IndicatorBFABurkina FasoSub-Saharan Africa
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.46rank #107Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Control of Corruption0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)43.5rank #101Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.05rank #144Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.16rank #122Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.26rank #123Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)36.2rank #164Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.46rank #107Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Military spending% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)3.3%rank #17Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.1rank #127Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)34.1rank #193Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)44.6rank #143Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Rule of Law0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)43.5rank #157Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.48rank #87Data 2025 · Status unspecified
V-Dem electoral democracy0-1Our World in Data0.13rank #141Data 2025 · Status unspecified
V-Dem liberal democracy0-1Our World in Data0.1rank #127Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)35.6rank #161Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Women in parliament% seatsWorld Bank (WDI)18.3%rank #122Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.6rank #110Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Economy
Agricultural employment% employmentWorld Bank (WDI)51.8%rank #21Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Agriculture value added% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)19.9%rank #31Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Annual working hours per workerhoursOur World in Data2,356.2rank #13Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per workerPenn World Table12,079.2rank #160Data 2019 · Status unspecified
Current account balance% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)-4%rank #112Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Employment-to-population ratio%ILOSTAT67.5%rank #25Data 2026 · Status unspecified
External debt stocks% GNIWorld Bank (WDI)48.8%rank #67Data 2024 · Status unspecified
FDI net inflows% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)1.1%rank #127Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GDPcurrent US$World Bank (WDI)27.63Brank #118Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GDP growth%World Bank (WDI)5.3%rank #41Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$World Bank (WDI)1,147.6rank #170Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $World Bank (WDI)2,624.8rank #173Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $UNDP (HDRO)2,390.5rank #177Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Government expenditure% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)19.6%rank #64Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Gross capital formation% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)17.2%rank #107Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Gross savings% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)15.9%rank #110Data 2024 · Status unspecified
High-technology exports% manuf. exportsWorld Bank (WDI)1.6%rank #107Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Human capital indexindexPenn World Table1.3rank #143Data 2019 · Status unspecified
Industry value added% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)30.1%rank #43Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Inflation%World Bank (WDI)-0.59%rank #5Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Labour force participation rate%ILOSTAT70%rank #29Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Personal remittances received% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)2.6%rank #72Data 2024 · Status unspecified
R&D expenditure% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)0.1%rank #26Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Researchers in R&Dper millionWorld Bank (WDI)46.6rank #70Data 2010 · Status unspecified
Tax revenue% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)18.7%rank #44Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Total factor productivity (current PPPs, USA=1)index (USA=1)Penn World Table0.43rank #96Data 2019 · Status unspecified
Trade openness% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)65%rank #85Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Unemployment% labor forceWorld Bank (WDI)3.5%rank #55Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%ILOSTAT3.5%rank #58Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Vulnerable employment% employmentWorld Bank (WDI)80.6%rank #172Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Youth unemployment% ages 15-24World Bank (WDI)6.4%rank #36Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-24ILOSTAT6.4%rank #36Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Trade
Exports of goods & services% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)35%rank #73Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Imports of goods & services% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)30%rank #98Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Merchandise exportscurrent US$World Bank (WDI)11.08Brank #101Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Merchandise importscurrent US$World Bank (WDI)7.57Brank #128Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Health
Basic drinking water access% popWorld Bank (WDI)50%rank #169Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Basic sanitation access% popWorld Bank (WDI)31.8%rank #162Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Child mortalityper 100Our World in Data7.5rank #147Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Daily caloric supply per capitakcalOur World in Data2,790.9rank #120Data 2023 · Status unspecified
DTP3 immunization coverage%UNICEF91%rank #9Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Health spending% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)7.8%rank #64Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Infant mortalityper 1k birthsWorld Bank (WDI)43.6rank #131Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Life expectancyyearsWorld Bank (WDI)61.3rank #208Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Maternal mortalityper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)242rank #90Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Measles immunization% childrenWorld Bank (WDI)88%rank #12Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%UNICEF88%rank #12Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Overweight prevalence (under 5)%UNICEF2%rank #8Data 2020 · Status unspecified
Physiciansper 1kWorld Bank (WDI)0.15rank #106Data 2022 · Status unspecified
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m3World Bank (WDI)37.3rank #173Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Road traffic deathsper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)31rank #123Data 2019 · Status unspecified
Smoking prevalence% adultsWorld Bank (WDI)11.6%rank #32Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Stunting prevalence (under 5)%UNICEF20.3%rank #13Data 2020 · Status unspecified
Suicide mortality rateper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)8.5rank #107Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)57rank #77Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k birthsUNICEF74.9rank #186Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Undernourishment% popWorld Bank (WDI)11.7%rank #44Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Wasting prevalence (under 5)%UNICEF9.7%rank #23Data 2020 · Status unspecified
Education
