

Senegal rank

37th

Net foreign assets over time

Burkina Faso
Senegal

How they compare

Senegal currently reports 3.63 trillion current LCU against 3.10 trillion current LCU in Burkina Faso, a difference of 527.47 billion current LCU.

That makes Senegal's figure about 1.2 times Burkina Faso's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1962 it was Senegal ahead.

Globally, Burkina Faso ranks 40th and Senegal ranks 37th of 186 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Net foreign assets (current LCU)
Unit: current LCU
Source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 186 places, 9,009 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Net foreign assets are the sum of foreign assets held by monetary authorities and deposit money banks, less their foreign liabilities. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.