Self-reported life satisfaction vs. GDP per capita in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Self-reported life satisfaction vs. GDP per capita was 4.46 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Self-reported life satisfaction vs. GDP per capita in Burkina Faso, 2011–2025
Source: Wellbeing Research Centre (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Burkina Faso recorded 4.46 for self-reported life satisfaction vs. gdp per capita in 2025.
That represents a change of up 1.6% on the previous year and up 19.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, self-reported life satisfaction vs. gdp per capita in Burkina Faso peaked at 4.83 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 3.59, in 2014.
That places Burkina Faso 125th out of 157 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 4.17 | 3.59 | 4.77 | 8 |
| 2020s | 4.59 | 4.38 | 4.83 | 6 |
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More economy & growth data for Burkina Faso
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.28 trillion constant LCU (2025)
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure 60.0% (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure 21.49 billion current US$ (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure 12.51 trillion current LCU (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure 16.22 billion constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure 2.8% (2025)
- Gross domestic savings 22.2% (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure 77.8% (2025)
- Gross national expenditure 95.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 11.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is self-reported life satisfaction vs. gdp per capita in Burkina Faso?
- Self-reported life satisfaction vs. gdp per capita in Burkina Faso was 4.46 in 2025, according to Wellbeing Research Centre (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest self-reported life satisfaction vs. gdp per capita recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 4.83 in 2020.
- What is the lowest self-reported life satisfaction vs. gdp per capita recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.59 in 2014.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for self-reported life satisfaction vs. gdp per capita?
- Burkina Faso ranks 125th out of 157 countries with data for 2025.
- Is self-reported life satisfaction vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
- The figures come from Wellbeing Research Centre (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Self-reported life satisfaction vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Average of survey responses. The survey question asks respondents their current position on a hypothetical ladder, where the best possible life for them is a 10, and the worst possible life is a 0.