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IndicatorBFABurkina FasoSub-Saharan Africa
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-10.46rank #107
Control of Corruption0-100 percentile42.7rank #103
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.05rank #144
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.16rank #122
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-10.26rank #123
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentile34.3rank #167
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-10.46rank #107
Military spending% GDP4.7%rank #12
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.1rank #127
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentile33.3rank #193
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentile46.6rank #137
Rule of Law0-100 percentile41.8rank #158
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-10.48rank #87
V-Dem electoral democracy0-10.13rank #141
V-Dem liberal democracy0-10.1rank #127
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentile40rank #150
Women in parliament% seats18.3%rank #122
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-10.6rank #110
Economy
Agricultural employment% employment51.8%rank #21
Agriculture value added% GDP19.9%rank #31
Annual working hours per workerhours2,356.2rank #13
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per worker12,079.2rank #160
Current account balance% GDP-4%rank #111
Employment-to-population ratio%67.4%rank #25
External debt stocks% GNI48.8%rank #67
FDI net inflows% GDP-0.87%rank #179
GDPcurrent US$27.63Brank #118
GDP growth%5.3%rank #41
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$1,147.6rank #170
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $2,624.8rank #173
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $2,390.5rank #177
Government expenditure% GDP19.6%rank #64
Gross capital formation% GDP17.2%rank #107
Gross savings% GDP15.9%rank #109
High-technology exports% manuf. exports1.6%rank #107
Human capital indexindex1.3rank #143
Industry value added% GDP30.1%rank #43
Inflation%-0.59%rank #5
Labour force participation rate%69.9%rank #28
Personal remittances received% GDP2.6%rank #71
R&D expenditure% GDP0.1%rank #26
Researchers in R&Dper million46.6rank #70
Tax revenue% GDP18.7%rank #42
Total factor productivity (current PPPs, USA=1)index (USA=1)0.43rank #96
Trade openness% GDP65%rank #85
Unemployment% labor force3.5%rank #55
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%3.5%rank #58
Vulnerable employment% employment80.6%rank #172
Youth unemployment% ages 15-246.4%rank #36
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-246.4%rank #37
Health
Basic drinking water access% pop50%rank #169
Basic sanitation access% pop31.8%rank #162
Child mortalityper 1007.5rank #147
Daily caloric supply per capitakcal2,790.9rank #120
DTP3 immunization coverage%91%rank #9
Health spending% GDP7.8%rank #64
Infant mortalityper 1k births43.6rank #131
Life expectancyyears61.3rank #208
Maternal mortalityper 100k242rank #90
Measles immunization% children88%rank #12
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%88%rank #12
Physiciansper 1k0.15rank #106
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m337.3rank #173
Road traffic deathsper 100k31rank #123
Smoking prevalence% adults11.6%rank #32
Suicide mortality rateper 100k8.5rank #107
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100k57rank #77
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k births74.9rank #186
Undernourishment% pop13.1%rank #45
Education
Adult literacy%41.6%rank #33
Education spending% GDP5.3%rank #21
Expected years of schoolingyears8.7rank #181
Mean years of schoolingyears2.3rank #188
Primary completion rate% relevant age52%rank #109
Primary enrollment% gross77.2%rank #132
Secondary enrollment% gross30%rank #107
Tertiary enrollment% gross10%rank #88
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,00031.3rank #25
Fertility ratebirths/woman4.1rank #23
Median age of populationyears17.3rank #204
Net migration rateper 1,000-1.1rank #138
Populationpeople24.07Mrank #59
Population growth%2.2%rank #38
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)years65.5rank #209
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousands37,304.4rank #56
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-age81.9rank #15
Urban population%28.9%rank #187
Climate
CO₂ emissionst6.51Mrank #128
CO₂ per capitat0.28rank #184
Electricity access% pop34%rank #74
Electricity from coal% generation0%rank #1
Electricity from hydro% generation5.3%rank #110
Electricity from solar% generation6.5%rank #65
Electricity from wind% generation0%rank #104
Electric power consumptionkWh per capita133.3rank #137
Forest area% land22.2%rank #129
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capita2.4rank #43
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWh562.1rank #127
Renewable electricity%17.2%rank #121
Renewable energy share%71.4%rank #10
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2e54.6rank #107
Society
Asylum seekerspeople69,817rank #155
Extreme poverty% pop42.1%rank #42
Female labor participation%64.1%rank #24
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 1000.85rank #131
Gender Development Indexratio0.88rank #92
Gender Inequality Index0-10.56rank #129
Gini indexindex37.4rank #46
Homicide rateper 100k1.3rank #41
Human Development Index0-10.46rank #153
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-10.27rank #140
Internally displaced personspeople2.06Mrank #27
Internet users% pop28.3%rank #165
Life satisfaction0-104.5rank #120
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0-10.45rank #123
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.04rank #158
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.18rank #125
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)0.52rank #160
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)0.84rank #184
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)people40,996rank #68
Refugees originating (by country of origin)people351,209rank #163
Youth NEET rate%25.1%rank #134
Risk
Battle-related deaths (state-based)deaths/year3,031rank #33
Deaths in armed conflictsdeaths6,360rank #47
Hazard & exposure0-107.3rank #62
Human hazard & exposure0-109.4rank #71
INFORM risk score0-107.2rank #58
Lack of coping capacity0-106.9rank #59
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-107.3rank #63
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-106.5rank #44
Natural hazard & exposure0-102.7rank #14
Organized-violence deaths (total)deaths/year4,441rank #48
Socio-economic vulnerability0-107rank #66
Vulnerability0-107.5rank #60
Vulnerable groups0-107.9rank #68
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