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Burkina Faso

Africa · Western Africa
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Burkina Faso is a sovereign state in Western Africa, Africa. It covers 272,967 km² and has a population of approximately 24,070,553. It is a landlocked country. Its official language is French and its currency is the West African CFA franc (Fr).

Quick facts

Capital
Ouagadougou
Population
24,070,553
Area
272,967 km²
Currency
West African CFA franc (Fr)
Languages
French
Calling code
+226
TLD
.bf
Driving side
Right
Landlocked
Yes
Continents
Africa
Timezone
UTC
Native name
Burkina Faso

Bordering countries

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Appears in 405 rankings

Economy

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (% of GNI) #8 2.30
Countries by Taxes less subsidies on products (constant LCU) #32 1,069,748,297,300
Countries by Gross national expenditure (constant LCU) #38 12,017,042,188,000
Countries by Gross domestic income (constant LCU) #39 11631489657663.6
Countries by Final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) #40 9,339,502,668,900
Countries by Exports as a capacity to import (constant LCU) #40 3548354347663.6
Countries by Gross capital formation (constant LCU) #41 2,677,539,519,100
Countries by Imports of goods and services (constant LCU) #41 3,969,194,095,900
Countries by Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (constant LCU) #41 9,476,329,291,100
Countries by Gross fixed capital formation (constant LCU) #42 2,587,535,924,600
Countries by Services, value added (constant LCU) #43 4,969,636,587,500
Countries by GNI (constant LCU) #43 9496835595254.17
Countries by Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU) #43 1206660618565.75
Countries by Manufacturing, value added (constant LCU) #44 1,030,182,809,300
Countries by Industry (including construction), value added (constant LCU) #44 2,414,255,172,800
Countries by GDP (constant LCU) #44 10,634,333,693,600
Countries by Exports of goods and services (constant LCU) #45 2,551,198,383,600
Countries by Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (current LCU) #49 12,814,910,595,300
Countries by Manufacturing, value added (current LCU) #50 1,331,850,365,300
Countries by Industry (including construction), value added (current LCU) #50 3,717,750,536,600
Countries by GNI per capita (constant LCU) #51 421912.1per capita
Countries by Services, value added (current LCU) #52 6,162,078,568,300
Countries by Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (current US$) #52 429618433.8
Countries by GDP growth rate #53 0.04
Countries by GDP per capita (constant LCU) #55 451587.44per capita
Countries by Coal rents (% of GDP) #70 0.00
Countries by Industry (including construction), value added (% of GDP) #71 26.51
Countries by Final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) #79 81.46
Countries by Gross national expenditure (% of GDP) #79 103.39
Countries by Adjusted savings: education expenditure (% of GNI) #84 4.31
Countries by Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI) #91 1.40
Countries by Gross domestic savings (% of GDP) #102 18.54
Countries by Gross capital formation (% of GDP) #104 21.93
Countries by GDP (PPP) #107 72.74
Countries by average monthly salary #109 516US $
Countries by Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP) #109 9.50
Countries by Adjusted savings: education expenditure (current US$) #113 806740752.68
Countries by Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) #114 15797222383.28
Countries by GDP, PPP (constant 2021 international $) #114 59994577724.13
Countries by GDP, PPP (current international $) #115 68194715212.16
Countries by Gross national expenditure (constant 2015 US$) #116 20326123837.96
Countries by Manufacturing, value added (constant 2015 US$) #116 1742493954
Countries by Adjusted savings: gross savings (% of GNI) #116 17.80
Countries by Adjusted net national income (current US$) #116 14738025607.99
Countries by GNI, PPP (current international $) #116 64123738566.57
Countries by Gross national expenditure (current US$) #117 23909116330.28
Countries by Gross fixed capital formation (constant 2015 US$) #117 4376665640
Countries by Gross capital formation (current US$) #117 5072163142.92
Countries by Manufacturing, value added (current US$) #117 2196521305.09
Countries by GDP (Nominal) #118 26.87in billions
Countries by Adjusted net national income (constant 2015 US$) #118 12950785773.17
Countries by Industry (including construction), value added (current US$) #119 6131408207.28
Countries by Final consumption expenditure (current US$) #120 18836953187.36
Countries by Gross capital formation (constant 2015 US$) #120 4528901454.69
Countries by Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (current US$) #120 21134674644.25
Countries by Exports of goods and services (current US$) #122 6603895283.61
Countries by GNI (current US$) #122 21744267527.25
Countries by GDP (constant 2015 US$) #123 17987353311.13
Countries by GDP (current US$) #124 23124729853.02
Countries by GNI, Atlas method (current US$) #125 20101882252.23
Countries by Gross fixed capital formation (current US$) #126 3969334358.39
Countries by Services, value added (current US$) #126 10162655814.48
Countries by Services, value added (constant 2015 US$) #127 8405849553.23
Countries by Gross savings (current US$) #127 2727946822.55
Countries by Imports of goods and services (current US$) #128 7387126425.77
Countries by Industry (including construction), value added (constant 2015 US$) #129 4083571385.63
Countries by Imports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$) #130 6713659606.75
Countries by Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (current US$) #130 261648962.39
Countries by Adjusted savings: consumption of fixed capital (current US$) #130 1617138864.17
Countries by Exports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$) #133 4315202815.22
Countries by Consumer price index (2010 = 100) #134 137.28
Countries by Gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP) #134 17.16
Countries by Gross savings (% of GNI) #136 14.36
Countries by Gross savings (% of GDP) #139 13.56
Countries by Adjusted savings: consumption of fixed capital (% of GNI) #152 8.64
Countries by Human capital index plus (HCI+): overall score, female (scale 0”“325) #156 103.87
Countries by GDP per capita #159 1115.02
Countries by Human capital index plus (HCI+): overall score, male (scale 0”“325) #164 111.71
Countries by Human capital index plus (HCI+): overall score, total (scale 0”“325) #165 107.13
Countries by Human capital index plus (HCI+): education pillar score, female (scale 0”“188) #170 39.11
Countries by Services, value added per worker (constant 2015 US$) #171 2910.01
Countries by Human capital index plus (HCI+): education pillar score, total (scale 0”“188) #174 39.03
Countries by Services, value added (% of GDP) #174 43.95
Countries by Human capital index plus (HCI+): education pillar score, male (scale 0”“188) #175 39.22
Countries by GNI per capita, PPP (current international $) #184 2,720per capita
Countries by GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) #186 2895.89per capita
Countries by GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) #190 850per capita
Countries by GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) #198 763.83per capita

