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Contact usBurkina Faso
| GDP (PPP) per capita (2020): 2,274.02 Int. Dollar | Population (2020): 20,903,278 | HDI (2020): 0.45 |
ND-GAIN Country Index rank
161
Score: 37.2
Vulnerability
0.547
Readiness
0.290
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 27th most vulnerable country and the 159th 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 |
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| Ranking | 164 | 164 | 164 | 165 | 165 | 161 | 161 | 163 | 163 | 161 | 163 | 168 | 165 | 165 | 159 | 160 | 159 | 161 | 163 | 162 | 161 | 155 | 156 | 156 | 159 | 161 |
| Indicator | 2001 to 2020 | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Vulnerability | 0.547 | |
| Food | 0.647 | |
| Projected change of cereal yields | 0.992 | |
| Projected population change | 0.603 | |
| Food import dependency | 0.180 | |
| Rural population | 0.748 | |
| Agriculture capacity | 0.993 | |
| Child malnutrition | 0.368 | |
| Water | 0.428 | |
| Projected change of annual runoff | 0.352 | |
| Projected change of annual groundwater recharge | 0.726 | |
| Fresh water withdrawal rate | 0.055 | |
| Water dependency ratio | 0.074 | |
| Dam capacity | 0.933 | |
| Access to reliable drinking water | - | |
| Health | 0.639 | |
| 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 | 0.570 | |
| Slum population | 0.586 | |
| Medical staff | 0.963 | |
| Access to improved sanitation facilities | - | |
| Ecosystem Services | 0.431 | |
| Projected change of biome distribution | 0.553 | |
| Projected change of marine biodiversity | 0 | |
| Natural capital dependency | 0.321 | |
| Ecological footprint | 0.197 | |
| Protected biome | 0.757 | |
| Engagement in international environmental conventions | 0.757 | |
| Human Habitat | 0.589 | |
| Projected change of warm periods | 0.218 | |
| Projected change of flood hazard | 0.771 | |
| Urban concentration | 0.252 | |
| Age dependency ratio | 0.834 | |
| Quality of trade and transport infrastructure | 0.659 | |
| Paved roads | 0.800 | |
| Infrastructure | - | |
| Projected change of hydropower generation capacity | - | |
| Projected change of sea level rise impacts | - | |
| Dependency on imported energy | - | |
| Population living under 5m above sea level | - | |
| Electricity access | 0.819 | |
| Disaster preparedness | 0.280 |