Data and Statistics

Burkina Faso: Quick Facts

For a complete list of indicators, refer to the Burkina Faso Country Data Profile.  Refer to the Africa Quick Query to customize and manage timeseries data on a wide range of topics.

World Bank Sources of Data

The World Bank gathers and shares development data to improve the understanding of the challenges facing each country.  The following resources cover a range of social and economic measures of poverty and development.

Summary Data

	Millennium Development Goals for Burkina Faso: Targets for reducing poverty, imporving health and education, and protecting the environment.
	Burkina Faso Country Data Profile
	Burkina Faso-at-a-Glance (PDF)

Data by Topic

	Information/Communications/Telecommunications (PDF): ICT infrastructure & access, Computers and the Internet, ICT expenditures, and ICT business & government environment.
	Gender Statistics:  Country data sheets showing summary gender indicators, basic demographic data, population dynamics, labor force structure, and education and health statistics.
	Summary Gender Profile (PDF)
	Health Nutrition Population Statistics: shows summary indicators for health status, health determinants, and health finance.
	Education Statistics: a variety of national and international sources and provides information on key education topics.
	Investment Climate Snapshot:  indicators of the cost of doing business by identifying specific regulations that enhance or constrain the business investment, productivity, and growth (more). -- Starting a Business -- Labor Regulations -- Bankruptcy -- Contract Enforcement -- Getting Credit

Debt

	World Bank Debt Service:  US Energy Infodebt service repayments for World Bank loans and/or credits.
	National External Debt: Total external debt (joint OECD, Bank for International Settlements, IMF, World Bank).

Poverty Data

	Measuring Poverty in Burkina Faso
	National External Debt: Total external debt (joint OECD, Bank for International Settlements, IMF, World Bank).
	African Development Indicators 2004: Drawn from the World Bank Africa Database, this publication provides the most detailed collection of development data on Africa in one volume. It presents data from 53 African countries and 5 regional country groups, arranged in separate tables or matrices for more than 500 indicators of development
	World Development Indicators 2004: Information and selected samples from the WDI 2004 publication, the World Bank's premier annual compilation of data about development.
	Main World Bank Data Site

Other Sources of Data on Burkina Faso

African Development Bank

Statistics from the African Development Bank

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

World Economic Outlook Databases: Databases to the World Economic Outlook Reports. Download macroeconomic data (GDP, Inflation, etc.) tables which list all countries, including Burkina Faso.

United Nations Development Program (UNDP)

Human Development Indicators in Burkina Faso: Shows Burkina Faso's ranking in the Human Development Report as well as a broad range of indicators from poverty to demographic trends to women's political participation, etc.

World Health Organization (WHO)

	Selected Health Indicators
	UNAIDS/WHO --  Epidemological Factsheets on Burkina Faso: HIV/AIDS prevalence and related indicators.

Other Data Sources

US Energy Information Administration (EIA): Country information on Burkina Faso Energy and energy-related data and country analysis.