Social Development in Burkina Faso 144 indicators covering social development for Burkina Faso. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Democracy Index 6 2018 — 86th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 69,817 2025 up 2,494.5% 27th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita 0.0029 units per person 2025 up 1,923.6% 28th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 1,011.1% 14th Political Rights Score 2 2025 down 90.5% 168th Freedom Score 20 2025 down 66.1% 160th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum 1,957 2025 up 1,287.9% 87th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita 0.0001 units per person 2025 up 982.6% 109th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 494.4% 61st Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, annual growth rate -46.58 % change on previous year 2025 down 164.8% 156th Full democracy 0 2025 — 78th States involved in state-based conflicts 1 2025 — 1st Sovereign state 1 2025 unchanged 1st Distribution of Democracy Index 16 2018 up 60.0% 87th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, annual growth rate 31.08 % change on previous year 2025 up 204.1% 18th Equal Rights Protection Index 0.686 2025 down 18.1% 77th Physical Integrity Rights Index 0.393 2025 down 49.9% 135th Political Corruption Index 0.373 2025 down 3.4% 106th Political Corruption Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.373 2025 down 3.4% 106th Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 0.7698 2024 up 42.3% 117th Number of armed conflicts 3 conflicts 2025 — 9th Number of state-based conflicts 2 conflicts 2025 — 2nd Countries where armed conflicts took place 1 2025 — 1st Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre 0.3305 units per square kilometre 2023 up 9,549.8% 31st Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre 0.0042 units per square kilometre 2023 up 45.8% 113th LGBT+ Rights Index 1.07 2019 unchanged 106th Forcibly displaced people 2.11 million 2025 up 6,065.3% 17th Terrorist attacks by severity 0 attacks 2021 — 1st Press freedom 1 2016 unchanged 61st Countries with accredited independent national human rights institutions 0 number 2025 — 116th Age of electoral democracy 7 years 2021 up 600.0% 133rd Corruption Perceptions Index 41 2024 up 7.9% 81st Internally displaced people due to conflict 2.06 million people 2024 — 12th Alcohol, total per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 4.94 2024 down 46.4% 98th Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 3.03 2024 down 49.6% 103rd Alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 1.9 2024 down 40.2% 11th Alcohol, tourist consumption (in litres of pure alcohol), three-year 0.0065 2024 down 35.4% 34th Self-reported life satisfaction 4.46 2025 up 19.1% 125th Happiness vs. life satisfaction 4.46 2025 up 19.1% 125th Alcohol, consumption of pure alcohol by type of beverage 28.1% 2024 up 225.2% 135th Age of electoral democracy 6 years 2021 down 50.0% 94th States involved in interstate conflicts 0 2014 — 51st Citizen support for democracy -0.7201 2020 up 8.9% 93rd Citizen satisfaction with democracy 0.7054 2020 up 121.7% 31st Share of countries with independent national human rights institutions 0.0% 2025 — 90th Homicides 2,039 deaths 2021 up 27.5% 41st Homicide rate 9.23 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 4.2% 46th Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population 9.29 2021 down 3.7% 45th Number of current tobacco smokers, estimate 1.00 million 2030 down 0.6% 81st States involved in wars 0 2011 — 5th Alcohol, total (recorded + unrecorded) per capita (15+) consumption 10.91 2030 down 0.7% 20th States involved in state based conflicts, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Freedom of Association Score 4 2025 down 33.3% 67th Freedom of Expression Score 3 2025 down 57.1% 74th Civil Rights Score 2 2025 down 60.0% 99th Estimate of current tobacco use prevalence (%) 9.3% 2030 down 31.1% 129th Number of current of tobacco users, estimate 1.38 million 2030 down 5.2% 72nd Alcohol, abstainers lifetime (%), age-standardized 60.6% 2020 down 6.9% 53rd Alcohol, abstainers past 12 months (%), age-standardized 68.3% 2020 down 5.7% 70th Alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+), drinkers only, past 30 days 52.8% 2020 up 2.6% 30th ← Previous Page 2 of 3 Next →