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Burkina Faso BF

Sub-Saharan Africa · Low income · capital Ouagadougou

Population
24,074,580
2025
GDP
$27.6 billion
2025
Life expectancy
61.3 y
2024

In the live services

corpusrows for this country
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Geospatial extent

Bounding box -5.52°–2.39° E, 9.39°–15.08° N · centroid 12.24, -1.57 · source natural-earth-1:110m

Map © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Extent only; no cadastre or address data.

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Top research institutions

OpenAlex works counts; not a quality ranking.

Legal system

civil law based on the French model and customary law

CIA World Factbook (factbook.json)

Measured indicators

indicatorvalueyearsource
account_ownership51.42024World Bank FX.OWN.TOTL.ZS
Account ownership (% age 15+)51.42024World Bank
Agricultural land (% of land)62.62024World Bank
air_freight1.52023World Bank IS.AIR.GOOD.MT.K1
Air passengers carried103,592.02023World Bank
airline_routes_departures35.02026OpenFlights route database
airports_openflights2.02026OpenFlights airport database
airports_total2,437.02023World Bank IS.AIR.DPRT
armed_forces_pct0.12020World Bank MS.MIL.TOTL.TF.ZS
armed_forces_personnel11,000.02020World Bank MS.MIL.TOTL.P1
Arms imports (SIPRI TIV)34,000,000.02025World Bank
arrivals67,000.02020World Bank ST.INT.ARVL
atm_per_100k4.12024World Bank FB.ATM.TOTL.P5
bachelors_attainment_pct2.52024World Bank SE.TER.CUAT.BA.ZS
bank_branches_p52.72024World Bank FB.CBK.BRCH.P5
basic_water_pct50.02024World Bank
Battle-related deaths (UCDP)2,199.02024World Bank
B-READY business entry (0-100)60.82025World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset
B-READY business insolvency (0-100)42.02025World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset
B-READY business location (0-100)48.42025World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset
B-READY dispute resolution (0-100)39.52025World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset
B-READY financial services (0-100)59.72025World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset
B-READY international trade (0-100)52.02025World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset
B-READY labour (0-100)59.12025World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset
B-READY market competition (0-100)42.12025World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset
B-READY Pillar 3 operational efficiency (0-100)50.02025World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset
B-READY Pillar 2 public services (0-100)40.92025World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset
B-READY Pillar 1 regulatory framework (0-100)63.22025World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset
B-READY taxation (0-100)50.82025World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset
B-READY utility services (0-100)59.12025World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset
broad_money_growth17.42025World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.ZG
broad_money_pct43.32025World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.GD.ZS
broad_money_pct_gdp43.32025World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.GD.ZS
budget_debt_pct_gdp64.22024World Bank
budget_expense_pct_gdp19.62023World Bank
central_gov_debt_pct_gdp64.22024World Bank GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS
cereal_tonnes5,209,425.42024World Bank AG.PRD.CREL.MT
che_gdp_pct7.82023WHO Global Health Observatory GHED_CHEGDP_SHA2011
