WorldSub-Saharan Africa Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso

BFASub-Saharan Africa Low incomeCapital: Ouagadougou
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78/80 indicators · percentile vs world (IMF / WB / WHO)underover
Burkina Faso in world space2000–2024
1k10k100k505560657075808590GDP per capita (USD, log)Life expectancy (years)20002024
192 countries · log scale on X world Burkina Faso· trajectory line: 1980 → today
About Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso's GDP is $32.51B (2026), with a population of 24.1M, and GDP per capita of $1,319. Key indicators include real GDP growth of 4.9%, inflation at 1.5%, government debt at 48.8% of GDP, life expectancy of 61.3 years. Data sourced from the IMF World Economic Outlook and World Bank World Development Indicators.

Economy31 indicators · 2019–2026 · IMF / WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
GDP (Current USD)$32.51B2026 19.8%IMF
Real GDP Growth (%)4.9%2026 2.0%IMF
GDP per Capita (USD)$1,3192026 17.1%IMF
GDP, PPP (Intl $)$79.54B2026 7.9%IMF
GDP per Capita, PPP (Intl $)$3,2272026 5.4%IMF
Share of World GDP, PPP (%)0.04%2026 2.9%IMF
GNI (Current USD)$26.00B2025 19.4%WB
GNI per Capita, Atlas Method (Current US$)$9802025 15.3%WB
GNI per Capita, PPP (Current Intl $)$2,8902025 5.9%WB
Industry Value Added (% of GDP)30.1%2025 13.4%WB
Services Value Added (% of GDP)41.5%2025 5.6%WB
Agriculture Value Added (% of GDP)19.9%2025 4.7%WB
Government Consumption (% of GDP)17.8%2025 8.3%WB
Household Consumption (% of GDP)60.0%2025 3.5%WB
Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP)17.2%2025 21.0%WB
Gross Savings (% of GDP)15.9%2024 15.7%WB
GDP Deflator Inflation (Annual %)8.8%2025 9.1%WB
GDP per Employed Person (Constant 2021 PPP $)$6,6032025 2.0%WB
Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP)6.6%2025 30.3%WB
Adjusted Net National Income per Capita (USD)$6702021WB
Adjusted Net Savings (% of GNI)7.6%2019WB
External Balance on Goods & Services (% of GDP)5.0%2025 247.9%WB
Coal Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021WB
Mineral Rents (% of GDP)15.45%2021WB
Oil Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021WB
Natural Gas Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021WB
Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP)20.1%2021WB
Forest Rents (% of GDP)4.68%2021WB
Industry Value Added (Current USD)$8.31B2025 35.4%WB
GDP per Capita, PPP (Constant 2021 Intl $)$2,6252025 3.0%WB
GDP per Capita (Constant 2015 US$)$7872025 3.0%WB
Fiscal & Monetary21 indicators · 2021–2026 · IMF / WB
Trade15 indicators · 2024–2025 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Trade (% of GDP)65.0%2025 7.5%WB
Exports of Goods & Services (% of GDP)35.0%2025 22.5%WB
Imports of Goods & Services (% of GDP)30.0%2025 6.0%WB
Exports of Goods & Services (USD)$9.67B2025 46.3%WB
Imports of Goods & Services (USD)$8.29B2025 12.2%WB
Merchandise Exports (USD)$11.08B2025 96.4%WB
Merchandise Imports (USD)$7.57B2025 17.7%WB
FDI Inflows (% of GDP)-0.9%2024 260.6%WB
FDI Outflows (% of GDP)0.2%2024 9.9%WB
FDI Net Inflows (USD)$-202.2M2024 284.8%WB
Personal Remittances Received (USD)$595.2M2024 1.9%WB
Personal Remittances Received (% of GDP)2.6%2024 11.5%WB
High-Tech Exports (% of manufactured)1.6%2024 56.7%WB
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)-4.0%2024 21.6%WB
Current Account Balance (USD)$-918.2M2024 9.7%WB
External Debt7 indicators · 2023–2024 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
