Burkina Faso, is a country located at Western Africa, it has an area of 274,200 Km2.

Burkina Faso, with a population of 23,251,000 people, it is ranked at 60º position by population of 196 countries and it has a moderate population density, 85 people per km2.

It's capital is Ouagadougou and its currency is West African CFA francs

Burkina Faso is holding the 124 position by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2024 was 11,674 millions of euros (12,631 millions of dollars), ( 52.69% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €502 euros per inhabitant$543 dollars per inhabitant.

In terms of the human development index (HDI) of Burkina Faso, which is the index used by the United Nations to measure the progress of a country, was 0.438 points in 2022, leaving it in 185th place in the table of 193 countries published.

If the reason to visit Burkina Faso are business, you must know it's in the 151th of the Doing Business ranking , which provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms.

In the tables at the bottom of the page, you can see more information about the economy and demography of Burkina Faso, if you want to see information about other countries click here

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Ouagadougou: Monthly Rainfall
Burkina Faso Economy
Gouvernement
Annual GDP [+]2023€19,583M
Annual GDP [+]2023$21,181M
GDP per capita [+]2023€842
GDP per capita [+]2023$911
Debt (M.€.) [+]202411,674
Debt ($M) [+]202412,631
Debt (%GDP) [+]202452.69%
Debt Per Capita [+]2024€502
Debt Per Capita [+]2024$543
Deficit (M.€) [+]2024-1,257
Deficit ($M) [+]2024-1,361
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2024-5.68%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]20245,918.5
Expenditure ($M) [+]20246,404.2
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]2022980.8
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]20221,033.7
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]202320.30%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]2022487.9
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]2022513.8
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]20228.40%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]2023784.4
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]2023848.4
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]202315.11%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202426.71%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2024€255
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2024$275
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2022€43
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2022$46
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2022€22
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2022$23
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2023€34
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2023$36
S&P Rating [+]01/26/2022CCC+
Corruption Index [+]202341
Competitiveness Ranking [+]2019130º
Fragile States Index [+]202494.2
RTI Raking [+]202480º
Innovation Ranking [+]2024129º
Labour
NMW [+]2023$57.1
Human Capital Ranking [+]2016120º
Business
Doing Business [+]2020151º
Passengers vehicles Year [+]December 2017644
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]December 20170.05
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]201515.87
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202218.4%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]2022116,000
Exports [+]2023€4,131.4M
Exports [+]2023$4,467.3M
Exports % GDP [+]202321.10%
Imports [+]2023€5,452.9M
Imports [+]2023$5,896.2M
Imports % GDP [+]202327.84%
Trade balance [+]2023€-1,321.4M
Trade balance [+]2023$-1,554.4M
Trade balance % GDP [+]2023-6.75%
Socio-Demography
Density [+]202385
Global Peace Ranking [+]2024149º
Remittance received ($M) [+]2017444.3
% Immigrant [+]20203.36%
% Emigrant [+]20207.43%
Birth Rate [+]202331.64‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]2017411.6
Crude death rate [+]20237.96‰
Fertility Rate [+]20234.19
% risk of poverty [+]202143.2%
Population [+]202323,251,000
Immigrant stock [+]2020723,989
Emigrant stock [+]20201,599,347
HDI [+]20220.438
Gender Gap Ranking [+]2024120º
Life expectancy [+]202361.09
Suicides [+]20151,671
Suicide rate [+]20158.93
Number of homicides [+]2017240
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]20171.25
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20230.26
Consumption GWh [+]20233,096
Generation GWh [+]20231,732
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]08/04/2024400
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]08/04/202422,139
Fully vaccinated [+]07/23/20235,232,347
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]08/04/202417.20
Doses administered [+]07/23/20237,893,609