che_per_capita_usd71.72023WHO Global Health Observatory GHED_CHE_pc_US_SHA2011
child_stunting_pct21.12021World Bank World Development Indicators (2026)
claims_on_central_gov6.52025World Bank FS.AST.CGOV.GD.ZS
clean_fuels_cooking18.02024World Bank EG.CFT.ACCS.ZS
Clinical trials involving this country (ClinicalTrials.gov)247.02026ClinicalTrials.gov v2 (country from trial locations)
cpi136.52025World Bank FP.CPI.TOTL
CPIA business-regulatory rating (1-6, World Bank)3.52025World Bank IQ.CPA.BREG.XQ
CPIA financial-sector rating (1-6)3.52025World Bank IQ.CPA.FINQ.XQ
CPIA public-sector management rating (1-6)3.32025World Bank IQ.CPA.PUBS.XQ
CPIA trade rating (1-6)3.52025World Bank IQ.CPA.TRAD.XQ
crime_unodc_cts_admin_justice_judges_or_magistrates310.02011https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/Admin_Justice_Module_web.xlsx
crime_unodc_cts_admin_justice_judges_or_magistrates_rate1.92011https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/Admin_Justice_Module_web.xlsx
crime_unodc_intentional_homicide_victims0.42015https://data.humdata.org/dataset/dcfea0b9-3f1d-47d8-b118-5207bc6149b5/resource/da23d592-5bc9-4068-aaaf-844cf914faca/download/homicide_report_total_and_sex.xlsx
crop_production_idx129.72024World Bank AG.PRD.CROP.XD
Ease of doing business rank (archived DB2020)151.02020World Bank Doing Business archive (DB2020 revised, project discontinued 2021)
Ease of doing business score (archived DB2020)51.42020World Bank Doing Business archive (DB2020 revised, project discontinued 2021)
defense_spend_usd891,556,029.42025World Bank MS.MIL.XPND.CD
dentists_per_10k8.22024WHO Global Health Observatory HWF_0006
deposit_rate5.32021World Bank FR.INR.DPST
deposit_rate_pct5.32021World Bank FR.INR.DPST
Emigrants living abroad (UN DESA 2020)705,008.02020UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2020 (bulk xlsx)
International migrant stock (UN DESA 2020)379,658.02020UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2020 (bulk xlsx)
domestic_credit_private_pct22.72025World Bank FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS
dpt_immun_pct91.02024World Bank SH.IMM.IDPT
edu_spend_per_student_primary16.12015World Bank SE.XPD.PRIM.PC.ZS
edu_spend_per_student_secondary19.92016World Bank SE.XPD.SECO.PC.ZS
edu_spend_per_student_tertiary351.52016World Bank SE.XPD.TERT.PC.ZS
education_spend_pct_gdp5.32023World Bank World Development Indicators (2026)
education_spend_secondary22.12015World Bank SE.XPD.SECO.ZS
education_spend_tertiary13.72015World Bank SE.XPD.TERT.ZS
Access to electricity (%)34.02024World Bank
electricity_access_rural12.72024World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.RU.ZS
electricity_access_urban87.82024World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.UR.ZS
electricity_capacity_gw0.62024Ember yearly electricity data (2026)
electricity_consumption_pc145.42024World Bank EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC
electricity_emissions_mtco2e0.92024Ember yearly electricity data (2026)
electricity_generation_clean_twh0.32024Ember yearly electricity data (2026)
electricity_generation_demand_twh3.22024Ember yearly electricity data (2026)
electricity_generation_fossil_twh1.42024Ember yearly electricity data (2026)
electricity_generation_hydro,_bioenergy_and_other_renewables_twh0.22024Ember yearly electricity data (2026)
electricity_generation_renewables_twh0.32024Ember yearly electricity data (2026)
electricity_generation_twh1.72024Ember yearly electricity data (2026)
showing 80 of 67,062 measured series — full list: CSV · JSON

