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🇧🇫 Burkina Faso
BFA BF Fr West African CFA franc (XOF)
Every statistic we track for Burkina Faso — 108 indicators, each with its latest value and world rank. Open the interactive profile →
$3,227
62.0 yrs
4.46
0.10
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📈 Economy
| Account Ownership | 51.4% | #108/139 | 2024 |
| Bank Account Ownership | 51.4% | #108/139 | 2024 |
| Bank Branches | 2.7 | #145/153 | 2024 |
| Current Account Balance | 8.6% | #20/190 | 2026 |
| Debit Card Ownership | 7.9% | #127/140 | 2024 |
| Digital Payments Usage | 48.4% | #60/97 | 2024 |
| Exchange Rate (per US$) | 606.4 | #24/197 | 2024 |
| Extreme Poverty | 0% | #78/237 | 2023 |
| Fiscal Balance | -3.5% | #108/189 | 2026 |
| GDP (current US$) | 32.5 | #116/190 | 2026 |
| GDP (PPP) | 79.5 | #115/191 | 2026 |
| GDP per Capita | 1,319 | #171/190 | 2026 |
| GDP per Capita (Long Run) | 1,705 | #148/165 | 2022 |
| GDP per Capita (PPP) | 3,227 | #177/191 | 2026 |
| GDP per Capita Growth | 4.8% | #24/184 | 2019 |
| Government Debt | 48.8% | #105/185 | 2026 |
| Income per Person | 1,774 | #158/183 | 2018 |
| Income per Person | 1,774 | #158/183 | 2018 |
| Inflation (CPI) | 1.5% | #174/191 | 2026 |
| Labour Productivity (GDP per hour) (PWT) | 3.1 | #124/130 | 2023 |
| Made a Digital Payment | 33.6% | #78/144 | 2017 |
| Mobile Money Account | 44.2% | #28/80 | 2024 |
| Real GDP Growth | 4.9% | #30/191 | 2026 |
| Share of World GDP (PPP) | 0% | #107/191 | 2026 |
| Total GDP (Long Run) | 37,320,442,404 | #120/165 | 2022 |
👥 Demographics
| Fertility Rate (WB) | 4.1 | #23/217 | 2024 |
| Internally Displaced People | 2,062,534 | #12/38 | 2025 |
| Median Age | 18 | #221/235 | 2026 |
| Population | 18 | #60/229 | 2013 |
| Population | 24.6 | #56/191 | 2026 |
| Population Density | 89.9 | #125/235 | 2026 |
| Refugees by Country of Origin | 351,209 | #14/195 | 2025 |
| Urban Population | 28.3% | #195/213 | 2024 |
🌐 Connectivity
| Access to Electricity | 21.7% | #207/214 | 2023 |
| Internet Users | 28.3% | #167/182 | 2024 |
| Mobile Subscriptions | 114 | #101/209 | 2022 |
| Read News Online | 21.1% | #61/75 | 2024 |
🫀 Health
| Adult Obesity | 6.8% | #186/199 | 2022 |
| Alcohol Consumption per Capita | 5.2 | #95/207 | 2022 |
| Child Mortality (under-5) | 7.5 | #12/199 | 2024 |
| Health Spending (QoG) | 6.8% | #90/189 | 2022 |
| Hypertension Prevalence | 30.5% | #162/194 | 2019 |
| Infant Mortality (QoG) | 44.8 | #18/191 | 2023 |
| Life Expectancy | 62 | #158/188 | 2013 |
| Life Expectancy | 61.8 | #174/186 | 2020 |
| Suicide Rate | 15.4 | #23/185 | 2021 |
| Tobacco Use Prevalence | 12.5% | #121/167 | 2022 |
| Undernourishment | 13.1% | #43/166 | 2023 |
| Universal Health Coverage Index | 47 | #171/195 | 2023 |
🎓 Education
| Adult Literacy | 41.4% | #31/31 | 2023 |
| Education Spending (QoG) | 5.3% | #23/112 | 2023 |
🌱 Environment
| CO₂ per Capita (WB) | 0.3 | #177/203 | 2024 |
| Energy Use per Person | 326 | #139/149 | 2023 |
| Renewable Electricity | 17.2% | #130/195 | 2024 |
🏛️ Governance
📰 Media & news
| Press Freedom Index | 48.5 | #108/177 | 2026 |
🛡️ Safety
| Homicide Rate | 10 | #49/204 | 2023 |
| Road Traffic Deaths | 27.8 | #11/195 | 2021 |
⚠️ Risk & resilience
| Climate Seen as a Threat | 89.3% | #48/142 | 2023 |
| Confident Can Protect Family | 36.4% | #99/142 | 2023 |
| Disaster Exposure (WRI) | 0.1 | #183/193 | 2025 |
| Experienced a Disaster | 39.8% | #28/142 | 2023 |
| Experienced Discrimination (Skin Colour) | 4.7% | #79/139 | 2023 |
| INFORM Risk Index | 7.2 | #12/191 | 2025 |
| Resilience to Risk (WRP) | 46.9 | #105/141 | 2023 |
| World Risk Index | 2 | #152/193 | 2025 |
| Worry About Violent Crime | 82.5% | #26/142 | 2023 |
😊 Wellbeing
| Happiness (Cantril Ladder) | 4.5 | #123/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Freedom | 0.8 | #105/146 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: GDP | 1 | #136/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Generosity | 0.1 | #44/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Healthy Life Expectancy | 0.3 | #129/146 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Low Corruption | 0.3 | #22/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Social Support | 0.6 | #137/147 | 2025 |
| Human Development Index | 0.5 | #186/193 | 2023 |
🧭 Attitudes & values
| Attended a Demonstration | 17% | #24/151 | 2017 |
| Believe Vaccines Are Effective | 83.9% | #69/143 | 2018 |
| Believe Vaccines Are Safe | 68% | #108/143 | 2018 |
| Signed a Petition | 16.8% | #57/121 | 2017 |
| Trust in government | 4.9 | #50/123 | 2017 |
| Trust in parliament | 5.7 | #22/151 | 2017 |
| Trust in political parties | 3.7 | #52/120 | 2017 |
| Trust in Science | 56.1% | #127/143 | 2018 |
| Trust in Scientists | 47.4% | #128/143 | 2018 |
| Trust in the legal system | 5.7 | #44/153 | 2017 |
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