Burkina Faso Analytics

Burkina Faso is a mid-size country with 0.3% of the world's population. It has 3 world heritage sites.

LANGUAGES

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

Mother Tongue : Fula

Literacy Rate (%) : 39.3

Country Capital	:	Ouagadougou
GDP Per capita	:	830
GDP Per Capita Rank	:	166^th/195
Life Expectancy	:	59
Unemployment Rate	:	4
Number of Internet Users	:	4,840,000
Internet Users Rank	:	94^th/195
Area	:	99
Area Rank	:	73^rd/195
Total Population	:	22,101
Total Population Rank	:	57^th/195

Continent: Africa

Cities with > 100K popln: 6

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Burkina Faso Highlights

Burkina Faso is the 57^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.

Better than World Average-

1. Burkina Faso is the 24^th highest ranked in Employment in Agriculture out of 195 countries in the world. Thisimplies that a significant portion of population is living in rural areas or simply imply that the country is developing

Worse than World Average-

1. Burkina Faso is the 8^th worst ranked in Literacy Rate (%) out of 195 countries in the world. This indicates that the educational infrastructure in this country is worse than it is in other countries.
2. The average Doctors (Per 10,000) of the countries in the world is 20. Burkina Faso is the 29^th worst-ranked country out of 195 countries. This may indicate worse healthcare infrastructure investment by the country or may indicate lower population.
3. Out of the 195 countries in the world, Burkina Faso is the 30^th worst ranked in GDP Per Capita (USD) . This implies that this country is a developing country.

Burkina Faso Metrics

Culture

Nature

Internet

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Bobo	# People	3,487	1	1130
2	Bobo as a % of total Bobo speakers	% People	0	1	1127
3	Bambara	# People	55,343	4	1128
4	Songhay Languages	# People	49,166	4	1128
5	Bambara as a % of total Bambara speakers	% People	0	4	1128
6	Songhay Languages as a % of total Songhay Languages speakers	% People	0	5	1129
7	Fula	# People	188,175	6	1129
8	Fula as a % of total Fula speakers	% People	0	7	1126
Below than World Average-
1	French	# People	596,219	17	1230
2	French as a % of total French speakers	% People	0	17	1234

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Employment in Agri. / Total Labour Force % .	% People	24	2	1127
2	Employment in Agriculture/Total Labour force %.	% People	24	2	1125
3	Employment in Agriculture /Total Pop. %.	% People	9	9	1129
4	Employment in Agriculture	# People	5,233,463	24	1126
Below than World Average-
1	Employment in Services / Total Labour Force %.	% People	55	177	1230
2	Non-Agri Labour force/Total Labour force %.	% People	75	177	1234
3	Employment in services/Total Labour force %.	% People	55	177	1235
4	Employment in Services /Total pop.%.	% People	24	175	1234
5	Wage & Salaried Workers / Total Labour Force %	% People	58	169	1230
6	Teachers in primary edu.	# People	357,113	144	1234
7	Total Labour Force/Total Pop.	% People	43	135	1230
8	Unemployment Rate.	% People	13	119	1230
9	Formal Jobs	# People	10,227,722	115	1232
10	Non-Agricultural Labour Force	# People	14,402,736	110	1230
11	Employment in Services	# People	9,747,273	108	1232
12	Total Labour Force (2021)	# People	19,636,200	63	1231

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	# Students per teacher in Primary edu.	Ratio	260	4	1130
2	Enrolment in Primary Edu./ Total Literate Pop %.	% People	36	9	1125
Below than World Average-
1	Literacy Rate (%)	% People	86	188	1232
2	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	23	143	1230
3	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu./ Total Pop. %.	% People	9	141	1233
4	Teachers as a % of Enrolment	% People	41	127	1235
5	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu/Total Literate Pop. %.	% People	9	118	1235
6	Enrolment in tertiary edu.(all programmes)	# People	4,618,191	100	1230
7	Teachers in tertiary edu.	# People	297,976	92	1232
8	Total Literate Pop.	# People	34,125,548	89	1232
9	# Total Teachers (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	2,895,876	82	1230
10	Teachers in secondary edu.	# People	659,923	80	1234
11	Enrolment in secondary edu.	# People	9,727,510	63	1231
12	# Total Students (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	38,831,325	52	1234
13	Enrolment in primary edu.	# People	9,629,078	47	1230
14	# Students per teacher in tertiary edu.	Ratio	58	45	1233
15	# Students per teacher in secondary edu.	Ratio	57	44	1234
16	Enrolment in Primary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	27	31	1235
17	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Literate Pop.	% People	28	7	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Population Growth Rate (%)	% People	1	15	1129
2	Births	# People (In Thousands)	688	38	1128
3	Female % of Total Pop.	% People	49	108	1128
4	Gender Ratio	Ratio of female per male, Country total female/ Country total male	0	109	1128
Below than World Average-
1	Density ( Pop/Land Area Ratio)	Density	342	105	1232
2	Male % of Total Pop.	% People	50	86	1231
3	Male Population	# People (In Thousands)	20,393	58	1232
4	Female Population	# People (In Thousands)	20,160	58	1231
5	Total Population (2021)	# People (In Thousands)	40,345	57	1235

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Corporate Tax Rates in %	Rate	23	19	1128
Below than World Average-
1	GDP Per Capita (USD)	$	18,253	166	1231
2	Import Ban(Number of products)	Count	12	134	1231
3	FDI / Total FDI of the World %.		0	127	1233
4	FDI (millions USD)	Amount	7,895	138	1235
5	GDP as a % of Total GDP	Percent	0	109	1230
6	Imports/Total Imports of the World %.		0	117	1231
7	GDP (Billions USD) 2022	$ Billions	531	121	1232
8	Exports /Total Exports of the World %.		0	110	1233
9	Import of Goods and Services (in Million $)	Amount	182,282	118	1232
10	Export of Goods and Services (in Million $)	Amount	184,833	115	1234
11	Imports /Total GDP of the Country %.		52	108	1234
12	Exports/Total GDP of the Country %.		45	101	1235

