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Burkina Faso
Sub-Saharan Africa · Low income · capital Ouagadougou
Reports 20 of 21 indicators tracked here.
Every figure below is the most recent year this country reported — the years differ, sometimes by a decade. Nothing is interpolated or carried forward.
Health
Life expectancy
2024 · 2 years old61.3years
Ranks 208 of 217 in 2024
18% below world median · 5% below Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Under-5 mortality
2024 · 2 years old74.9per 1,000 live births
Ranks 186 of 196 in 2024
4.0× above world median · 53% above Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 196 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Maternal mortality
2023 · 3 years old242per 100,000 live births
Ranks 166 of 194 in 2023
4.1× above world median · 6% below Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 194 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Child stunting
2021 · 5 years old21.1% of under-5s
Ranks 18 of 32 in 2021
13% above world median · 26% below Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 32 countries reporting in 2021 — not a published figure
Health spending
2023 · 3 years old7.80% of GDP
Not ranked — no better end
23% above world median
Medians computed across 192 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Fertility rate
2024 · 2 years old4.11births per woman
Not ranked — no better end
1.2× above world median
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Education
Adult literacy
2023 · 3 years old41.6% of adults 15+
Ranks 33 of 33 in 2023
56% below world median · 39% below Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 33 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Primary enrolment
2024 · 2 years old77.2% gross
Ranks 132 of 134 in 2024
22% below world median · 22% below Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 134 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Education spending
2023 · 3 years old5.33% of GDP
Ranks 21 of 121 in 2023
46% above world median · 60% above Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 121 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Economy
GDP per capita
2025 · 1 year old1,148current US$
Ranks 170 of 186 in 2025
85% below world median · 15% below Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 186 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
GDP per capita (PPP)
2025 · 1 year old3,072international $
Ranks 173 of 185 in 2025
85% below world median · 31% below Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 185 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Extreme poverty
2021 · 5 years old42.1% of population
Ranks 77 of 81 in 2021
45.8× above world median · 9% above Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 81 countries reporting in 2021 — not a published figure
Income inequality (Gini)
2021 · 5 years old37.4index, 0–100
Ranks 57 of 81 in 2021
9% above world median · 3% above Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 81 countries reporting in 2021 — not a published figure
Unemployment
2025 · 1 year old3.5% of labour force
Ranks 56 of 182 in 2025
32% below world median · 33% below Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Inflation
2025 · 1 year old-0.6% per year
Not ranked — no better end
1.2× below world median
Medians computed across 165 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Military spending
2024 · 2 years old4.68% of GDP
Not ranked — no better end
2.0× above world median
Medians computed across 147 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Infrastructure
Electricity access
2024 · 2 years old34.0% of population
Ranks 208 of 215 in 2024
66% below world median · 41% below Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 215 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Internet use
2024 · 2 years old28.3% of population
Ranks 167 of 182 in 2024
66% below world median · 23% below Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Environment
CO₂ per person
2024 · 2 years old0.27t CO₂e per person
Not ranked — no better end
89% below world median
Medians computed across 203 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Society
Population
2025 · 1 year old24.1mpeople
Not ranked — no better end
2.7× above world median
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Never reported
Burkina Faso has no figure in this dataset for Safe drinking water. That is an absence of measurement, not a value of zero.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved into this site's own database; see methodology.