Burkina 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
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
Denotes worst scores
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