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Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2025
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	11 832	17 725	20 325^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	3.9	2	3^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	630	825	883^b
Economy: Agriculture^f,g (% of Gross Value Added)	24.9	19.4	18.3^b
Economy: Industry^f,h (% of Gross Value Added)	26.8	31.9	32.8^b
Economy: Services and other activity^f,i (% of GVA)	48.4	48.7	48.9^b
Employment in agriculture^j (% of employed)	36.7	33.1	31.4^b
Employment in industry^j (% of employed)	21.5	22.6	22.6^b
Employment in services^j (% employed)	41.7	44.4	46^b
Unemployment^j (% of labour force)	4.5	5	5
Labour force participation rate^j (female/male pop. %)	55.6 / 71.5	45.0 / 58.3	40.7 / 53.2
CPI: Consumer Price Index^k (2010=100)	108	110	137^e
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	99	114	117^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	2 217	4 375	5 642^e
International trade: imports (million current US$)	3 069	4 179	6 429^e
International trade: balance (million current US$)	-852	196	-786^e
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	-895	743	- 1 017^b

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2025
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^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	60.4 / 57.1	62.3 / 58.5	63.6 / 59.3^a
Population age distribution^m (0-14/60+ years old, %)	45.5 / 4.1	44.0 / 4.1	41.2 / 4.4^a
International migrant stockⁿ (000/% of total pop.)	704.7 / 3.8	724.0 / 3.4	739.8 / 3.1^e
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	34.2	941.3	2 103.0^e
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	100.9	84.8	80.3^a
Health: Current expenditure^o (% of GDP)	5.1	6.6	6.8^p
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	0.1	0.1	0.1^p
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	83.7 / 86.5	87.9 / 87.5	73.4 / 71.1^b
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	45.5 / 46.8	53.2 / 47.1	42.9 / 33.9^b
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	10.2 / 15.8	20.4 / 24.9	19.6 / 19.4^b
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	13.3	13.4^q	18.3^q

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Individuals using the Internet^j (per 100 inhabitants)	6.6	10.8^r	17^b
Research & Development expenditure^t (% of GDP)	0.2^s,u	0.2^v	0.3^v,w
Threatened species (number)	29	36	42^e
Forested area (% of land area)	23.6	22.7	22.4^p
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	3.3 / 0.2	4.6 / 0.2^j	5.4 / 0.2^j,p
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	157	181^j	188^j,p
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	11	12^j	12^j,p
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	163	67	116^p
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^p
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	8.84	10.13	7.37^b

Footnotes

a		Projected est. (medium fertility variant).
b		2023
c		African Financial Community (CFA) Franc, Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO).
d		2019
e		2024
f		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
g		Exc. irrigation canals and landscaping care.
h		Exc. publishing activities. Inc. irrigation canals.
i		Inc. publishing activities and landscape care. Exc. 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		Based on calendar year (January 1 to December 31).
p		2022
q		Data at 1 January of the reporting year.
r		Population aged 10 years and over.
s		Break in the time series.
t		Excluding business enterprise.
u		2014
v		Excluding private non-profit.
w		2021