Burkina Faso

GDP (PPP) per capita (2023): 2,754.71 Int. Dollar Population (2023): 23,025,776 HDI (2023): 0.46
ND-GAIN Country Index rank 147
Score: 38.4
Vulnerability 0.521
Readiness 0.289

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 39th most vulnerable country and the 143rd 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 23
Ranking
148
149
149
152
152
150
151
152
162
151
159
167
168
167
163
160
160
161
162
160
156
146
143
144
146
148
144
147
147
Denotes worst scores
Indicator 2004 to 2023 Score
Vulnerability
0.521
Food
0.645
Projected change of cereal yields
0.992
Projected population change
0.603
Food import dependency
0.176
Rural population
0.727
Agriculture capacity
0.988
Child malnutrition
0.384
Water
0.430
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
0.940
Access to reliable drinking water
-
Health
0.652
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
0.690
Slum population
0.268
Medical staff
0.965
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
0.587
Projected change of warm periods
0.218
Projected change of flood hazard
0.771
Urban concentration
0.273
Age dependency ratio
0.767
Quality of trade and transport infrastructure
0.692
Paved roads
0.800
Infrastructure
0.382
Projected change of hydropower generation capacity
-
Projected change of sea level rise impacts
-
Dependency on imported energy
0.262
Population living under 5m above sea level
0
Electricity access
0.791
Disaster preparedness
0.475