Poverty & Inequality in Burkina Faso 19 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Burkina Faso. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 90.4% 2021 down 5.7% 12th Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 64.6% 2021 down 21.5% 10th Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 42.1% 2021 down 37.4% 10th Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 12.5% 2021 down 54.9% 12th Prosperity gap 9.4 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2021 down 35.6% 12th Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 52.4% 2021 down 20.7% 12th Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 42.1% 2021 down 37.4% 10th Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 24.4% 2021 down 41.1% 12th Population living in slums 87.9% 2022 up 80.0% 3rd Income share held by second 20% 11.2% 2021 up 4.7% 80th Gini index 37.4 2021 down 6.0% 43rd Income share held by lowest 20% 7.3% 2021 up 9.0% 59th Income share held by lowest 10% 3.0% 2021 up 11.1% 48th Income share held by highest 10% 30.2% 2021 down 5.6% 35th Income share held by highest 20% 45.3% 2021 down 3.8% 40th Income share held by fourth 20% 21.1% 2021 up 1.0% 99th Income share held by third 20% 15.1% 2021 up 2.7% 91st Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 10.5% 2021 down 9.5% 76th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 42.1% 2021 down 37.4% 10th