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International Rankings of Burkina Faso - 2023


SOURCE: 2023 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

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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 60 0.10 2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total 172 13979 2020
Internet users - percent of population 101 22.00 % 2021
Internet users - total 96 4.840 million 2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions 138 81374 2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 49 112.00 2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions 52 24.678 million 2021
Economy
Budget - expenditures 127 3.757 billion US Dollars 2019
Budget - revenues 131 3.212 billion US Dollars 2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) 93 7.90 % of GDP N/A
Current account balance 56 743.232 million US Dollars 2020
Debt - external 144 3.056 billion US Dollars 2017
Exchange rates 30 554.53 N/A
Exports 127 5.356 billion US Dollars 2020
GDP (official exchange rate) 131 14.271 billion US Dollars 2018
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services 123 28.40 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption 33 23.90 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption 126 56.50 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services 61 34.40 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital 51 24.60 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories 46 1.00 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture 16 31.00 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry 97 23.90 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services 161 44.90 % of GDP 2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income 18 47 % 2018
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10% 46 32.20 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population 2009
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10% 22 2.90 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population N/A
Imports 146 4.779 billion US Dollars 2020
Industrial production growth rate 38 8.73 % 2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices) 89 3.65 % 2021
Labor force 68 8.016 million US Dollars 2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture 3 90 % N/A
Population below poverty line 34 41 % 2018
Public debt 50 72.53 % of GDP 2020
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 116 48.175 billion US Dollars 2021
Real GDP growth rate 57 6.91 % 2021
Real GDP per capita 165 2200 US Dollars 2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 190 49.000 million US Dollars 2017
Taxes and other revenues 155 13.28 % of GDP N/A
Unemployment rate 148 4.76 % 2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female 130 8.00 2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male 129 7.50 N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total 130 7.70 N/A
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids 123 4.444 million metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total 140 4.444 million 2019
Electricity - consumption 147 2.034 billion kWh 2019
Electricity - imports 82 600.000 million kWh 2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity 154 392000 kWh 2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses 140 248.000 million kWh 2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste 53 0.40 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels 38 89.40 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity 108 6.90 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - solar 38 3.30 % 2020
Energy consumption per capita 178 3.230 million Btu/person 2019
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption 123 30800 bbl/day 2019
Refined petroleum products - imports 112 23580 bbl/day 2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions 132 3 megatons 2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions 80 13 megatons 2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions 38 37 micrograms per cubic meter 2016
Land use - agricultural land 76 44 2018
Land use - arable land 47 22 2018
Land use - forest 125 19 2018
Land use - other 63 37 2018
Land use - permanent crops 4 37 2018
Land use - permanent pasture 71 22 2018
Revenue from forest resources 14 5 % of GDP 2018
Total renewable water resources 130 13.500 billion cubic meters 2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural 103 420.000 million cubic meters 2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial 94 20.000 million cubic meters 2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal 78 380.000 million cubic meters 2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 5 4.75 N/A
Urbanization - urban population 153 33 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 57 12.00 % 2005
Geography
Area - land 76 273800 sq km N/A
Area - total 78 274200 sq km N/A
Area - water 121 400 sq km N/A
Elevation - highest point 147 749 meters N/A
Elevation - mean elevation 109 297 meters N/A
Irrigated land 108 550 sq km 2016
Land boundaries - total 58 3611 km N/A
Land use - agricultural land 76 44 2018
Land use - arable land 47 22 2018
Land use - forest 125 19 2018
Land use - other 63 37 2018
Land use - permanent crops 4 37 2018
Land use - permanent pasture 71 22 2018
Population Density 129 82.14 Persons per sq km N/A
Military
Military expenditures 23 3 % of GDP 2022
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer 105 1 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols 3 6 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total 52 7 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Birth rate 22 32.71 births/1,000 population 2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight 27 16 % 2019
Contraceptive prevalence rate 89 35.30 % 2021
Current health expenditure 51 7 % of GDP 2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49) 6 74 % 2023
Death rate 95 7.50 deaths/1,000 population 2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio 145 4.80 % N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio 12 20.90 % 2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio 12 87.40 % N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio 10 82.60 % N/A
Drinking water source - improved 41 95 % of population N/A
Drinking water source - rural 33 29 % of population N/A
Drinking water source - total 22 22 % of population 2020
Drinking water source - unimproved 24 5 % of population N/A
Education expenditures 31 6 % of GDP 2020
Gross reproduction rate 18 2.04 % 2023
Hospital bed density 67 0.40 beds/1,000 population N/A
Infant mortality rate - female 19 43.83 deaths/1,000 live births 2023
Infant mortality rate - male 23 52.39 deaths/1,000 live births N/A
Infant mortality rate - total 20 48.17 deaths/1,000 live births N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female 187 66 years 2023
Life expectancy at birth - male 190 62 years N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population 186 64 years N/A
Literacy - female 112 38 % 2021
Literacy - male 93 55 % N/A
Literacy - total population 102 46 % N/A
Maternal mortality ratio 33 264.00 deaths/100,000 live births 2020
Median age - female 155 19 years 2020
Median age - male 149 17 years N/A
Median age - total 149 18 years N/A
Mother's mean age at first birth 79 19 2010
Net migration rate 101 0.59 migrant(s)/1,000 population N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate 131 5.60 % 2016
Physicians density 152 0.09 physicians/1,000 population 2019
Population 60 22.489 million 2023
Population growth rate 21 2.46 % 2023
Sanitation facility access - improved 47 91 % of population N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural 30 62 % of population N/A
Sanitation facility access - total 24 46 % of population 2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved 48 9 % of population N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female 14 9 years 2020
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male 12 9 years N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total 13 9 years N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years 13 1.03 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years 31 0.92 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over 39 0.74 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - at birth 10 1.03 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - total population 23 0.96 male(s)/female N/A
Tobacco use - female 67 6 % 2020
Tobacco use - male 93 22 % 2020
Tobacco use - total 85 14 % 2020
Total fertility rate 25 4.14 children born/woman 2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 5 4.75 N/A
Urbanization - urban population 153 33 2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female 130 8.00 2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male 129 7.50 N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total 130 7.70 N/A
Transportation
Airports 103 23 2021
Airports - with unpaved runways 78 21 N/A
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers 129 100000 2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers 136 151531 2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers 99 3.00 N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers 27 1 2020
Roadways - paved 99 3642 km 2014
Roadways - total 106 15304 km 2014

*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.

NOTE: The information regarding Burkina Faso on this page is re-published from the 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Burkina Faso 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Burkina Faso 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.

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