International Rankings of Burkina Faso 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Burkina Faso, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Burkina Faso, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	147	1	2018
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	163	12015	0
Internet users - percent of population	193	16 %	2018
Internet users - total	97	3.159 million	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	184	1	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	145	75291	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	136	100.39	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	62	20.365 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	130	3.655 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	133	2.666 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	93	7.9 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	126	41.1	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	120	51.4	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	51	88.2	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	95	66.6	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	130	14.271 billion US Dollars	2018
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	119	28.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	33	23.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	124	56.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	60	34.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	50	24.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	45	1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	16	31 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	96	23.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	154	44.9 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	45	32.2 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2009
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	22	2.9 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	13	10.4 %	2017
Labor force	58	8.501 million US Dollars	2016
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	3	90 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	131	N/A %	2021
Labor force - by occupation - services	161	N/A %	2021
Population below poverty line	33	41.4	2018
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	118	44.266 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	182	2178 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	114	21.2 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	140	3.421 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	82	0	2015
Crude oil - imports	84	0	2015
Crude oil - production	89	0	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	90	0	2018
Electricity - consumption	147	1.551 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	19	80	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	60	9	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	29	12	2017
Electricity - imports	77	630.000 million kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	151	342400 kWh	2016
Electricity - production	147	990.000 million	2016
Natural gas - consumption	108	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	92	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	94	0	2014
Refined petroleum products - consumption	116	23000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	124	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	110	23580 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	110	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	131	3.42 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	80	12.85 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	37	36.78 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	74	44.2	2018
Land use - arable land	46	22	2018
Land use - forest	123	19.3	2018
Land use - other	60	36.5	2018
Land use - permanent crops	4	37	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	69	21.93	2018
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	13	4.54 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	126	13.500 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	108	420.700 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	135	21.700 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	88	375.600 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	5	4.75	2025
Urbanization - urban population	159	31.2	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	67	2.575 million tons	2015
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	61	309030 tons	2005
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	57	12 %	2005
Geography
Area - land	76	273800 sq km	0
Area - total	76	274200 sq km	0
Area - water	121	40076 sq km	0
Coastline	174	0 km	0
Elevation - highest point	142	749 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	59	N/A meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	108	297 meters	0
Irrigated land	107	550 sq km	2016
Land boundaries - total	55	3611 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	74	44.2	2018
Land use - arable land	46	22	2018
Land use - forest	123	19.3	2018
Land use - other	60	36.5	2018
Land use - permanent crops	4	37	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	69	21.93	2018
Total renewable water resources	125	13.500 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	19	20.33 %	4213
Age structure - 25-54 years	196	29.36 %	5926
Age structure - 55-64 years	192	3.57 %	3016
Birth rate	18	34.34 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	97	30.1 %	2020
Current Health Expenditure	55	5.6 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	78	7.92 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	126	4.5 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	10	22.1 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	12	87.9 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	10	83.4 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	39	94.9 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	29	32.1 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	22	24.4 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	34	4.5 % of population	0
Education expenditures	25	5.4 % of GDP	2018
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	31	0.7	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	23	3300	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	34	97000	2020
Hospital bed density	65	0.4 beds/1,000 population	2010
Infant mortality rate - female	18	46.24 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	24	55.05 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	20	50.71 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	179	64.89 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	182	61.28 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	180	63.06 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	30	320	2017
Median age - female	151	18.7 years	2020
Median age - male	144	17 years	0
Median age - total	144	17.9 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	76	19.4	2010
Net migration rate	97	0.62 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	130	5.6 %	2016
Physicians density	147	0.09 physicians/1,000 population	2017
Population	58	21.383 million	2021
Population growth rate	15	2.58 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	60	88.2 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	24	69.8 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	17	53.1 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	47	11.8 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	13	9 years	2019
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	12	9 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	13	9 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	12	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	24	1	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	38	0.87	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	46	0.76	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	35	0.76 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	11	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	21	0.96 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	20	4.39 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	110	8.4	2019
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	99	8.9	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	111	8.6	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	5	4.75	2025
Urbanization - urban population	159	31.2	2021
Transportation
Airports	101	23	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	44	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	39	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	44	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	26	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - total	76	2	2019
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	27	3	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	45	13	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	76	21	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	62	5	2013
Heliports	26	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	133	100000	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	134	151531	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	99	3	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Railways - total	106	622 km	2014
Roadways - paved	98	3642 km	2014
Roadways - total	99	15304 km	2014
Waterways	95	N/A km	2021

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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