External Debt (% of GNI)48.8%2024 9.3%WB
External Debt Stocks (USD)$10.85B2024 3.5%WB
Total Debt Service (% of GNI)4.1%2024 6.3%WB
Present Value of External Debt (USD)$3.55B2024WB
Use of IMF Credit (USD)$656.2M2024 3.8%WB
Net ODA Received (% of GNI)7.5%2023 5.7%WB
Net ODA Received (USD)$1.44B2023 3.2%WB
Finance5 indicators · 2024–2025 · WB
Business Environment1 indicator · 2024 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Time to Get Electricity (days)202024WB
Private Sector6 indicators · 2024 · WB
People23 indicators · 2023–2025 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Population24.1M2025 2.2%WB
Population Growth (%)2.2%2025 1.7%WB
Population Density (per km²)842023 2.3%WB
Surface Area (sq km)274,2002023 0.0%WB
Land Area (sq km)273,6002023 0.0%WB
Urban Population (%)28.9%2025 2.1%WB
Urban Population (total)7.0M2025 4.4%WB
Rural Population (%)71.1%2025 0.8%WB
Life Expectancy at Birth61.3 years2024 0.3%WB
Life Expectancy, Male59.1 years2024 0.3%WB
Life Expectancy, Female63.4 years2024 0.3%WB
Fertility Rate (births per woman)4.12024 1.8%WB
Birth Rate (per 1,000)31.32024 1.0%WB
Death Rate (per 1,000)7.92024 0.6%WB
Net Migration-27,1302025 5.1%WB
Population Ages 0–14 (%)41.2%2025 1.5%WB
Population Ages 15–64 (%)56.1%2025 1.1%WB
Population Ages 65+ (%)2.7%2025 1.2%WB
Age Dependency Ratio (%)78.1%2025 2.4%WB
Old-Age Dependency Ratio (%)4.8%2025 0.1%WB
Youth Dependency Ratio (%)73.3%2025 2.6%WB
Mortality Rate, Adult Male (per 1,000)2842024 6.4%WB
Mortality Rate, Adult Female (per 1,000)207.42024 3.1%WB
Labor20 indicators · 2025 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Total Labor Force9.9M2025 3.3%WB
Labor Force Participation (%)70.0%2025 0.1%WB
Female Labor Force Participation (%)64.1%2025 0.1%WB
Male Labor Force Participation (%)76.1%2025 0.1%WB
Unemployment (%)3.5%2025 1.0%WB
Female Unemployment (%)4.3%2025 3.6%WB
Male Unemployment (%)2.8%2025 7.9%WB
Youth Unemployment (%)6.4%2025 1.3%WB
Employment in Agriculture (%)51.8%2025 0.9%WB
Employment in Industry (%)16.7%2025 0.3%WB
Employment in Services (%)31.6%2025 1.3%WB
Labor Force Participation, Age 15+ (National Estimate, %)68.1%2025 2.8%WB
Vulnerable Employment (%)80.6%2025 0.3%WB
Wage & Salaried Workers (% of total)17.4%2025 1.4%WB
Part-Time Employment (%)25.2%2025 19.1%WB
Employers (% of total employment)2.0%2025 0.0%WB
Labor Force, Female (% of total)46.5%2025 0.1%WB
Employment to Population Ratio (%)67.6%2025 0.1%WB
Self-Employed (% of total)82.6%2025 0.3%WB
NEET Youth (% not in education/employment)24.5%2025 13.1%WB
Education21 indicators · 2015–2024 · WB
Health51 indicators · 2020–2025 · WHO
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Health Spending (% of GDP)7.8%2023 5.2%WHO
Health Spending per Capita (USD)$722023 11.4%WHO
Government Health Spending (% of GDP)2.5%2023 6.7%WHO
Out-of-Pocket Health Spending (% of total)43.8%2023 3.6%WHO
Physicians (per 1,000 people)0.12022 46.5%WHO
Nurses & Midwives (per 1,000)0.92023 13.5%WHO
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)0.22020WHO
Under-5 Mortality (per 1,000 live births)74.92024 3.2%WHO
Neonatal Mortality (per 1,000)23.82024 1.7%WHO
Maternal Mortality (per 100,000)2422023 23.4%WHO
Under-5 Mortality, Female (per 1,000)70.42024 3.3%WHO
Under-5 Mortality, Male (per 1,000)79.12024 3.3%WHO
Communicable, Maternal, Prenatal & Nutrition Causes (% of Deaths)51.0%2021WHO
Cause of Death, Non-Communicable (%)35.6%2021WHO
Cause of Death, Injury (%)11.7%2021WHO
