International Rankings of Burkina Faso 2022, 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	59	0.1	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	165	13979	2020
Internet users - percent of population	74	22 %	2020
Internet users - total	93	4.599 million	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	56	N/A	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	135	75039	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	69	106	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	56	22.117 million	2020
Economy
Budget - expenditures	128	3.655 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	131	2.666 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	89	7.9 % of GDP	0
Exports	34	4.470 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP (official exchange rate)	128	14.271 billion US Dollars	2018
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	115	28.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	28	23.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	121	56.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	58	34.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	48	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	14	31 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	91	23.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	150	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	57	8.501 million US Dollars	2016
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	3	90 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	127	N/A %	2022
Labor force - by occupation - services	152	N/A %	2022
Population below poverty line	31	41.4	2018
Public debt	58	N/A % of GDP	2022
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	111	45.160 billion US Dollars	2020
Real GDP per capita	141	2200 US Dollars	2020
Taxes and other revenues	109	21.2 % of GDP	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	116	8.4	2018
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	105	8.9	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	107	8.6	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	123	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	122	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	121	4.444 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	117	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	58	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	108	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	72	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	71	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	142	2.034 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	78	600.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	149	392000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	136	248.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	53	0.4 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	34	89.4 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	16	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	103	6.9 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	36	3.3 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	5	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	70	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	172	3.230 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	119	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	55	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	86	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	94	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	90	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	70	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	80	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	87	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	121	30800 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	101	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	122	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	109	23580 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	108	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	129	3.42 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	79	12.85 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	36	36.78 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	71	44.2	2018
Land use - arable land	44	22	2018
Land use - forest	115	19.3	2018
Land use - other	56	36.5	2018
Land use - permanent crops	4	37	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	66	21.93	2018
Revenue from coal	29	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	12	4.54 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	123	13.500 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	105	420.700 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	133	21.700 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	86	375.600 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	5	4.75	2025
Urbanization - urban population	145	32.5	2023
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	55	12 %	2005
Geography
Area - land	74	273800 sq km	0
Area - total	74	274200 sq km	0
Area - water	118	40076 sq km	0
Coastline	159	0 km	0
Elevation - highest point	137	749 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	55	N/A meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	106	297 meters	0
Irrigated land	104	550 sq km	2016
Land boundaries - total	55	3611 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	71	44.2	2018
Land use - arable land	44	22	2018
Land use - forest	115	19.3	2018
Land use - other	56	36.5	2018
Land use - permanent crops	4	37	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	66	21.93	2018
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	17	20.33	4213
Age structure - 25-54 years	184	29.36	5926
Age structure - 55-64 years	182	3.57	3016
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	103	1 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	3	5.88 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	108	0.31 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	50	7.28 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	85	0.08 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	17	33.57 births/1,000 population	2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	25	16.4 %	2019
Contraceptive prevalence rate	88	35.3 %	2021
Current health expenditure	57	5.5 % of GDP	2019
Death rate	82	7.71 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	135	4.8 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	12	20.9 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	11	87.4 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	10	82.6 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	40	94.7 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	32	28.7 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	21	21.5 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	22	5.3 % of population	0
Education expenditures	29	5.5 % of GDP	2020
Hospital bed density	66	0.4 beds/1,000 population	0
Infant mortality rate - female	17	45.02 deaths/1,000 live births	2022
Infant mortality rate - male	21	53.7 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	19	49.42 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	172	65.31 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	172	61.63 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	172	63.44 years	0
Literacy - female	111	31 %	2018
Literacy - male	99	49.2 %	0
Literacy - total population	106	39.3 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	29	320 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	145	18.7 years	2020
Median age - male	142	17 years	0
Median age - total	137	17.9 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	78	19.4	2010
Net migration rate	95	0.61 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	125	5.6 %	2016
Physicians density	147	0.09 physicians/1,000 population	2019
Population	57	21.935 million	2022
Population growth rate	19	2.53 %	2022
Sanitation facility access - improved	47	90.8 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	28	62.3 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	22	46 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	46	9.2 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	14	9 years	2020
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	11	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	22	1.01	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	35	0.86	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	46	0.75	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	31	0.66 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	10	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	21	0.96 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	63	6.4 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	90	22.1 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	81	14.3 %	2020
Total fertility rate	19	4.27 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	5	4.75	2025
Urbanization - urban population	145	32.5	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	116	8.4	2018
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	105	8.9	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	107	8.6	0
Transportation
Airports	101	23	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	44	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	37	1	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	43	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	25	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - total	74	2	0
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	27	3	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	45	13	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	76	21	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	62	5	2021
Heliports	23	N/A	2022
Merchant marine - total	134	N/A	2022
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	125	100000	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	132	151531	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	97	3	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Railways - standard gauge	71	N/A	2022
Railways - total	104	622 km	2014
Roadways - paved	97	3642 km	2014
Roadways - total	97	15304 km	2014
Waterways	105	N/A km	2022

*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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