Reference Data in Burkina Faso

2,398 indicators covering reference data for Burkina Faso.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
People in rural areas not using improved sanitation facilities 8.14 million people 2024 down 13.9% 20th
10_Insured export credit exposures, short term 491.00 million BU 2025 up 105.4% 123rd
09_Insured export credit exposures, Berne Union 860.00 million 2025 up 244.0% 133rd
Free and fair elections 1 2022 unchanged 1st
Multi-party elections for legislature 1 2022 unchanged 1st
Multi-party elections 1 2022 unchanged 1st
Sanitation facilities usage in rural areas 6.66 million people 2024 down 19.7% 12th
Open defecation in rural areas vs. urban areas 42.3% 2024 down 32.0% 14th
Teachers in primary education, male 42,697 number 2019 up 64.4% 43rd
Asylum seekers vs. Refugees per 100,000 people by country of asylum 6.34 people per 100,000 inhabitants 2024 up 475.0% 115th
Tree cover loss by dominant driver 0 hectares 2024 182nd
Spending by international visitors while visiting a country 201.20 million current US$ 2023 up 0.6% 160th
Arrivals of tourists from abroad for personal purposes 259,700 trips 2022 up 35.0% 118th
International trips for personal vs. business and professional reasons 259,700 trips 2022 up 35.0% 118th
Gross enrolment ratio, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index 0.9967 GPIA 2019 down 1.6% 110th
School life expectancy, pre-primary, male 0.1658 years 2019 up 98.4% 182nd
School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index 0.9964 GPI 2019 down 1.6% 116th
School life expectancy, pre-primary, female 0.1652 years 2019 up 95.2% 182nd
Number of people with and without access to clean cooking fuels 3.91 million people 2023 up 191.1% 99th
Number of people without access to clean fuels for cooking 19.11 million people 2023 up 16.9% 25th
UHC service coverage sub-index on reproductive, maternal, newborn and 74 2023 up 27.6% 86th
UHC service coverage sub-index on non-communicable diseases 62 2023 up 6.9% 111th
UHC service coverage sub-index on infectious diseases 47 2023 up 30.6% 157th
UHC service coverage sub-index on service capacity and access 23 2023 up 27.8% 183rd
UHC service coverage index 47 2023 up 23.7% 168th
Corn production 1.85 million tonnes 2024 up 29.1% 49th
06_Multilateral loans, total 4.46 billion 2026 up 157.4% 53rd
Children orphaned due to AIDS deaths 66,037 children 2024 down 42.5% 30th
Enrolment in pre-primary education, male 53,756 number 2019 up 153.8% 113th
Net food imports by crop - Rice, husked -22,207 2019 down 55.8% 130th
School life expectancy, secondary, male 3.03 years 2019 up 82.9% 171st
School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index 1.02 GPI 2019 up 37.7% 78th
School life expectancy, secondary, female 3.1 years 2019 up 151.9% 162nd
Tomato production 317,853 tonnes 2024 up 9.6% 56th
Share of the daily calorie supply that comes from animal protein 2.3% 2023 up 27.4% 168th
Probability of dying in infancy, by sex 4.8% 2023 down 26.2% 12th
Probability of dying that year, among males 5.6% 2023 down 24.8% 15th
Number of children under 5 3.35 million people 2023 up 4.7% 44th
Equal rights of inheritance for sons and daughters when no will is left 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Total dependency ratio 81.9% 2023 down 12.3% 17th
Old-age dependency ratio 4.8% 2023 down 7.7% 220th
Age dependency breakdown 4.8% 2023 down 7.7% 220th
Number of 1-year-olds, by sex 332,075 people 2023 up 2.0% 44th
Air passengers 103,592 2023 down 25.5% 142nd
Dietary compositions by commodity group 41.1 kilocalories per day per capita 2023 up 152.3% 125th
Median age 17.25 years 2023 up 8.1% 222nd
Net official development assistance and official aid received 1.44 billion constant 2023 US$ 2023 up 30.6% 31st
15_Debt securities held by nonresidents, total, short term, annual -68.42 % change on previous year 2025 up 31.6% 117th
Armed forces personnel as a share of total population 0.1% 2020 down 27.6% 160th
Armed forces personnel 11,000 2020 down 3.9% 128th
Number of people living in the capital city 5.13 million people 2100 up 0.5% 42nd
Meaningful democratic electoral institutions, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year 2022 82nd
Ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons 1.04 ratio 2022 down 30.9% 9th
Annual new cases of neonatal tetanus per million people 0.21 cases per million 2024 up 31.2% 41st
Net food imports by crop - Rice, broken 421,867 2019 up 423.0% 5th
Industry jobs as a share of total employment 16.7% 2025 up 14.9% 124th
Prevalence rate of hypertension in adults aged 30-79 30.5 2019 down 7.6% 160th
Nitrogen use efficiency 95.9% 2014 up 15.2% 30th
Share of men defined as underweight, healthy, overweight and obese 13.7% 2014 down 9.3% 29th
Wildfire area burned by land cover type, per square kilometre 0.0004 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 400.0% 84th