Burkina Faso

  • President:Ibrahim Traoré
  • Prime Minister:Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo
  • Capital city:Ouagadougou
  • Languages:French (official), native African languages belonging to Sudanic family spoken by 90% of the population
  • Government
  • National statistics office
  • Population, persons:2,38,11,646 (2025)
  • Area, sq km:2,73,600
  • GDP per capita, US$:883 (2023)
  • GDP, billion current US$:20.3 (2023)
  • GINI index:37.4 (2021)
  • Ease of Doing Business rank:151

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    • मार्च 2025
      Source: World Bank
      Uploaded by: Knoema
      Accessed On: 26 मार्च, 2025
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      The World Bank updated the global poverty lines in September 2022. The Poverty data are now expressed in 2017 Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) prices, versus 2011 PPP in previous editions. The new global poverty lines of $2.15, $3.65, and $6.85 reflect the typical national poverty lines of low-income, lower-middle-income, and upper-middle-income countries in 2017 prices.