Country profile · BFA
Burkina Faso
Region · Sub-Saharan Africa Population · 23M people
These estimates describe populations, not individual outcomes. Select a country or region to see more of the measures used in the simulation.
Health and education
- Death before age 1
- 4.5%
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 264 / 100,000
- Children per woman
- 4.19
- Expected years of schooling
- 8.7 years
- Tertiary enrollment
- 10%
- Smoking prevalence (men / women)
- 21% / 6%
Income and daily life
- Income inequality (Gini)
- 0.37
- Urban population
- 28%
- Employment in agriculture
- 53%
- Internet use
- 25%
- Adult HIV prevalence
- 0.60%
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 8.0 / 100k
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 20.0 / 100k
- Out-of-pocket health spending
- 41%
- Women married before age 18
- 52%
- Life satisfaction (out of 10)
- 4.55
Religion
- Islam64%
- Christianity26%
- Folk and traditional beliefs10%
Major cities
- Ouagadougou
- Bobo-Dioulasso
Common hazards
- Drought
Common migration destinations
- Côte d'Ivoire