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Burkina Faso

BFA · Africa

Ibrahim Traoré

Identity

Regime

republic

Capital

Ouagadougou

Population

24,070,553

Area

272,967 km²

Currency

XOF

Executive

Head of State

Ibrahim Traoré
2022

Head of Government

Apollinaire Joachim Kyélem de Tambèla
2022

Cabinet (size)

Parliament

127 seats
1 chamber(s)

Governance

V-Dem (0-1)

0.13
#161

Freedom House

20/100
Not Free

CPI corruption

40/100
#84

Press RSF

48/100
#110

Economy

GDP (B$)

28 Md$
2025

GDP / capita

1,148 $
2025

Growth %

5.3 %
2025

Inflation %

-0.6 %
2025

Unemployment %

3.5 %
2025

Defense & nuclear

Defense budget

0.8 Md$
3.3 %PIB · #83

Nuclear posture

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Listed military units

International posture

Sanctions

—

Chokepoints

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Alliances

UN · WTO · Francophonie (OIF) · OIC · African Union · AES

Alignment USA · RUS · CHN

18% · 78% · 76%
UN vote

Treaties ratified (of 10)

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