Burkina Faso: All Indicators
The complete set of World Bank development indicators with data for Burkina Faso — 264 indicators across 11 categories. Each links to its full trend, ranking, and download page.
Agriculture (10)
Arable land (% of land area)
2023
28.90
Arable land (hectares per person)
2023
0.34
Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)
2015
0.00
Rural land area (sq. km)
2015
273,918.35
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)
2015
0.00
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km)
2015
0.00
Surface area (sq. km)
2023
274,200.00
Urban land area (sq. km)
2015
1,599.30
Urban land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)
2015
0.00
Urban land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km)
2015
0.00
Economy (35)
Adjusted net national income per capita (annual % growth)
2021
-7.68
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI)
2021
1.40
Adjusted savings: consumption of fixed capital (% of GNI)
2021
8.64
Adjusted savings: education expenditure (% of GNI)
2021
4.31
Adjusted savings: energy depletion (% of GNI)
2021
0.00
Adjusted savings: mineral depletion (% of GNI)
2021
12.62
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP)
2024
20.93
Coal rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.00
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)
2024
28.56
Forest rents (% of GDP)
2021
4.68
GDP (constant 2015 US$)
2024
17.99B
GDP (current US$)
2024
23.12B
GDP growth (annual %)
2024
4.80
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
2024
763.83
GDP per capita (current US$)
2024
981.99
GDP per capita growth (annual %)
2024
2.47
GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2021 international $)
2024
2,547.67
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $)
2024
2,895.89
GDP, PPP (constant 2021 international $)
2024
59.99B
GDP, PPP (current international $)
2024
68.19B
GNI (current US$)
2024
21.74B
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$)
2024
850.00
GNI per capita, PPP (current international $)
2024
2,720.00
GNI, Atlas method (current US$)
2024
20.10B
GNI, PPP (current international $)
2024
64.12B
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)
2024
31.94
Industry (including construction), value added (% of GDP)
2024
26.51
Inflation, GDP deflator (annual %)
2024
9.67
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
2024
4.19
Mineral rents (% of GDP)
2021
15.45
Natural gas rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.00
Oil rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.00
Services, value added (% of GDP)
2024
43.95
Total natural resources rents (% of GDP)
2021
20.14
Trade (% of GDP)
2024
60.50
Education (8)
Compulsory education, duration (years)
2025
10.00
Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP)
2023
5.33
Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)
2023
41.57
Preprimary education, duration (years)
2025
3.00
Primary education, duration (years)
2025
6.00
School enrollment, primary (% gross)
2024
77.17
School enrollment, secondary (% gross)
2024
29.99
Secondary education, duration (years)
2025
7.00
Energy (10)
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking (% of population)
2023
17.00
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural (% of rural population)
2023
3.50
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban (% of urban population)
2023
46.50
Access to electricity (% of population)
2023
21.70
Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population)
2023
2.00
Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population)
2023
62.60
Electric power consumption (kWh per capita)
2023
133.33
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (% of total)
2021
6.36
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh)
2021
106.92M
Renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output)
2021
13.92
Environment (45)
Bird species, threatened
2022
15.00
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
1,878.52
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
6.48
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)
2024
0.27
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.54
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.63
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)
2024
1.28
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.98
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
3.05
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding non-tropical fires (Mt CO2e)
2023
40.14
Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP)
2024
0.36
Fish species, threatened
2022
3.00
Mammal species, threatened
2022
12.00
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
151.88
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
21.00
Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)
2024
14.39
Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
1.67
Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
2.30
Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.02
Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)
2024
2.61
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
138.08
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
6.29
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)
2024
5.27
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.22
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.03
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.35
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.05
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.38
PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter)
2020
58.47
PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total)
2017
100.00
Plant species (higher), threatened
2022
6.00
Population density (people per sq. km of land area)
2023
84.16
Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
2015
0.00
Rural population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
2015
0.00
Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area)
2025
16.80
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area)
2025
16.80
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
208.82
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
34.92
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)
2024
1.48
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
2015
0.00
Health & Population (109)
Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19)
2024
85.53
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
2024
80.03
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
2024
4.77
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
2024
75.26
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin
2024
130,695.00
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
2024
31.34
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total)
2021
51.05
Cause of death, by injury (% of total)
2021
11.69
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total)
2021
35.62
Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes (% of total)
2021
1.65
Current health expenditure (% of GDP)
2023
7.80
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
2024
7.92
Diabetes prevalence (% of population ages 20 to 79)
2024
4.50
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
2024
4.11
Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)
2020
0.20
Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months)
2024
91.00
Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children)
2024
91.00
Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months)
2024
88.00
International migrant stock (% of population)
2024
3.10
International migrant stock, total
2024
739,820.00
Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
2024
63.43
Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
2024
59.11
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
2024
61.29
Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)
2023
0.98
Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country)
2023
102.00
Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births)
2023
242.00
Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population)
2019
31.00
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%)
2021
23.40
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%)
2021
21.30
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%)
2021
25.90
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized (per 100,000 population)
2019
201.30
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, female (per 100,000 female population)
2019
167.40
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, male (per 100,000 male population)
2019
248.60
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population)
2021
1.58
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population)
2021
1.43
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population)
2021
1.74
Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene (per 100,000 population)
2019
60.90
Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults)
2024
207.43
Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults)
2024
284.03
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
2024
43.60
Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births)
2024
39.20
Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births)
2024
47.90
Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births)
2024
23.80
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
2024
74.90
Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births)
2024
70.40
Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births)
2024
79.10
Net migration
2025
-27,130.00
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years
2024
1,842.00
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years
2024
3,614.00
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years
2024
4,625.00
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years
2024
3,177.00
Number of infant deaths
2024
31,762.00
Number of maternal deaths
2023
1,800.00
Number of neonatal deaths
2024
17,516.00
Number of under-five deaths
2024
54,009.00
People practicing open defecation (% of population)
2024
29.87
People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population)
2024
50.00
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population)
2024
31.80
Physicians (per 1,000 people)
2022
0.15
Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)
2024
41.80
Population ages 0-14, female
2024
4.85M
Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population)
2024
41.01
Population ages 0-14, male
2024
5.00M
Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population)
2024
42.60
Population ages 0-14, total
2024
9.84M
Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
2024
55.55
Population ages 15-64, female
2024
6.60M
Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population)
2024
55.86
Population ages 15-64, male
2024
6.48M
Population ages 15-64, male (% of male population)
2024
55.23
Population ages 15-64, total
2024
13.08M
Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
2024
2.65
Population ages 65 and above, female
2024
370,805.00
Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population)
2024
3.14
Population ages 65 and above, male
2024
253,655.00
Population ages 65 and above, male (% of male population)
2024
2.16
Population ages 65 and above, total
2024
624,460.00
Population growth (annual %)
2024
2.25
Population, female
2024
11.82M
Population, female (% of total population)
2024
50.19
Population, male
2024
11.73M
Population, male (% of total population)
2024
49.81
Population, total
2024
23.55M
Prevalence of anemia among children (% of children ages 6-59 months)
2019
76.60
Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women (% of women ages 15-49)
2023
43.90
Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women (%)
2023
49.50
Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (% of women ages 15-49)
2023
44.30
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years (per 1,000)
2024
2.90
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years (per 1,000)
2024
6.70
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years (per 1,000)
2024
4.70
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years (per 1,000)
2024
10.40
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)
2025
18.31
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin
2024
150,081.00
Rural population
2024
16.88M
Rural population (% of total population)
2024
71.66
Rural population growth (annual %)
2024
1.48
Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births)
2024
1.04
Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population)
2021
8.50
Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population)
2021
4.01
Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population)
2021
13.02
Survival to age 65, female (% of cohort)
2024
65.34
Survival to age 65, male (% of cohort)
2024
55.55
Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age)
2020
11.27
Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, female 15+ years of age)
2020
3.84
Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, male 15+ years of age)
2020
19.00
UHC service coverage index
2023
47.00
Urban population
2024
6.67M
Urban population (% of total population)
2024
28.34
Urban population growth (annual %)
2024
4.20
Labor & Business (6)
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
51.78
Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
53.84
Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
50.01
Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
64.07
Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
76.14
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
3.48
Poverty & Inequality (2)
Public Sector (2)
Technology (4)
Trade & Finance (33)
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP)
2024
0.36
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$)
2024
82.94M
High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports)
2024
1.65
Merchandise exports (current US$)
2024
5.64B
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$)
2023
4.46B
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.00
Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
8.68
Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
82.37
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.52
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.26
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.03
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.10
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
1.86
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
14.86
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
2.77
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
14.86
Merchandise imports (current US$)
2024
6.43B
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)
2023
5.88B
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
0.00
Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
4.71
Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
41.70
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
16.58
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
2.38
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
1.98
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
3.85
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
5.85
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
27.66
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
30.64
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
27.66
Merchandise trade (% of GDP)
2024
52.19
Net ODA received (% of GNI)
2023
7.56
Personal remittances, paid (current US$)
2024
0.00
Real interest rate (%)
2021
6.13
Data sourced from the World Bank Open Data portal. Values represent the most recent available year for each indicator. NULL or missing values indicate data is suppressed, not collected, or not applicable.