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Contact usBurkina Faso
| GDP (PPP) per capita (2022): 2,620.51 Int. Dollar | Population (2022): 22,673,762 | HDI (2022): 0.44 |
ND-GAIN Country Index rank
162
Score: 38.0
Vulnerability
0.524
Readiness
0.284
The high vulnerability score and low readiness score of Burkina Faso places it in the upper-left quadrant of the ND-GAIN Matrix. It has both a great need for investment and innovations to improve readiness and a great urgency for action. Burkina Faso is the 37th most vulnerable country and the 161st most ready country.
ND-GAIN Ranking since 1995
| Year | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
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| Ranking | 168 | 169 | 168 | 168 | 167 | 165 | 163 | 164 | 164 | 160 | 163 | 169 | 165 | 165 | 160 | 161 | 160 | 161 | 162 | 161 | 164 | 159 | 155 | 155 | 159 | 161 | 160 | 162 |
| Indicator | 2003 to 2022 | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Vulnerability | 0.524 | |
| Food | 0.652 | |
| Projected change of cereal yields | 0.992 | |
| Projected population change | 0.603 | |
| Food import dependency | 0.174 | |
| Rural population | 0.734 | |
| Agriculture capacity | 0.988 | |
| Child malnutrition | 0.422 | |
| Water | 0.428 | |
| Projected change of annual runoff | 0.352 | |
| Projected change of annual groundwater recharge | 0.726 | |
| Fresh water withdrawal rate | 0.056 | |
| Water dependency ratio | 0.074 | |
| Dam capacity | 0.933 | |
| Access to reliable drinking water | - | |
| Health | 0.642 | |
| Projected change of deaths from climate change induced diseases | 0.333 | |
| Projected change in vector-borne diseases | 0.741 | |
| Dependency on external resource for health services | 0.626 | |
| Slum population | 0.268 | |
| Medical staff | 0.968 | |
| Access to improved sanitation facilities | 0.913 | |
| Ecosystem Services | 0.431 | |
| Projected change of biome distribution | 0.553 | |
| Projected change of marine biodiversity | 0 | |
| Natural capital dependency | 0.321 | |
| Ecological footprint | 0.196 | |
| Protected biome | 0.757 | |
| Engagement in international environmental conventions | 0.757 | |
| Human Habitat | 0.594 | |
| Projected change of warm periods | 0.218 | |
| Projected change of flood hazard | 0.771 | |
| Urban concentration | 0.266 | |
| Age dependency ratio | 0.815 | |
| Quality of trade and transport infrastructure | 0.692 | |
| Paved roads | 0.800 | |
| Infrastructure | 0.396 | |
| Projected change of hydropower generation capacity | - | |
| Projected change of sea level rise impacts | - | |
| Dependency on imported energy | 0.297 | |
| Population living under 5m above sea level | 0 | |
| Electricity access | 0.813 | |
| Disaster preparedness | 0.475 |