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Economic indicators

	2010	2015	2021
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	10 100	11 823	15 991^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	8.4	3.9	5.7^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	647.2	652.8	786.9^b
Economy: Agriculture^e (% of Gross Value Added)	26.2	24.9	22.3^b
Economy: Industry^f,g (% of Gross Value Added)	28.2	26.8	28.3^b
Economy: Services and other activity^h (% of GVA)	45.6	48.3	49.3^b
Employment in agricultureⁱ (% of employed)	48.2	29.1	24.7^d
Employment in industryⁱ (% of employed)	20.9	32	33.9^d
Employment in servicesⁱ (% employed)	31	38.9	41.4^d
Unemploymentⁱ (% of labour force)	4.7	6.4	6.4^d
Labour force participation rateⁱ (female/male pop. %)	59.7 / 81.7	58.3 / 75.4	58.2 / 74.7^d
CPI: Consumer Price Index^j (2010=100)	100	108	110^d
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	89	96	107^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	1 288	2 177	3 269^i,d
International trade: imports (million current US$)	2 048	2 980	4 150^i,d
International trade: balance (million current US$)	-760	-802	-882^i,d
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	-182	-895	-524^b

Social indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Population growth rate^k (average annual %)	3	3	2.9^d
Urban population (% of total population)	24.6	27.5	30^b
Urban population growth rate^k (average annual %)	5.7	5.2	...
Fertility rate, total^k (live births per woman)	6.1	5.6	5.2^d
Life expectancy at birth^k (females/males, years)	55.8 / 54.6	59.3 / 58.0	61.6 / 60.1^d
Population age distribution (0-14/60+ years old, %)	46.2 / 3.9	45.6 / 3.8	44.1 / 4.0^a
International migrant stock^l (000/% of total pop.)	674.4 / 4.3	704.7 / 3.9	724.0 / 3.5^d
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	1.1^m	34.2	941.3^d
Infant mortality rate^k (per 1 000 live births)	77.5	64.7	54.2^d
Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)	5.9	5.8	5.6ⁿ
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	~0.0	0.1	0.1^b
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	3.5	3.7	5.4^i,n
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	74.3 / 81.6	87.2 / 89.5	94.3 / 94.8^b
Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	18.9 / 24.8	32.3 / 35.1	42.0 / 40.7^b
Education: Upper secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	7.6 / 12.4	10.6 / 16.1	20.2 / 25.4^b
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	0.8	0.6	1.3^o
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	15.3	13.3	6.3^p

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	2.4ⁱ	14^q,r	15.9^i,o
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	0.2^s	0.2^t,u,v	0.6^u,o
Threatened species (number)	24	29	36
Forested areaⁱ (% of land area)	24.5	23.6	23.1ⁿ
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	118	126	131^i,n
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	9	10	10ⁿ
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	274	163	144ⁿ
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	66.7	66.7	66.7^d
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	...	8.82	7.23^b

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2019
c		African Financial Community (CFA) Franc, Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO).
d		2020
e		Excludes irrigation canals and landscaping care.
f		Excludes publishing activities.
g		Includes irrigation canals.
h		Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
i		Estimate.
j		Ouagadougou
k		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
l		Including refugees.
m		Data as at the end of December.
n		2018
o		2017
p		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
q		At least once a month.
r		Population aged 18 years and over.
s		2009
t		Break in the time series.
u		Excluding business enterprise.
v		2014