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Burkina Faso AI Report

Date: February 16, 2026

Burkina Faso is a mid-size country with 0.3% of the world's population. It has 4 world heritage sites.

Burkina Faso is the 59^th ranked country in population and 73^rd ranked in area out of 195 countries in the world. Please keep the country rank in perspective, for the highlights below.

Literacy Rate (%)

Doctors (Per 10,000)

GDP Per Capita (USD)

Pharmacists (Per 10,000)

Out of 195 countries in the world, Burkina Faso is the 8^th worst ranked in Literacy Rate (%) . This indicates that the educational infrastructure in this country is worse than it is in other countries.

Out of 195 countries in the world, Burkina Faso is the 25^th worst ranked in Doctors (Per 10,000) . This may indicate worse healthcare infrastructure investment by the country or may indicate lower population.

Burkina Faso is the 31^st worst ranked in GDP Per Capita (USD) out of all the 195 countries.This implies that this country is a developing country.

Burkina Faso is the 31^st worst ranked in Pharmacists (Per 10,000) out of all the 195 countries.This may indicate worse healthcare infrastructure investment by the country or may indicate lower population.

Culture

Nature

Internet

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Bobo	# People	3,487	1	1130
2	Bobo as a % of total Bobo speakers	% People	0	1	1126
3	Bambara	# People	55,343	4	1127
4	Songhay Languages	# People	49,166	4	1125
5	Bambara as a % of total Bambara speakers	% People	0	4	1127
6	Songhay Languages as a % of total Songhay Languages speakers	% People	0	5	1128
7	Fula	# People	188,175	6	1125
8	Fula as a % of total Fula speakers	% People	0	7	1126
Below World Average
1	French	# People	596,219	17	1231
2	French as a % of total French speakers	% People	0	17	1234

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	# Students per teacher in Primary edu.	Ratio	260	4	1130
2	Enrolment in Primary Edu./ Total Literate Pop %.	% People	36	9	1129
Below World Average
1	Literacy Rate (%)	% People	86	188	1233
2	Teachers in primary edu.	# People	357,113	144	1234
3	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	23	143	1230
4	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu./ Total Pop. %.	% People	9	141	1230
5	Teachers as a % of Enrolment	% People	41	127	1230
6	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu/Total Literate Pop. %.	% People	9	118	1234
7	Enrolment in tertiary edu.(all programmes)	# People	4,618,191	100	1230
8	Teachers in tertiary edu.	# People	297,976	92	1230
9	Total Literate Pop.	# People	34,678,001	89	1230
10	# Total Teachers (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	2,895,876	82	1235
11	Teachers in secondary edu.	# People	659,923	80	1233
12	Enrolment in secondary edu.	# People	9,727,510	63	1231
13	# Total Students (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	38,831,325	52	1231
14	Enrolment in primary edu.	# People	9,629,078	47	1231
15	# Students per teacher in tertiary edu.	Ratio	58	45	1231
16	# Students per teacher in secondary edu.	Ratio	57	44	1233
17	Enrolment in Primary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	27	31	1230
18	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Literate Pop.	% People	28	7	1234

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Islamic Population	# People	9,936,734	26	1130
2	Islamic Pop./Total Islamic Pop.%	% People	0	26	1130
3	Islamic Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	22	43	1126
Below World Average
1	# Olympic Medals	Count	157	123	1232
2	Christian Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	42	111	1233
3	World Heritage Sites	Count	7	82	1231
4	Christian Pop./Total Christian Pop.%	% People	0	67	1234
5	Christian Population	# People	11,885,917	67	1234

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Rural Pop. /Total Pop. %	% People	40	33	1130
2	1M+ Cities Ratio ( 1M+ Cities/ # Cities> 100000)		0	34	1127
3	Pop. without Electricity access	# People	3,455,508	9	1125
4	Pop. without Electricity Access / Total Pop.%	% People	14	9	1129
Below World Average
1	Pop. with access to Electricity (%)	% People	86	186	1233
2	Urban Population / Total Population % .	% People	60	162	1234
3	# Cities>100000	# Cities	21	117	1230
4	# Cities>500000	# Cities	4	65	1233
5	# Cities>1M	# Cities	2	46	1234
6	# Cities>100000	# Cities	23	89	1232
7	# Cities>300000	# Cities	8	78	1234
8	# Cities>1M	# Cities	1	39	1233
9	# Cities>300000	# Cities	7	68	1235
10	Urban Population (2021)	# People	23,726,053	77	1233
11	# Cities>500000	# Cities	5	53	1231
12	Rural Pop.	# People	18,013,759	37	1232