Adult literacy%World Bank (WDI)41.6%rank #33Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Education spending% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)5.3%rank #21Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Expected years of schoolingyearsUNDP (HDRO)8.7rank #181Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Mean years of schoolingyearsUNDP (HDRO)2.3rank #188Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Primary completion rate% relevant ageWorld Bank (WDI)52%rank #109Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Primary enrollment% grossWorld Bank (WDI)77.2%rank #132Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Secondary enrollment% grossWorld Bank (WDI)30%rank #107Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Tertiary enrollment% grossWorld Bank (WDI)10%rank #88Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,000World Bank (WDI)31.3rank #25Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Fertility ratebirths/womanWorld Bank (WDI)4.1rank #23Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Median age of populationyearsUN WPP17.3rank #204Data 2023 · Estimate
Net migration rateper 1,000UN WPP-1.1rank #138Data 2023 · Estimate
PopulationpeopleWorld Bank (WDI)24.07Mrank #59Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Population growth%World Bank (WDI)2.2%rank #38Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)yearsUN WPP65.5rank #209Data 2050 · Projection / forecast
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousandsUN WPP37,304.4rank #56Data 2050 · Projection / forecast
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-ageUN WPP81.9rank #15Data 2023 · Estimate
Urban population%World Bank (WDI)28.9%rank #187Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Climate
CO₂ emissionstOur World in Data6.51Mrank #128Data 2024 · Status unspecified
CO₂ per capitatOur World in Data0.28rank #184Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity access% popWorld Bank (WDI)34%rank #74Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity from coal% generationEmber0%rank #1Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity from hydro% generationEmber5.3%rank #110Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity from solar% generationEmber6.5%rank #65Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity from wind% generationEmber0%rank #104Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electric power consumptionkWh per capitaWorld Bank (WDI)145.4rank #137Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Forest area% landWorld Bank (WDI)12.3%rank #153Data 2024 · Status unspecified
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capitaClimate Watch2.4rank #43Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWhEmber562.1rank #127Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Renewable electricity%Our World in Data17.2%rank #121Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Renewable energy share%World Bank (WDI)71.4%rank #10Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2eClimate Watch54.6rank #107Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Energy
Electricity access, rural% rural popWorld Bank (WDI)12.7%rank #71Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity access, urban% urban popWorld Bank (WDI)87.8%rank #37Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity from coal% of outputWorld Bank (WDI)0%rank #1Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Energy use per capitakg oil eq.World Bank (WDI)332.7rank #138Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Environment
Capture fisheries productiontonnesWorld Bank (WDI)31,771.9rank #120Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Freshwater withdrawals% internal resourcesWorld Bank (WDI)6.5%rank #81Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Terrestrial protected areas% land areaWorld Bank (WDI)16.8%rank #91Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Agriculture
Agricultural land% land areaWorld Bank (WDI)62.6%rank #37Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Aquaculture productiontonnesWorld Bank (WDI)1,293rank #128Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Cereal yieldkg per hectareWorld Bank (WDI)1,197.9rank #149Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Food production index2014-16 = 100World Bank (WDI)121.9rank #53Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Technology
Fixed telephone subscriptionsper 100 peopleWorld Bank (WDI)0.35rank #127Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Mobile subscriptionsper 100 peopleWorld Bank (WDI)116.6rank #84Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Secure internet serversper 1M peopleWorld Bank (WDI)28.8rank #190Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Society
Asylum seekerspeopleUNHCR69,817rank #155Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Extreme poverty% popWorld Bank (WDI)42.1%rank #42Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Female labor participation%World Bank (WDI)64.1%rank #24Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 100World Bank (WDI)0.85rank #131Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Gender Development IndexratioUNDP (HDRO)0.88rank #92Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Gender Inequality Index0-1UNDP (HDRO)0.56rank #129Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Gini indexindexWorld Bank (WDI)37.4rank #47Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Homicide rateper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)1.3rank #41Data 2017 · Status unspecified
Human Development Index0-1UNDP (HDRO)0.46rank #153Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-1UNDP (HDRO)0.27rank #140Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Internally displaced personspeopleUNHCR2.06Mrank #27Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Internet users% popWorld Bank (WDI)28.3%rank #165Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Life satisfaction0-10Our World in Data4.5rank #120Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0-1UNDP (HDRO)0.45rank #123Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0.04rank #158Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0.18rank #125Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0.52rank #160Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0.84rank #184Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)peopleUNHCR40,996rank #68Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Refugees originating (by country of origin)peopleUNHCR351,209rank #163Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Youth NEET rate%ILOSTAT25%rank #133Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Risk
Battle-related deaths (state-based)deaths/yearUCDP3,031rank #33Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Deaths in armed conflictsdeathsOur World in Data6,360rank #47Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Hazard & exposure0-10EC JRC (INFORM)7.7rank #64Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Human hazard & exposure0-10EC JRC (INFORM)9.7rank #67Data 2026 · Status unspecified
INFORM risk score0-10EC JRC (INFORM)7.3rank #58Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Lack of coping capacity0-10EC JRC (INFORM)6.9rank #58Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-10EC JRC (INFORM)7.2rank #62Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-10EC JRC (INFORM)6.5rank #46Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Natural hazard & exposure0-10EC JRC (INFORM)2.7rank #14Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Organized-violence deaths (total)deaths/yearUCDP4,441rank #48Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Socio-economic vulnerability0-10EC JRC (INFORM)7rank #64Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Vulnerability0-10EC JRC (INFORM)7.4rank #58Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Vulnerable groups0-10EC JRC (INFORM)7.8rank #66Data 2026 · Status unspecified