Burkina Faso
General information
Capital: Ouagadougou
Currency unit: CFA franc
Official language: French
Area: 273,600 km²
Population in million: 19,751,500.0
GDP per capita (current US dollars): 715
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $): 1,985
Demography
Labor force participation rate (% of total population ages 15+): 66.6
Annual growth rate of the population: 2.9 %
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births): 49.0 %
Life expectancy at birth: 60.8 ans
Youth literacy rate Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24): 41 %
Production
Gross domestic product (GDP) in billions of US dollars: 14,124,800,000.00
Agriculture value added of GDP: 28.0
Industry value added of GDP: 19.5
Services value added of GDP: 6.0
Trade
Total exports in billions of US dollars: 2,361,480.00
Total imports in billions of US dollars: 2,267,640.00
Major manufactured products (as % of total exports) :
Cotton yarn (0.16 %)
Bars and rods of iron or steel, forged, hot-rolled, hot-drawn (0.15 %)
Tanned or crust hides and skins of other animals (0.12 %)
Articles for the conveyance or packing of goods, of plastics (0.08 %)
Sacks and bags (0.08 %)
Weight of major primary products excluding minerals and oil (as % of total exports) :
Cotton, not carded or combed (19.34 %)
Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits (3.25 %)
Coconuts, Brazil nuts and cashew nuts (1.23 %)
Dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas and mangoes (0.40 %)
Other fixed vegetable fats and oils (0.33 %)
Infrastructures
| 2020 | Burkina Faso | |
|---|---|---|
| Infrastructures | 25 | |
| Transport and logistics Burkina Faso: 22 | 22 | |
| Electricity and telecommunications Burkina Faso: 23 | 23 |