Sub-Saharan Africa · Low income · BFA
Burkina Faso
21,250 datasets on Burkina Faso from ILO, World Bank, fao, UNESCO Institute for Statistics, WHO, IMF, Ember, Eurostat, OECD, IMF Financial Access Survey, UNHCR, UCDP, IATI, each with its publisher, unit and history.
Headline figures
GDP (current US$)
27.63B
current USD · 2025 · World Bank
GDP per capita (current US$)
1147.57
current USD · 2025 · World Bank
GDP growth (annual %)
5.29
percent · 2025 · World Bank
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
-0.59
percent · 2025 · World Bank
Population, total
24.07M
people · 2025 · World Bank
Life expectancy at birth (years)
61.29
years · 2024 · World Bank
Mortality rate, under-5
74.90
per 1,000 live births · 2024 · World Bank
Unemployment, total (% of labor force)
3.48
percent · 2025 · World Bank
Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day
42.10
percent · 2021 · World Bank
Access to electricity
34
percent · 2024 · World Bank
Individuals using the Internet
28.25
percent · 2024 · World Bank
Primary completion rate, total
51.99
percent · 2024 · World Bank
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)
34.99
percent · 2025 · World Bank
Central government debt, total (% of GDP)
64.18
percent · 2024 · World Bank
Current health expenditure
7.80
percent · 2023 · World Bank
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita
0.27
t CO2e per capita · 2024 · World Bank
By topic
Sources
- ILO8,434 series
- World Bank5,260 series
- fao4,069 series
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics3,121 series
- WHO184 series
- IMF111 series
- Ember37 series
- Eurostat10 series
- OECD6 series
- IMF Financial Access Survey5 series
- UNHCR5 series
- UCDP5 series
- IATI3 series
The full brief for Burkina Faso, with rankings against its peers, publisher disagreements and development finance by funder and project, is on the Interva desk.