Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$1.328 billion (2006 est.)
Debt - external:
$1.85 billion (2003)
Economic aid - recipient:
$468.4 million (2003)
Currency (code):
Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF); note - responsible
authority is the Central Bank of the West African States
Currency code:
XOF
Exchange rates:
Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) per US dollar -
523.721 (2006), 527.47 (2005), 528.29 (2004), 581.2 (2003), 696.99
(2002)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Burkina Faso
Telephones - main lines in use:
97,400 (2005)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
572,200 (2005)