Population & Health

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Incidence of malaria (per 1,000 population at risk) #2 353.49
Countries by Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, male 15+ years of age) #8 19per capita
Countries by Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births) #10 72.7
Countries by Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) #11 77.3
Countries by Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births) #11 81.6
Countries by Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age) #12 11.27per capita
Countries by Low-birthweight babies (% of births) #12 18.47
Countries by Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) #15 82.20
Countries by Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women (%) #16 49.50
Countries by Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births) #17 49.1
Countries by Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, male (per 100,000 male population) #18 248.6per capita
Countries by Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) #18 303.6
Countries by Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births) #18 40.2
Countries by Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) #18 44.8
Countries by Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total) #19 54.10
Countries by Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) #20 214.07
Countries by Risk of catastrophic expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) #21 56.20
Countries by Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population) #21 31per capita
Countries by Number of under-five deaths #23 55,356
Countries by Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people) #24 31.64
Countries by Number of maternal deaths #25 1,800
Countries by Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) #26 24.5
Countries by Number of infant deaths #27 32,235
Countries by Number of neonatal deaths #29 17,816
Countries by Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized (per 100,000 population) #29 201.3per capita
Countries by Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births) #29 242per capita
Countries by Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, female (per 100,000 female population) #31 167.4per capita
Countries by Cause of death, by injury (% of total) #37 11.13
Countries by Newborns protected against tetanus (%) #38 93.00
Countries by Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, female 15+ years of age) #40 3.84per capita
Countries by population growth rate #42 0.02
Countries by Antiretroviral therapy coverage (% of people living with HIV) #45 82.00
Countries by Prevalence of undernourishment (% of population) #45 13.10
Countries by Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the population (%) #47 41.40
Countries by Antiretroviral therapy coverage for PMTCT (% of pregnant women living with HIV) #51 69.00
Countries by Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male (modeled estimate, % of children under 5) #55 21.50
Countries by Prevalence of stunting, height for age (modeled estimate, % of children under 5) #55 19.50
Countries by Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female (modeled estimate, % of children under 5) #56 17.50
Countries by population #59 24.07
Countries by Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population) #70 13.02per capita
Countries by Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) #72 8.5per capita
Countries by Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population) #76 4.01per capita
Countries by People using safely managed sanitation services, rural (% of rural population) #81 21.42
Countries by People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water, rural (% of rural population) #82 21.10
Countries by Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people) #83 7.96
Countries by People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water, urban (% of urban population) #84 35.49
Countries by Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children) #85 91.00
Countries by Prevalence of current tobacco use, females (% of female adults) #85 6.00
Countries by UHC service coverage sub-index on reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health #86 74
Countries by People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water (% of population) #92 25.88
Countries by People using safely managed sanitation services, urban (% of urban population) #94 31.38
Countries by Prevalence of current tobacco use (% of adults) #105 14.30
Countries by Prevalence of current tobacco use, males (% of male adults) #108 22.50
Countries by UHC service coverage sub-index on non-communicable diseases #111 62
Countries by People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population) #122 24.72
Countries by Tuberculosis case detection rate (%, all forms) #128 70.00
Countries by population density #132 82.27
Countries by Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female (modeled estimate, % of children under 5) #138 2.60
Countries by Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male (modeled estimate, % of children under 5) #138 3.00
Countries by Prevalence of overweight, weight for height (modeled estimate, % of children under 5) #138 2.80
Countries by People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural population) #150 23.53
Countries by UHC service coverage sub-index on infectious diseases #157 47
Countries by People using at least basic sanitation services, urban (% of urban population) #158 48.45
Countries by Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total) #168 34.77
Countries by Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country) #168 102
Countries by UHC service coverage index #168 47
Countries by People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of rural population) #169 34.37
Countries by People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of urban population) #172 81.49
Countries by UHC service coverage sub-index on service capacity and access #183 23
Countries by People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population) #196 31.80
Countries by Life expectancy at birth, female (years) #205 63.22years
Countries by Life expectancy at birth, total (years) #207 61.09years
Countries by Life expectancy at birth, male (years) #210 58.92years
Countries by People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population) #211 50.00
Countries by median age #223 17.25

