Burkina Faso
General information
Capital: Ouagadougou
Currency unit: CFA franc
Official language: French
Area: 274,220 km²
Population in million: 19.2
GDP per capita (current US dollars): 671
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $): 1,870
Demography
Labor force participation rate (% of total population ages 15+): 66.5
Annual growth rate of the population: 2.9 %
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births): 51.2 %
Life expectancy at birth: 60.4 ans
Youth literacy rate Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24): 38 %
Production
Gross domestic product (GDP) in billions of US dollars: 12.87
Agriculture value added of GDP: 27.8
Industry value added of GDP: 21.5
Services value added of GDP: 42.0
Trade
Total exports in billions of US dollars: 4.17
Total imports in billions of US dollars: 3.34
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 (0.13 %)
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 (19.52 %)
Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits (3.28 %)
Coconuts, Brazil nuts and cashew nuts (1.24 %)
Dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas and mangoes (0.40 %)
Other fixed vegetable fats and oils (0.33 %)