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Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2024
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	11 823	18 084	19 177^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	3.9	13	1.5^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	631.6	840.3	845.8^b
Economy: Agriculture^f,g (% of Gross Value Added)	24.9	20.6	22.9^b
Economy: Industry^f,h (% of Gross Value Added)	26.8	36.4	33.7^b
Economy: Services and other activity^f,i (% of GVA)	48.3	43	43.4^b
Employment in agriculture^j (% of employed)	76.9	74.8	74.2^b
Employment in industry^j (% of employed)	6.3	6.8	7^b
Employment in services^j (% employed)	16.8	18.4	18.8^b
Unemployment^j (% of labour force)	4.5	5.1	4.9
Labour force participation rate^j (female/male pop. %)	57.7 / 73.8	57.2 / 72.6	57.3 / 72.6
CPI: Consumer Price Index^k (2010=100)	108	110	132^e
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	99	114	114^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	2 217	4 375	4 459^e
International trade: imports (million current US$)	3 069	4 179	5 880^e
International trade: balance (million current US$)	-852	196	- 1 422^e
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	-895	743	- 1 404^b

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Population growth rate (average annual %)	2.9	2.4	2.2^a
Urban population (% of total population)	27.5	30^d	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	5.2^l	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	5.5	4.4	4.1^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	60.4 / 57.1	62.3 / 58.5	63.4 / 59.1^a
Population age distribution^m (0-14/60+ years old, %)	45.5 / 4.1	44.0 / 4.1	41.8 / 4.3^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	704.7 / 3.9ⁿ	724.0 / 3.5ⁿ	... / ...
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	34.2	941.3	2 099.3^e
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	100.9	84.8	81.5^a
Health: Current expenditure^o (% of GDP)	5.1	6.5	6.4^p
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	0.1	0.1	0.1^b
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	3.7	5.2	5.2^p
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	84.0 / 86.8	88.0 / 87.7	83.3 / 81.4^b
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	45.8 / 47.0	53.3 / 47.2	46.9 / 37.9^b
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	10.3 / 15.9	20.6 / 25.1	20.0 / 21.1^b
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	13.3	13.4^q	16.9^q

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Individuals using the Internet^j (per 100 inhabitants)	6.6	15.6^r	19.9^r,b
Research & Development expenditure^s (% of GDP)	0.2^t,u	0.2^v	0.3^v,p
Threatened species (number)	29	36	41^e
Forested area (% of land area)	23.6	22.7	22.5^p
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	3.3 / 0.2	4.6 / 0.2^j	5.2 / 0.2^j,p
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	157	182^j	186^j,p
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	11	12^j	12^j,p
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	163	67	116^b
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	78.8	78.8	78.8^e
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	12.6 / 6.2	12.0 / 7.9	12.1 / 8.6^b
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	8.84	10.39	8.61^p

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2022
c		African Financial Community (CFA) Franc, Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO).
d		2019
e		2023
f		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
g		Excludes irrigation canals and landscaping care.
h		Excludes publishing activities. Includes irrigation canals.
i		Includes publishing activities and landscape care. Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
j		Estimate.
k		Ouagadougou
l		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
m		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
n		Including refugees.
o		Data based on calendar year (January 1 to December 31).
p		2021
q		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
r		Population aged 10 years and over.
s		Excluding business enterprise.
t		Break in the time series.
u		2014
v		Excluding private non-profit.