Burkina Faso
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Key facts
- Currency: West African CFA franc
- Capital city: Ouagadougou
- Region: Western Africa
- Continent: Africa
- Land area: 273,600 km²
- Population: 22,673,762
- Political Leader: Roch Marc Christian Kaboré (President)
Latest news
Burkina Faso's security forces are killing more civilians. Survivors detailed 1 village's massacre
Read: Fox News
2024-03-22
Several Nigerien soldiers killed in ambush near Burkina Faso, Mali border
Read: France 24
2024-03-22
Burkina Faso's security forces are killing more civilians. Survivors detailed 1 village's massacre
Read: The Star
2024-03-22
Burkina Faso's security forces are killing more civilians. Survivors detailed 1 village's massacre
Read: Independent
2024-03-22
Burkina Faso's security forces are killing more civilians. Survivors detailed 1 village's massacre
Read: Independent
2024-03-22
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General information
Business
Central government debt | 55.74 % of GDP |
Expense | 18.23 % of GDP |
GDP | 18,820,100,000.00 current US$ |
Inflation | 14.29 annual % |
Self-employed | 85.62 % of total employment |
Tax revenue | 15.98 % of GDP |
Unemployment | 5.07 % of total labor force |
Vulnerable employment | 83.23 % of total employment |
Environment
Agricultural land | 127,400.00 km² |
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) | 5,456.70 kt |
Fertility rate | 4.77 births per woman |
Forest area | 61,664 km² |
Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 | 2,087.93 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Median age | 12.90 years |
Methane emissions | 15,408.30 kt of CO2 equivalent |
Nitrous oxide emissions | 10,060.70 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Female Population | 11,374,607 |
Male Population | 11,299,155 |
Renewable energy consumption | 68.00 % of total final energy consumption |
Rural land area | 273,918.00 km² |
Rural population | 15,446,047 |
Urban land area | 1,599.30 km² |
Urban population | 7,227,715 |
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters | 0.00 % of total population |
Health
Birth rate | 35.54 per 1,000 people |
Death rate | 8.96 per 1,000 people |
Health expenditure per capita | 54.18 current US$ |
Health expenditure | 6.72 % of GDP |
Incidence of HIV | 0.08 per 1,000 uninfected population |
Hospital beds | 0.40 per 1,000 people |
Life expectancy at birth | 59 years |
Suicide mortality rate | 7.50 per 100,000 population |
Other
Access to electricity | 18.95 % of population |
Internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence | 1,882,000 |
Individuals using the Internet | 21.58 % of population |
Net migration | -24,998 |
Press freedom | 3.19 |
Politics
Armed forces personnel | 11,000 |
Democracy score | 4.75 |
Democracy type | Hybrid regime |
Military expenditure | 3.09 % of GDP |
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments | 16.90 % |
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Coordinates: [13°0′N, -2°0′S]
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