Burkina Faso, year by year

Every index this site holds for Burkina Faso, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 2005

Human development rose from 0.333 in 2005 to 0.459 in 2023.

UNDP Human Development Report, 2025 edition. 19 annual values, none interpolated.

Twenty years here

The world report

Life expectancy at birth: 61.3 years2024at birthUp 8 years from 53.3 years in 2005
Internet users: 28%2024of people onlineUp 28 points from 1% in 2006
Urban population: 29%2025of people in towns and citiesUp 6 points from 23% in 2006
Births per woman: 4.112024births per womanDown 2.07 from 6.18 in 2005
Renewable share of energy: 71%2022of energy usedDown 11 points from 82% in 2004
Access to electricity: 34%2024of people with electricityUp 23 points from 11% in 2005
Infant mortality: 442024deaths before age one, per 1,000 birthsDown 37 from 80 in 2005
CO2 emissions per person: 0.3 t2024of CO2 per person a yearUp 0.2 t from 0.1 t in 2005
Forest area: 22%2023of land under forestDown 3 points from 26% in 2004

World Bank, from the first to the last observed year of each indicator; each has its own window.

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	—	49.3	—	—	7.01	86.3	—	103	0.0	28.2	—	—
1991	—	49.3	—	13.5	6.97	86.1	—	102	0.1	28.0	—	—
1992	—	49.4	—	13.8	6.94	86.4	—	102	0.0	27.8	—	—
1993	—	49.4	—	14.2	6.89	86.3	6	102	0.0	27.7	—	—
1994	—	49.5	—	14.5	6.84	86.2	6	101	0.0	27.5	—	—
1995	—	49.5	—	14.9	6.81	86.4	7	101	0.0	27.3	—	—
1996	—	49.7	0.0	15.3	6.78	85.8	7	99	0.1	27.1	—	—
1997	—	49.6	0.0	15.8	6.72	85.2	8	98	0.1	26.9	—	—
1998	—	50.2	0.1	16.4	6.66	84.1	8	96	0.1	26.7	—	—
1999	—	50.5	0.1	17.2	6.59	83.1	7	94	0.1	26.6	—	—
2000	—	50.8	0.1	18.0	6.52	83.9	9	92	0.1	26.4	—	—
2001	—	51.2	0.2	18.9	6.43	81.7	10	90	0.1	26.2	—	—
2002	—	51.5	0.2	19.7	6.34	81.8	10	88	0.1	26.0	—	—
2003	—	52.0	0.4	20.6	6.28	80.8	11	86	0.1	25.8	—	—
2004	—	52.6	0.4	21.3	6.22	82.0	11	83	0.1	25.6	—	—
2005	0.333	53.3	0.5	22.0	6.18	85.4	11	80	0.1	25.5	—	—
2006	0.340	53.8	0.6	22.6	6.17	84.8	12	77	0.1	25.3	456	1244
2007	0.344	54.4	0.8	23.0	6.11	82.9	12	74	0.1	25.1	515	1290
2008	0.357	55.2	0.9	23.4	6.05	83.5	13	71	0.1	24.9	619	1351
2009	0.366	55.8	1.1	23.8	5.99	83.3	13	69	0.1	24.7	602	1360
2010	0.377	56.3	2.4	24.1	5.94	82.1	13	66	0.1	24.6	625	1449
2011	0.389	57.0	3.0	24.5	5.87	81.4	15	64	0.1	24.4	725	1531
2012	0.398	57.5	3.7	24.8	5.79	79.2	15	62	0.1	24.2	731	1572
2013	0.405	57.9	5.0	25.1	5.70	78.7	15	60	0.2	24.0	760	1643
2014	0.409	58.3	6.0	25.4	5.60	78.9	19	58	0.1	23.8	765	1661
2015	0.419	58.8	6.5	25.6	5.48	78.8	16	56	0.2	23.6	630	1692
2016	0.427	59.2	7.1	25.8	5.33	77.1	17	55	0.2	23.4	664	1882
2017	0.438	59.6	7.8	26.0	5.17	74.6	17	53	0.2	23.3	709	2042
2018	0.449	60.0	8.5	26.1	4.92	73.7	14	52	0.3	23.1	777	2073
2019	0.453	60.2	9.3	26.1	4.68	72.7	18	50	0.3	22.9	765	2232
2020	0.453	60.5	13.0	26.4	4.44	73.1	19	49	0.3	22.7	825	2381
2021	0.454	60.0	18.1	26.8	4.36	71.2	19	47	0.3	22.5	896	2486
2022	0.457	60.7	25.4	27.3	4.28	71.4	20	46	0.3	22.4	827	2645
2023	0.459	61.1	25.4	27.8	4.19	—	22	45	0.3	22.2	873	2762
2024	—	61.3	28.3	28.3	4.11	—	34	44	0.3	—	982	2901
2025	—	—	—	28.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	1148	3072
On the profile	0.459	61.3	28.3	28.9	4.11	71.4	—	—	0.3	22.2	1148	3072

Sources: HDI: UNDP HDR 2025; Life expectancy at birth: World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users: World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population: World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman: World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy: World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity: World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality: World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person: World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area: World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-10-04. Observed years only.

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