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Islamic Population	# People	9,744,062	25	1129
Below than World Average-
1	# Olympic Medals	Count	126	114	1231
2	World Heritage Sites	Count	7	91	1234
3	Christian Population	# People	11,763,461	67	1234

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Islamic Pop./Total Islamic Pop.%	% People	0	25	1126
2	Islamic Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	22	44	1128
Below than World Average-
1	Christian Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	42	113	1230
2	Christian Pop./Total Christian Pop.%	% People	0	67	1234

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Rural Pop. /Total Pop. %	% People	41	32	1127
2	1M+ Cities Ratio ( 1M+ Cities/ # Cities> 100000)		0	34	1126
3	Pop. without Electricity access	# People	3,489,572	9	1129
4	Pop. without Electricity Access / Total Pop.%	% People	15	10	1129
Below than World Average-
1	Pop. with access to Electricity (%)	% People	85	186	1232
2	Urban Population / Total Population % .	% People	59	165	1233
3	# Cities>100000	# Cities	21	117	1233
4	# Cities>500000	# Cities	4	65	1232
5	# Cities>1M	# Cities	2	46	1232
6	# Cities>100000	# Cities	23	89	1233
7	# Cities>300000	# Cities	8	78	1234
8	# Cities>1M	# Cities	1	39	1231
9	# Cities>300000	# Cities	7	68	1233
10	Urban Population (2021)	# People	22,563,215	79	1231
11	1M+ Cities per 100000 ( 1M+ Cities/ Tot Pop.)* 100000		0	79	1230
12	# Cities>500000	# Cities	5	53	1235
13	Rural Pop.	# People	18,013,759	37	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below than World Average-
1	Life Expectancy at Birth, both sexes	Age	71	181	1235
2	Doctors (Per 10,000)	People Per 10,000	20	167	1235
3	Pharmacists (Per 10,000)	People Per 10,000	4	163	1230
4	Dentist (per 10,000)	People per 10000	31	161	1232
5	#Dentists	# People	13,328	146	1235
6	Total No. of Pharmacists	# People	14,339	134	1233
7	Dentist to doctor ratio	Ratio	3	120	1231
8	Total No. of Doctors	# People	73,975	122	1235
9	HIV Infections (Per 1000)	People Per 1,000	0	81	1232

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below than World Average-
1	Int. Users / Total Pop.%	% People	66	177	1234
2	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Population	# People	29	170	1235
3	Twitter Users as a % of Total Population	# People	14	170	1234
4	FB Users / Total Pop. %.	% People	60	162	1231
5	Twitter Users as a % of Total Internet Users	# People	16	161	1233
6	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Internet Users	# People	34	160	1230
7	Twitter Users as a % of Total Twitter Users	# People	0	128	1234
8	FB Users / Total Int. Users %.	% People	76	133	1230
9	Twitter users	# People	3,240,046	130	1234
10	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total LinkedIn Users	# People	0	112	1231
11	LinkedIn users	# People	5,792,754	123	1233
12	Facebook users	# People	17,943,893	95	1230
13	Internet Users	# People	25,030,008	94	1234

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below than World Average-
1	Military Force/Total Pop. %	% People	0	150	1232
2	Military Force/Total World Military Force %.	% People	0	114	1230
3	Military Budget/Total World Military Budget %.	Percent	0	99	1234
4	Total Military Force	# People	122,909	114	1230
5	Military Budget (in Billion $)	$ Billion	15	101	1235
6	Lawyers Per 100K	People Per 100K	129	42	1233

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below than World Average-
1	Tree density.	Density	22,685	151	1233
2	Tree density .	Density	828	139	1231
3	Potatoes Produced /Total Potatoes Produced %	Weight	0	112	1230
4	Potatoes prod.	Weight	2,516,782	119	1233
5	Number of Trees	Count	15,642,617,148	109	1235
6	Honey Produced /Total Honey Produced %	Weight	0	82	1230
7	Honey prod.	Weight	14,821	84	1235
8	Country forest area / Global Forest area %		0	66	1235
9	Forest Area.	Area	21,142,892	67	1235
10	Rice Produced/Total Rice Produced.%	Weight	0	48	1234
11	Rice prod.	Weight	6,871,329	50	1231
12	Sweet Potatoes Produced/Total Sweet Potatoes Produced %	Weight	0	38	1235
13	Sweet Potatoes prod.	Weight	833,178	38	1230
14	Soyabean Produced/Total Soyabean Produced %	Weight	1	31	1231
15	Soyabean prod.	Weight	3,628,152	32	1231
16	Sugarcane prod.	Weight	2,422,324	22	1234
17	Sugarcane Produced/Total Sugarcane Produced.%	Weight	2	22	1233
18	Gold Prod.	Weight	125	12	1234
19	Gold Produced/Total Gold Produced %.		4	12	1231

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below than World Average-
1	# Phone Numbers /Total Pop. %	Percent	101	126	1235
2	# Mobile phone numbers	Count	40,393,496	59	1235

Burkina Faso Language Details

Sr.	Language	% of people speaking the language in country.
1	Fula	10.2 %
2	Bambara	5.05 %
3	Bobo	1.54 %
4	French	1.37 %
5	Songhay Languages	1.09 %

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