🇧🇫 Burkina Faso
Sub-Saharan Africa · Capital: Ouagadougou
Money4.4 / 10
Health1.0 / 10
Quality of life3.1 / 10
Passport2.4 / 10
average of the section's indicators; 5.0 is exactly mid-list
◉Money4.4 / 10
GDP per capita, PPP$3,072186 of 200World Bank · NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD · 2025
GNI per capita$980188 of 204World Bank · NY.GNP.PCAP.CD · 2025
GDP growth5.3 %45 of 212World Bank · NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG · 2025
Inflation-0.59 %7 of 190World Bank · FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG · 2025
Unemployment3.5 %56 of 187World Bank · SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS · 2025
Income inequality (Gini)37.494 of 151World Bank · SI.POV.GINI · 2021
Central government debt64.2 % GDP41 of 65World Bank · GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS · 2024
◈Safety
Homicides per 100k1.357 of 163World Bank · VC.IHR.PSRC.P5 · 2017
✚Health1.0 / 10
Life expectancy61.3 yr208 of 217World Bank · SP.DYN.LE00.IN · 2024
Infant mortality per 100043.6177 of 196World Bank · SP.DYN.IMRT.IN · 2024
Health spending per capita$71.73161 of 193World Bank · SH.XPD.CHEX.PC.CD · 2023
Health spending7.8 % GDP67 of 193World Bank · SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS · 2023
Physicians per 10000.15171 of 189World Bank · SH.MED.PHYS.ZS · 2022
Hospital beds per 10000.20157 of 158World Bank · SH.MED.BEDS.ZS · 2020
☀Quality of life3.1 / 10
Internet users28.3 %187 of 208World Bank · IT.NET.USER.ZS · 2024
Education spending5.3 % GDP44 of 190World Bank · SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS · 2023
Urban population28.9 %198 of 217World Bank · SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS · 2025
⌂Housing
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◍Prices
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⇄Trade
Exports of goods and services$10B112 of 188World Bank · NE.EXP.GNFS.CD · 2025
Imports of goods and services$8B124 of 188World Bank · NE.IMP.GNFS.CD · 2025
Trade to GDP65.0 %122 of 188World Bank · NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · 2025
Foreign direct investment$-202,224,388186 of 201World Bank · BX.KLT.DINV.CD.WD · 2024
Inbound tourism67,000 ppl177 of 196World Bank · ST.INT.ARVL · 2020
☗People and environment
Population24.1M59 of 217World Bank · SP.POP.TOTL · 2025
Population growth2.2 %38 of 217World Bank · SP.POP.GROW · 2025
Births per woman4.123 of 217World Bank · SP.DYN.TFRT.IN · 2024
Mobile subscriptions per 100117101 of 210World Bank · IT.CEL.SETS.P2 · 2024
Access to electricity34.0 %208 of 215World Bank · EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS · 2024
CO2 per capita0.27 t27 of 203World Bank · EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5 · 2024
Renewable energy71.4 %26 of 212World Bank · EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS · 2022
Military spending4.7 % GDP143 of 156World Bank · MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS · 2024
▤Passport2.4 / 10
No visa needed in advance56 of 198150 of 199
Visa free30 of 198
Visa on arrival25 of 198
Electronic authorisation (eTA)1 of 198
E-visa41 of 198
Visa required101 of 198
passport-index-dataset · visa on arrival and eTA count as no-visa-in-advance; e-visa does not