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Number of Cows	Count	8,697,624	34	1127
2	Cows (% of Total Cows)	Percent	0	34	1130
Below World Average
1	Tree density.	Density	22,685	151	1232
2	Tree density .	Density	828	139	1235
3	Potatoes Produced /Total Potatoes Produced %	Weight	0	114	1232
4	Potatoes prod.	Tons	2,538,925	119	1234
5	Cow Milk Production (% of Total Cow Milk Production)	Percent	0	106	1231
6	Number of Trees	Count	1,242,331,089	109	1230
7	Cow Milk Production (in tonnes)	Weight	3,855,383	108	1233
8	Honey Produced /Total Honey Produced %	Weight	0	98	1231
9	Orange Production (in tonnes)	Weight	618,959	102	1234
10	Honey prod.	Tons	16,211	101	1234
11	Country forest area / Global Forest area %		0	66	1230
12	Chicken Meat Production (% of Total Chicken Meat Production)	Percent	0	65	1235
13	Forest Area.	Area	21,142,892	67	1230
14	Chicken Meat Production (in tonnes)	Weight	588,164	66	1233
15	Sugarcane prod.	Tons	52,039,862	64	1233
16	Sugarcane Produced/Total Sugarcane Produced.%	Weight	2	61	1232
17	Cow Beef Production (in tonnes)	Weight	320,761	63	1231
18	Cow Beef Production (% of Total Cow Beef Production)	Percent	0	63	1232
19	Rice prod.	Tons	6,981,685	50	1230
20	Rice Produced/Total Rice Produced.%	Weight	0	48	1232
21	Sweet Potatoes prod.	Tons	895,180	40	1230
22	Sweet Potatoes Produced/Total Sweet Potatoes Produced %	Weight	0	39	1230
23	Soyabean Produced/Total Soyabean Produced %	Weight	1	33	1235
24	Soyabean prod.	Tons	3,684,006	34	1231
25	Goat Meat Production (in tonnes)	Weight	46,111	33	1235
26	Goat Meat Production (% of Total Goat Meat Production)	Percent	0	33	1233
27	Goat Milk Production (in tonnes)	Weight	196,989	28	1234
28	Goat Milk Production (% of Total Goat Milk Production)	Percent	0	28	1233
29	Cotton Production (in 1000 480 lb. Bales)	Weight	1,707	17	1232
30	Cotton Production (% of Total Cotton Production)	Percent	1	17	1234
31	Gold Prod.	Weight	125	12	1232
32	Gold Produced/Total Gold Produced %.		4	12	1233

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Population Growth Rate (%)	% People	0	35	1125
2	Births	# People (In Thousands)	681	40	1127
3	Gender Ratio	Ratio of female per male, Country total female/ Country total male	1	113	1129
Below World Average
1	Female % of Total Pop.	% People	50	113	1234
2	Density ( Pop/Land Area Ratio)	Density	312	99	1231
3	Male % of Total Pop.	% People	50	82	1233
4	Total Population (2025)	# People (In Thousands)	42,003	59	1234
5	Male Population (2025)	# People (In Thousands)	21,226	59	1230
6	Female Population (2025)	# People (In Thousands)	20,993	59	1231

