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Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa. It is bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Ivory Coast to the southwest.
Summary from Wikipédia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Data refreshed on 2026.10.08 · source: Wikidata
Points to watch 2026.10.09
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Alert
Recent institutional rupture: Coups 24 janvier et 30 septembre 2022 (Traoré).
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Context
Not free according to Freedom House (score 20/100). Freedom House 2025
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The Institute's composite reading
Risque élevé
5.1 /10 risk
- Security 1.0
- Legitimacy 3.0
- Economy 7.3
- Diplomacy 5.0
- Influence 0.0
Security: 0 stable → 10 unstable · others: 0 weak → 10 strong. Computed from V-Dem, FH, CPI, RSF, World Bank, SIPRI, sanctions.
Listings linked to the country by nationality or address: United States 4 (list of 2026.10.02), EU 2 (list of 2026.09.22).
- Capital
- Ouagadougou
- Population
- 24,070,553 inh.
- Area
- 272,967 km²
- Currency
- XOF
- Regime
- republic
Executive in office
Head of State
Ibrahim Traoré
Head of Government
Apollinaire Joachim Kyélem de Tambèla
Government in office 3 members
ministre de la Défense nationale et des Anciens Combattants
Célestin Simporé
Ministre de la Transition Digitale, des Postes et des Communications électroniques
Aminata Zerbo-Sabané
Premier ministre du Burkina Faso
Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo
Parliament
Assemblée nationale
127 seats
Inception 1992
Economic indicators World Bank · 2025
GDP
28 G$
GDP / capita
1,148 $
Growth
5.3 %
Inflation
-0.6 %
Unemployment
3.5 %
Debt / GDP
64.2 %
Defense / GDP
4.7 %
Life expectancy
61.3 yrs
Military bases Institute · Wikipedia
active rotational or scaled down uncertain closed or handed over
Register kept by the Institute, updated 2026.10.08; coordinates and links read from Wikipedia.
Foreign bases on national soil
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1
Closed or handed overTask Force Sabre
France · Kamboinsé, près de Ouagadougou
Special forces left in February 2023 at the junta's request.
Governance indices V-Dem 2025 · Freedom House 2026 · CPI 2025 · RSF 2026
Democracy (V-Dem)
0.13/1
Freedoms (Freedom House)
20/100
Corruption (CPI)
40/100
Press freedom (RSF)
48/100
Military posture SIPRI · 2025
Global spending rank
#83
Annual budget
0.8 Md$
Defense effort
3.3 %PIB
Strategic minerals USGS · production / réserves mondiales
- #12 Or 3 % 2024
Trade dependencies OEC · UN Comtrade · 2023
Exports
4 Md$
Imports
5 Md$
Balance
0 Md$
Top exports
- 67% Or
- 11% Coton
Top imports
- 21% Pétrole raffiné
Import partners
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Côte d'Ivoire
17%
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Chine
12%
Junte. Pivot Russie/Africa Corps.
Diplomatic alignment UNGA 2020-2024 · Bailey-Strezhnev-Voeten
Vote concordance with each power at UN General Assembly.
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USA
18%
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GBR
21%
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FRA
26%
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DEU
26%
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RUS
78%
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CHN
76%
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IRN
56%
Abstention: 21%
Political calendar Institute · Wikipedia · 2026-10-08
Upcoming
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2029
Présidentielle (selon junte)
Last election
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2020-11-22
Présidentielle (avant coups)
Roch Marc Christian Kaboré (renversé 2022)
Last institutional rupture Coups 24 janvier et 30 septembre 2022 (Traoré)
Society · human UNDP HDI 2023 · World Bank · WID · UNHCR 2025
HDI
0.459/1
Gini
37.4
Refugees hosted
40,996
Refugees originating
351,209
National anthem
Ditanyè
Alliances and organisations Institut · Wikidata
- UN
- WTO
- Francophonie (OIF)
- OIC
- African Union
- AES
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Global attention Wikipedia · 90 days
The country's Wikipedia article is usually read 4,658 times a day (French and English). On 2026.10.07: 6,013, or ×1.7.
French + English French usual level 2026.07.10 · 2026.10.07 Wikimedia statistics (CC0), human users
Sources and freshness
- Executive, government, parliament, anthem · Wikidata (CC0) · 2026-10-08
- Economy · World Bank (CC BY 4.0) · 2025
- Indices and figures · V-Dem 2026 (OWID) · Freedom House 2026 (OWID) · Transparency International CPI 2025 · RSF 2026 · PNUD IDH 2025 (OWID) · Banque mondiale Gini 2021 · UNHCR 2025 · SIPRI 2026 (OWID) · read on 2026-10-08
- Memberships · Wikidata (CC0) · 2026-10-08
- Political calendar · Institute and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · US Treasury (OFAC), SDN and non-SDN lists · list of 2026-10-02 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · United Kingdom, UK Sanctions List (FCDO) · list of 2026-10-07 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · European Union, consolidated financial sanctions list · list of 2026-09-22 · read on 2026-10-08
- Institute dossier (sanctions, treaties, visits, capabilities) · as of 2026-05-01
- Summary · Wikipédia (CC BY-SA 4.0)