Consumer price index

116.03 %

[91st of 165]

Exports > Goods and services

11%

[151st of 156]

GDP growth > annual %

4.8 annual %

[86th of 187]

GINI index

39.51

[18th of 40]

Gross national income > constant LCU

1488749000000

Imports of goods, services and income > BoP, current US$

690,107,000 BoP $

[128th of 156]

Income distribution > Poorest 10%

2%

[82nd of 114]

Income distribution > Richest 20%

60.4%

[11th of 114]

Poverty > Share of all poor people

0.62 % of world's poor

[17th of 80]

Tourist arrivals by region of origin > Europe

113,496

[105th of 195]

ISO code

XOF 952

PPP conversion factor to official exchange rate ratio

0.32

[111st of 169]

Subdivision

100

[129th of 192]

Terms of trade since 1995

76.42

[107th of 117]

Electricity > Production by source > Fossil fuel

69.9%

[118th of 223]

Electricity > Production by source > Nuclear

0%

[103rd of 223]

electricity consumption > Date of > Information

2003

Hydroelectricity consumption

0.12

[121st of 213]

natural gas consumption > Date of > Information

2003 est.

Residual Fuel Oil > Consumption by other industries and construction

20,000 ton

[84th of 134]

Residual Fuel Oil > Conversion to other forms of energy

3,000 ton

[124th of 133]

Residual Fuel Oil > Net inland availability

33,000 ton

[117th of 155]

Wall plugs > Frequency

50 HZ

[114th of 151]

Wall plugs > Voltage

220 V

[150th of 209]

Changes in inventories > current LCU

-4724552000

Chemicals > % of value added in manufacturing

0.68 %

[67th of 91]

Manufactures exports > % of merchandise exports

7.97 %

[125th of 156]

Manufacturing, value added > constant 2000 US$

303,164,000 constant 2000 US$

[109th of 155]

Manufacturing, value added > current LCU

367295700000

Ores and metals exports > % of merchandise exports

0.57 %

[106th of 154]

Other manufacturing > % of value added in manufacturing

46.51 %

[23rd of 107]

value added > annual % growth

0.7 %

[114th of 164]

value added > constant LCU

237716100000

value added > current US$

1,023,946,000 $

[105th of 172]

Agricultural machinery > tractors

2,000

[121st of 190]

Arable land > % of land area

17.69 % of land area

[64th of 199]

Area > Cotton

460,000

[11th of 20]

Crop production index

130 %

[11th of 182]

Fertilizer use

8.8 kg

[113rd of 138]

Labor share

92.2%

[3rd of 149]

Permanent crops

50,000 hectares

[120th of 181]

Tractor concentration

0.5

[129th of 147]

value added > annual % growth

3.61 %

[54th of 164]

Workers per hectare

1.3

[37th of 148]

Aircraft departures

2,000

[132nd of 155]

Airports > With paved runways > Over 3047 m

1

[97th of 119]

Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m

11

[61st of 137]

Highways > Paved

2,001 km

[68th of 113]

Highways > Unpaved

10,505 km

[47th of 113]

Motor vehicles

6 motor vehicles per 100 p

[115th of 134]

Transnational Issues > Disputes > international
two villages are in dispute along the border with Benin ; Benin accuses Burkina Faso of moving boundary pillars; Burkina Faso border regions have become a staging area for Liberia and Cote d'Ivoire rebels and an asylum for refugees caught in regional fighting; the Ivoirian Government accuses Burkina Faso of supporting Ivoirian rebels

Vehicle abundance

0.22 per square km

[128th of 141]

CPIA fiscal policy rating

4.5

[3rd of 75]

Net taxes on products > current LCU

74542560000

Tax rates > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint

18.84 %

[6th of 39]

Taxes on income, profits and capital gains > % of revenue

16.17 %

[39th of 98]