Language

English canonical body. 299 name labels held (Wikidata). Missing languages are absent, not machine-translated.

Lane coverage

Measured, not promised
lanestatus what exists
patents · serviceYELLOW · partialstale data (2010) 2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 patent-document corpus (0%); only patent-count series present. Missing: full national patent-office document corpus. source
legal · serviceYELLOW · partial1 primary-law documents, 0 with full text mirrored (newest 2015); corpus covers this jurisdiction's official texts, not every instrument ever made source
alerts · serviceGREEN · ingested0 alerts in current GDACS/USGS window (measured, not an all-clear). | 2026-10-29 audit: VERIFIED COMPLETE — full current GDACS (125) + USGS (284) window (409 alert rows) with per-record metadata. Kept green. source
defense · serviceGREEN · ingestedmilitary expenditure (% of GDP), SIPRI series via World Bank; not procurement, capabilities or intent source
space · serviceYELLOW · partialno orbital launch site in this country in the GCAT launch log (1942-2026) source
maps · serviceGREEN · ingestedNatural Earth 1:10m boundary + centroid + bbox area computed (45.0 deg2); no cadastre, address data or navigation map. GADM L0 fallback: ok (gadm41_BFA_0.json). | 2026-10-29 audit: VERIFIED COMPLETE — Natural Earth 1:10m boundary + GADM L0 fallback for every mapped country; complete geodata record set. Kept green. source
passport · serviceGLOBAL · service livepass.go-v.org is live; per-country identity documents are NOT ingested source
research · serviceGREEN · ingested13,065 scholarly works since 2021 with authoring institutions here (OpenAlex); a publication index, not a quality ranking source
economy · serviceGREEN · ingestedGDP per capita, current US$ (World Bank); not a cost-of-living or inequality measure source
health · serviceGREEN · ingestedlife expectancy at birth, World Bank; not a health system performance rating source
education · serviceYELLOW · partialprimary school enrolment (% gross), World Bank; tertiary data is shown when available source
energy · serviceGREEN · ingestedaccess to electricity (% of population), World Bank source
water · serviceYELLOW · partialat least basic drinking water (% of population), World Bank/WHO; safely managed data shown when available source
connectivity · serviceYELLOW · partialfixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people, World Bank/ITU; internet-user share shown when available source
crimeYELLOW · partialstale data (2021) 2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 16 numeric UNODC/OWID crime series rows only. Missing: full UNODC CTS offence/incident records. source
conflictYELLOW · partialbattle-related deaths (UCDP series via World Bank); one definition of armed conflict, not all violence source
businessYELLOW · partialnewly registered limited-liability companies (World Bank/IC.BUS.NREG); not a company register source
scienceGREEN · ingestedOpenAlex institutions snapshot 2026-10: 46 institutions, works counted per country; CC0 1.0. source
prisonYELLOW · partial2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full World Prison Brief prison corpus. source
interpolYELLOW · partial0 public Interpol Red Notices in the ingested snapshot list a national of this country (measured zero for this snapshot; not an absence of crime). source
armsYELLOW · partialSIPRI arms-transfer trend indicator values (imports and exports) via the World Bank; TIV is a trend measure, not currency source
sanctionsGREEN · ingestedOFAC SDN 3 + UN consolidated 0 + EU 2 designation reference(s), snapshot 2026-10-26; counts are list references (text/code attribution), not convictions or proof of activity; 0 is a measured zero against these three ingested lists | 2026-10-29 audit: VERIFIED COMPLETE — full OFAC SDN (19,471), UN consolidated (1,001) and EU (11,154) designation lists with per-record metadata (snapshot 2026-10-26). Kept green. source
agricultureGREEN · ingestedagricultural land (% of land area), World Bank/FAO source
foodYELLOW · partialprevalence of undernourishment (%), World Bank/FAO; a modelled estimate, not a survey of every household source
laborYELLOW · partialunemployment (% of labour force), ILO modelled estimate via World Bank source
financeYELLOW · partialaccount ownership (% age 15+), World Bank Findex source
environmentGREEN · ingestedforest area (% of land area), World Bank/FAO source
tradeGREEN · ingestedtrade (% of GDP), World Bank source
migrationYELLOW · partialnet migration (5-year estimate), World Bank/UN source
tourismYELLOW · partialinternational tourist arrivals, World Bank/UNWTO source
housingYELLOW · partialurban population (% of total), World Bank; not a housing-cost or tenure measure source
transportYELLOW · partialair passengers carried, World Bank/ICAO; one mode only source
investmentYELLOW · partial2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full FDI/investment corpus. source
remittancesYELLOW · partial2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full WB/IMF remittance corpus. source
health_financeYELLOW · partialstale data (2023) 2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full WHO GHED health-finance corpus. source
budgetYELLOW · partial2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full national budget/tender corpus. source
treatyYELLOW · partial2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full UNTC treaty-text corpus. source

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Backlinks

Department pages with measured records for Burkina Faso:

patents legal alerts defense space maps research economy health education energy water connectivity crime conflict business science prison interpol arms sanctions agriculture food labor finance environment trade migration tourism housing transport investment remittances health_finance budget treaty

patents recipes legal alerts defense space passport research

estate.json .well-known alias

Cite this page

Burkina Faso (BF). go-v.org estate, https://estate.116.202.234.183.nip.io/bf. Data: World Bank Open Data, OpenAlex, WIPO, Natural Earth, OpenStreetMap. Accessed 2026-11-08.