Environment in Burkina Faso

1,839 indicators covering environment for Burkina Faso.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Printing and writing papers, uncoated, woodfree — Export value 1 1000 USD 2024 down 75.0% 155th
Cartonboard — Export quantity 1 t 2024 down 99.0% 160th
Cartonboard — Export value 2 1000 USD 2024 down 97.5% 164th
Printing and writing papers, coated — Export quantity 28 t 2024 up 16.7% 105th
Printing and writing papers, coated — Export value 0 1000 USD 2024 down 100.0% 173rd
Printing and writing papers, uncoated, mechanical — Export quantity 3 t 2024 unchanged 109th
Printing and writing papers, uncoated, mechanical — Export value 19 1000 USD 2024 unchanged 94th
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural 3.5% 2023 up 150.0% 155th
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban 46.5% 2023 up 81.6% 153rd
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking 17.0% 2023 up 123.7% 155th
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding 40.14 Mt CO2e 2023 up 3.3% 16th
Other nitrogenous fertilizers, n.e.c. — Import quantity 2,308 t 2024 up 40.5% 100th
Other nitrogenous fertilizers, n.e.c. — Import value 562.86 1000 USD 2024 up 104.1% 120th
Share of land covered by forest 11.8% 2025 down 27.0% 161st
6.4.1 Water Use Efficiency (Industries) — Value 226.09 USD/m3 2023 up 91.2% 35th
6.4.1 Water Use Efficiency (Services (G to T)) — Value 20.19 USD/m3 2023 up 65.0% 161st
6.4.2 Level of water stress (No breakdown) — Value 1.28 % 2023 up 73.0% 148th
Fertilizers n.e.c. — Import quantity 322.29 t 2024 down 94.4% 139th
Fertilizers n.e.c. — Import value 73.64 1000 USD 2024 down 89.0% 164th
NPK fertilizers — Import quantity 153,899 t 2024 up 82.8% 30th
NPK fertilizers — Import value 64,218 1000 USD 2024 up 33.7% 36th
Land use 8.61 million hectares 2023 up 20.2% 39th
6.4.2 Level of water stress (Agriculture (ISIC4 A01 A0210 A0322)) 0.66 % 2023 up 73.7% 122nd
6.4.2 Level of water stress (Services (G to T)) — Value 0.59 % 2023 up 73.5% 123rd
6.4.2 Level of water stress (Industries) — Value 0.03 % 2023 up 50.0% 141st
Urea — Import value 22,359 1000 USD 2024 down 22.1% 77th
Urea — Import quantity 69,532 t 2024 up 9.8% 71st
Paper and paperboard — Production, per square kilometre 0.0035 t per square kilometre 2023 unchanged 99th
Other paper and paperboard — Production, per square kilometre 0.0035 t per square kilometre 2023 unchanged 99th
Oriented strand board (OSB) — Import quantity 0 m3 2024 down 100.0% 193rd
Oriented strand board (OSB) — Import value 1 1000 USD 2024 down 50.0% 187th
Potassium chloride (muriate of potash) (MOP) — Import value 2,936 1000 USD 2023 up 165.1% 85th
6.4.1 Water Use Efficiency (No breakdown) — Value 15.29 USD/m3 2023 up 74.1% 86th
Ammonium nitrate (AN) — Import quantity 99.85 t 2020 down 95.7% 141st
Ammonium nitrate (AN) — Import value 76.1 1000 USD 2020 down 96.4% 143rd
Potassium chloride (muriate of potash) (MOP) — Import quantity 7,432 t 2023 up 257.5% 81st
Ammonium sulphate — Import quantity 0 t 2024 down 100.0% 169th
Ammonium sulphate — Import value 0.05 1000 USD 2024 down 100.0% 170th
Potassium nitrate — Import quantity 0.01 t 2024 down 100.0% 158th
Potassium nitrate — Import value 0.42 1000 USD 2024 down 98.8% 148th
6.4.1 Water Use Efficiency (Agriculture (ISIC4 A01 A0210 A0322)) 0.05 USD/m3 2023 unchanged 137th
Forest area by type: naturally regenerating vs. planted 3,450 hectares 2025 down 51.1% 159th
Ammonia, anhydrous — Import quantity 1.19 t 2023 down 88.2% 161st
Ammonia, anhydrous — Import value 7.3 1000 USD 2023 down 90.9% 146th
Diammonium phosphate (DAP) — Import quantity 7,873 t 2023 up 21.3% 70th
Diammonium phosphate (DAP) — Import value 2,823 1000 USD 2023 down 22.5% 79th
Other NP compounds — Import quantity 40 t 2023 up 1,042.9% 122nd
Other NP compounds — Import value 3.56 1000 USD 2023 up 381.1% 158th
Monoammonium phosphate (MAP) — Import value 1.47 1000 USD 2024 down 98.1% 133rd
Potassium sulphate (sulphate of potash) (SOP) — Import value 28.26 1000 USD 2022 up 9,644.8% 124th
Monoammonium phosphate (MAP) — Import quantity 5.01 t 2024 down 89.6% 127th
Potassium sulphate (sulphate of potash) (SOP) — Import quantity 130 t 2022 up 216,567.0% 111th
River flooding exposure — Cropland share exposed to river flooding 1.11 Percentage of agricultural land area 2022 down 1.3% 120th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 08 - Sectoral breakdown of 22.87 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 12.5% 30th
Other potassic fertilizers, n.e.c. — Import quantity 150 t 2024 down 84.5% 95th
Other potassic fertilizers, n.e.c. — Import value 54.08 1000 USD 2024 down 92.3% 112th
PK compounds — Import value 24.61 1000 USD 2024 up 1,223.1% 132nd
PK compounds — Import quantity 150 t 2024 up 74,900.0% 86th
Sodium nitrate — Import value 0.03 1000 USD 2024 down 98.5% 149th
Sodium nitrate — Import quantity 0 t 2024 down 100.0% 147th