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Employment in Agri. / Total Labour Force % .	% People	23	54	1129
2	Employment in Agriculture/Total Labour force %.	% People	23	54	1128
3	Wage & Salaried Workers / Total Labour Force %	2023)"	0	148	1129
Below World Average
1	Total Labour Force/Total Pop.	% People	43	166	1233
2	Employment in Services /Total pop.%.	% People	25	157	1231
3	Employment in Services / Total Labour Force %.	% People	56	133	1233
4	Employment in services/Total Labour force %.	% People	56	133	1233
5	Non-Agri Labour force/Total Labour force %.	% People	76	124	1230
6	Formal Jobs	# People	10,605,934	107	1235
7	Employment in Services	# People	10,251,634	78	1235
8	Employment in Agriculture /Total Pop. %.	% People	9	77	1233
9	Non-Agricultural Labour Force	# People	15,067,127	76	1234
10	Labour Force Participation	# People	14,659,929	69	1230
11	Total Labour Force (2021)	# People	20,409,734	68	1232
12	Unemployment Rate.	% People	7	62	1235
13	Unemployed Labour Force.	# People	1,511,199	56	1232
14	Employment in Agriculture	# People	5,314,003	53	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Corporate Tax Rates in %	Rate	23	60	1127
Below World Average
1	GDP Per Capita at PPP (USD)	$	30,228	172	1234
2	GDP Per Capita (USD)	$	18,051	165	1230
3	Import Ban(Number of products)	Count	12	134	1230
4	FDI / Total FDI of the World %.		0	138	1231
5	FDI (millions USD)	Amount	3,115	138	1231
6	GDP as a % of Total GDP	Percent	0	113	1235
7	Exports /Total Exports of the World %.		0	111	1233
8	Import of Goods and Services (in Million $)	Amount	183,299	122	1234
9	Imports/Total Imports of the World %.		0	114	1232
10	Export of Goods and Services (in Million $)	Amount	186,399	117	1234
11	GDP (Billions USD) 2025	$ Billions	597	113	1233
12	Imports /Total GDP of the Country %.		46	105	1233
13	Exports/Total GDP of the Country %.		53	102	1231

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below World Average
1	Life Expectancy at Birth, both sexes	Age	73	185	1231
2	Doctors (Per 10,000)	People Per 10,000	20	171	1231
3	Pharmacists (Per 10,000)	People Per 10,000	4	163	1235
4	Dentist (per 10,000)	People per 10000	31	161	1232
5	#Dentists	# People	13,328	146	1235
6	Dentist to doctor ratio	Ratio	3	120	1233
7	Total No. of Doctors	# People	78,648	122	1233
8	Total No. of Pharmacists	# People	19,528	118	1234
9	HIV Infections (Per 1000)	People Per 1,000	0	79	1231

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below World Average
1	Int. Users / Total Pop.%	% People	69	184	1232
2	Instagram Users as a % of Total Population	% People	31	180	1231
3	Instagram Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	39	181	1232
4	X (Twitter) Users as a % of Total Population	% People	8	172	1233
5	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Population	% People	33	171	1231
6	X (Twitter) Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	8	160	1235
7	FB Users / Total Pop. %.	% People	27	159	1230
8	Instagram Users as a % of Total Instagram Users	% People	0	129	1235
9	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	36	149	1230
10	Facebook CPC in Rs.	Absolute	5	147	1231
11	X (Twitter) Users as a % of Total X (Twitter) Users	% People	0	123	1231
12	FB Users / Total Int. Users %.	% People	34	140	1232
13	Instagram Users	Absolute	10,458,072	140	1235
14	X (Twitter) users	# People	1,957,360	133	1234
15	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total LinkedIn Users	% People	0	115	1230
16	LinkedIn users	# People	6,861,863	117	1235
17	Facebook Users as a % of Total facebook Users	% People	0	108	1234
18	Facebook users	# People	7,098,427	109	1235
19	Internet Users	# People	28,115,900	107	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below World Average
1	Military Force/Total Pop. %	% People	1	162	1232
2	Military Force/Total World Military Force %.	% People	0	124	1235
3	Total Military Force	# People	358,465	133	1232
4	Military Budget/Total World Military Budget %.	Percent	0	99	1231
5	Military Budget (in Billion $)	$ Billion	15	101	1232
6	Lawyers Per 100K	People Per 100K	160	49	1234

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below World Average
1	# Phone Numbers /Total Pop. %	Percent	101	126	1233
2	# Mobile phone numbers	Count	40,393,496	59	1230

Language

Official Language:
1. Fula : 2,255,000
2. Bambara : 1,116,000

Mother Tongue : Fula

Literacy Rate (%) : 39.30

Basic Details

Country Capital	:	Ouagadougou
GDP Per Capita	:	1,107
GDP Per Capita Rank	:	165^th/195
Life Expectancy	:	61
Unemployment Rate	:	5
Number of Internet Users	:	4,638,554
Internet Users Rank	:	106^th/195
Area	:	273,601
Area Rank	:	73^rd/195
Total Population	:	24,075
Total Population Rank	:	59^th/195

Continent: Africa

Cities with > 100K popln: 6

Sr.	City	Total City Population (2023)
1	Banfora	130,307
2	Bobo Dioulasso	1,004,880
3	Kaya	136,645
4	Koudougou	178,117
5	Ouagadougou	2,727,785
6	Ouahigouya	138,424

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