Measles Immunization (% of children)88.0%2024 0.0%WHO
DPT Immunization (% of children)91.0%2024 0.0%WHO
HIV Incidence (per 1,000)0.132024 7.1%WHO
Tuberculosis Incidence (per 100,000)572024 1.7%WHO
Stunting, Children Under 5 (%)21.1%2021WHO
Overweight, Children Under 5 (%)1.5%2021WHO
Current Tobacco Use, Male Adults (%)18.7%2024 2.6%WHO
Current Tobacco Use, Female Adults (%)4.5%2024 6.2%WHO
Suicide Mortality Rate (per 100,000)8.52021WHO
Alcohol Consumption (liters per capita)11.32020WHO
Life Expectancy at Birth (WHO)62.297288412021WHO
Remaining Life Expectancy at Age 60 (WHO)16.139052822021WHO
Healthy Life Expectancy at Birth (HALE)54.562421972021WHO
Infant Mortality, Under Age 1 (WHO)43.634340352024WHO
Under-5 Mortality (WHO)74.890412832024WHO
Neonatal Mortality, 0–27 Days (WHO)23.7526417712024WHO
Maternal Deaths (WHO Estimates)1761.6869792023WHO
Estimated Tuberculosis Incidence (WHO)572024WHO
TB Mortality, Excluding HIV (per 100K)8.12024WHO
People Living with HIV910002025WHO
Malaria Deaths (WHO Estimates)161842024WHO
Estimated Malaria Incidence (WHO)353.48886652024WHO
Diabetes Prevalence, Age 18+ (age-standardized, %)12.2666272022WHO
DTP3 Immunization Coverage (WHO/UNICEF)912025WHO
Measles First-Dose Coverage (MCV1, WHO/UNICEF)882025WHO
Hepatitis B Three-Dose Coverage (HepB3, WHO/UNICEF)912025WHO
Physicians (total)2,5182024 1.6%WHO
Nursing & Midwifery Personnel19,3952024 11.2%WHO
Dentists (total)1332023 22.0%WHO
Pharmacists (total)3762024 58.3%WHO
Child Wasting, Under 5 (survey, %)9.32021WHO
Child Stunting, Under 5 (survey, %)21.12021WHO
Child Underweight, Under 5 (survey, %)16.92021WHO
UHC Service Coverage Index (SDG 3.8.1)472023WHO
Road Traffic Death Rate (per 100K)27.82021WHO
Current Health Expenditure per Capita (WHO, US$)71.734550482023WHO
Energy & Environment17 indicators · 2021–2025 · WB / WHO
Agriculture11 indicators · 2022–2024 · WB
Technology9 indicators · 2023–2024 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Internet Users (%)28.3%2024 11.4%WB
Mobile Subscriptions (per 100 people)1172024 0.4%WB
Fixed Broadband Subscriptions (per 100)0.92024 85.3%WB
Secure Internet Servers (per million)28.82024 27.7%WB
R&D Spending (% of GDP)0.10%2024 6.4%WB
Scientific Journal Articles5202023 15.0%WB
High-Technology Exports (USD)$2.5M2024 70.3%WB
ICT Service Exports (% of service exports)14.2%2024 6.2%WB
ICT Service Exports (USD)$89.6M2024 4.9%WB
Infrastructure7 indicators · 2007–2023 · WB
Gender9 indicators · 2018–2025 · WB
Governance10 indicators · 2023 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Control of Corruption-0.172023 51.9%WB
Government Effectiveness-0.832023 3.2%WB
Political Stability-2.042023 12.1%WB
Regulatory Quality-0.492023 3.7%WB
Rule of Law-0.742023 21.2%WB
Voice & Accountability-0.812023 18.4%WB
Control of Corruption (percentile rank)49.5%2023 2.8%WB
Government Effectiveness (percentile rank)21.2%2023 4.7%WB
Rule of Law (percentile rank)24.5%2023 14.8%WB
Political Stability (percentile rank)5.7%2023 19.6%WB
Military5 indicators · 2020–2024 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Military Spending (% of GDP)4.7%2024 14.7%WB
Military Expenditure (USD)$1.02B2024 23.8%WB
Armed Forces Personnel11,0002020WB
Armed Forces (% of labor force)0.1%2020WB
Military Spending (% of govt expenditure)17.0%2024 21.6%WB
Poverty & Inequality12 indicators · 2021 · WB
Social Protection7 indicators · 2020–2021 · WB
Tourism5 indicators · 2019–2020 · WB
Urban Development7 indicators · 2022–2025 · WB / WHO