Burkina Faso
General information
Capital: Ouagadougou
Currency unit: West African CFA Franc (XOF)
Area: 274,200 km²
Total population: 23,548,800
GDP (millions of US dollars): 23,125
GDP per capita, PPP (current international US dollars): 2,896
Production
Agriculture (% of GDP): 21.0 %
Manufacture (% of GDP): 11.3 %
Industry excluding manufacture (% of GDP): 22.2 %
Services (% of GDP): 45.5 %
Trade
Total exports (millions of US dollars): 5,912
Total imports (millions of US dollars): 6,834
Main exported goods (% of total exports):
Gold, non-monetary (excluding gold ores and concentrates) (87.2 %)
Cotton (3.7 %)
Fruits and nuts (excluding oil nuts), fresh or dried (2.2 %)
Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits (excluding flour) (1.9 %)
Lime, cement, fabrica. constr. mat. (excludingglass, clay) (0.8 %)