| BACKGROUND |
| Official Name of the Country |
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| National Anthem |
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| National Day |
11 December |
| Capital City |
Ouagadougou |
| Other Major Cities |
Bobo-Dioulasso, Koudougou, Banfora, Ouahigouya |
| Official Language(s) |
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| GEOGRAPHY AND CLIMATE |
| Location and Geographic Coordinates |
(13 00 N, 2 00 W) Western Africa, North of Ghana |
| Total Area |
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| Total Land Area |
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| Total Water Area |
620 km² |
| Land Boundaries |
3,611 km |
| Border Countries |
6 border countries: Benin (386 km); Côte d’Ivoire (545 km); Ghana (602 km); Mali (1325 km); Niger (622 km); Togo (131 km) |
| Coastline |
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| Climate and Weather |
| Burkina Faso has a dry tropical climate. It is under the seasonal alternation of moist air from the monsoon coming from oceanic high pressure and dry air from the Sahelian latitudes. Two marked seasons; a rainy season (hivernage) and a dry season, a unimodal rainfall curve, a dry season which is at least as long as the rainy one, and a total absence of a cool season. |
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| SOCIETY AND DEMOGRAPHICS |
| Nationality |
Burkinabe |
| Human Development Index |
0.44 Index Value (2022) |
| Human Development Index Rank |
185 Rank Value (2022) |
| Population, Total |
23,251,490 Number (2023) |
| Growth Rate of Population, Annual |
2.52 Percent (2023) |
| Total Fertility Rate |
| 4.57 Births per Woman (2023) |
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| Population Density, per km2 |
84.98 Persons (2023) |
| Adult Literacy Rate |
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| ECONOMY AND SECTORS |
| Rate of Exchange, per USD, End of Period |
| 615 National Currency Units (2022) |
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| GDP, Current Prices |
| 19,176,573,000 USD (2022) |
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| GDP per Capita (Current Prices) |
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| Government Expenditure on Education, % of GDP |
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| Current Health Expenditure, % of GDP |
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| Unemployment Rate, Ages 15+, Both Sexes |
4.92 Percent (2024) |
| Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Inward Flows (Current Prices in Millions) |
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| ODA: Total, Net (Current Prices in Millions) |
1,395 USD (2022) |
| Merchandise Exports |
4,542,731,249 USD (2022) |
| Main Merchandise Export Partners |
Switzerland, India, Singapore, Cote d’Ivoire, United states |
| Merchandise Imports |
5,536,800,407 USD (2022) |
| Main Merchandise Import Partners |
China, Cote d’Ivoire, Netherlands, Ghana, United States |
| Intra-OIC Merchandise Exports |
758,936,143 USD (2022) |
| Main Merchandise Export Partners (in the OIC) |
Cote d’Ivoire, Mali, Togo, Niger, UAE |
| Intra-OIC Merchandise Imports |
1,318,781,054 USD (2022) |
| Main Merchandise Import Partners (in the OIC) |
Cote d’Ivoire, Türkiye, Togo, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia |
| Natural Resources |
Manganese, limestone, marble; small deposits of gold, phosphates, pumice, salt |
| Main Agricultural Products |
Cotton lint; Sorghum; Maize; Indigenous cattle meat; Millet; Dry cow peas; Groundnuts with shell; Cottonseed |
| LOGISTIC |
| Time Zones |
UTC/GMT |
| Country Code |
226 |
| Electricity |
220 V, C / E |
| Emergency Numbers |
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| Police |
17 |
| Ambulance |
18 |
| Fire |
112 |
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| Presidency |
http://www.presidence.bf |
| Prime Ministry |
http://www.gouvernement.gov.bf |
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http://www.cnt.bf http://www.assembleenationale.bf |
| Ministry of Agriculture, Water, Sanitation & Food Security |
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| Ministry of Animal Resources & Fisheries |
http://www.mra.gov.bf/ |
| Ministry of Commerce, Industry, & Handicraft |
http://www.commerce.gov.bf/ |
| Ministry of Culture, Arts & Tourism |
http://www.culture.gov.bf |
| Ministry of Economy and Finance |
http://www.finances.gov.bf |
| Ministry of Energy |
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| Ministry of Environment, Green Economy, & Climate Change |
http://www.environnement.gov.bf |
| Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation |
http://www.mae.gov.bf |
| Ministry of Health |
http://www.sante.gov.bf |
| Ministry of Housing & Urban Development |
http://www.mhu.gov.bf/ |
| Ministry of Infrastructure |
http://www.mith.gov.bf |
| Ministry of Mines & Quarries |
http://www.mines.gov.bf |
| Ministry of National Education & Literacy |
http://www.mena.gov.bf |
| Ministry of Public Service, Labor, & Social Security |
http://www.fonction-publique.gov.bf/ |
| Ministry of Sports & Recreation |
http://www.sports.gov.bf |
| Ministry of Territorial Administration & Decentralization |
http://www.matd.gov.bf |
| Ministry of Transportation & Road Security |
http://www.mith.gov.bf |
| Ministry of Women, National Solidarity & Family |
http://www.psic-culture.bf |
| National Statistical Office |
http://www.insd.bf |
| Central Bank / Monetary Authority |
http://www.bceao.int |
| Higher Education Authority |
http://mesrsi.gov.bf |