Trade

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Export unit value index (2015 = 100) #3 186.3
Countries by Insurance and financial services (% of service imports, BoP) #16 16.50
Countries by Grants, excluding technical cooperation (BoP, current US$) #22 1,131,220,787
Countries by Import value index (2015 = 100) #30 192.5
Countries by Transport services (% of service imports, BoP) #33 49.58
Countries by Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, manufactured products (%) #34 11.72
Countries by Transport services (% of commercial service imports) #35 51.18
Countries by Export value index (2015 = 100) #37 205.5
Countries by Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products (%) #39 12.12
Countries by Communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP) #41 43.67
Countries by Import unit value index (2015 = 100) #41 141.6
Countries by Tariff rate, applied, simple mean, manufactured products (%) #42 11.43
Countries by Tariff rate, applied, simple mean, all products (%) #51 11.44
Countries by Import volume index (2015 = 100) #52 130.3
Countries by Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products (%) #57 9.52
Countries by Tariff rate, applied, weighted mean, manufactured products (%) #59 7.81
Countries by Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products (%) #60 9.55
Countries by Binding coverage, manufactured products (%) #62 0.00
Countries by Binding coverage, all products (%) #62 0.00
Countries by Binding coverage, primary products (%) #62 0.00
Countries by Tariff rate, applied, weighted mean, all products (%) #66 7.25
Countries by Export volume index (2015 = 100) #68 129.7
Countries by Tariff rate, applied, simple mean, primary products (%) #73 11.58
Countries by Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, primary products (%) #75 9.63
Countries by Tariff rate, applied, weighted mean, primary products (%) #82 5.64
Countries by Personal transfers, receipts (BoP, current US$) #84 521668377.19
Countries by Transport services (% of service exports, BoP) #103 13.92
Countries by Merchandise trade (% of GDP) #108 52.19
Countries by Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports) #112 16.58
Countries by Personal remittances, received (current US$) #114 590,000,000
Countries by Secondary income, other sectors, payments (BoP, current US$) #116 223769615.88
Countries by Secondary income receipts (BoP, current US$) #117 1038283001.45
Countries by Goods exports (BoP, current US$) #118 5290512000.71
Countries by Logistics performance index: Quality of trade and transport-related infrastructure (1=low to 5=high) #119 2.3
Countries by Merchandise exports (current US$) #120 5,640,000,000
Countries by Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$) #123 4,458,757,155
Countries by Primary income receipts (BoP, current US$) #125 325660882.34
Countries by Logistics performance index: Competence and quality of logistics services (1=low to 5=high) #125 2.4
Countries by Exports of goods and services (BoP, current US$) #127 5911810703.16
Countries by Logistics performance index: Ease of arranging competitively priced shipments (1=low to 5=high) #130 2.4
Countries by Merchandise imports (current US$) #130 6,429,000,000
Countries by Exports of goods, services and primary income (BoP, current US$) #131 6237471585.49
Countries by Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) #132 5,879,933,434
Countries by Imports of goods, services and primary income (BoP, current US$) #134 8057315979.09
Countries by Goods imports (BoP, current US$) #135 5384015493.65
Countries by Imports of goods and services (BoP, current US$) #136 6834128285.65
Countries by Logistics performance index: Overall (1=low to 5=high) #145 2.3
Countries by Logistics performance index: Ability to track and trace consignments (1=low to 5=high) #150 2.2
Countries by Communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) #153 16.67
Countries by Logistics performance index: Frequency with which shipments reach consignee within scheduled or expected time (1=low to 5=high) #153 2.4
Countries by Logistics performance index: Efficiency of customs clearance process (1=low to 5=high) #154 2
Countries by Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) #160 41.70

Environment

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter) #6 58.47
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) #29 151.88
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #31 1.67
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) #36 138.08
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #37 0.03
Countries by Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic (% of total freshwater withdrawal) #41 45.92
Countries by Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) #44 208.82
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #46 0.22
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) #51 14.39
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) #52 5.27
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e) #54 0.38
Countries by Total greenhouse gas emissions including LULUCF (Mt CO2e) #57 74.73
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) #60 6.29
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) #69 21
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #74 2.3
Countries by Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP) #77 0.36
Countries by F-gases emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) #78 1.15
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) #89 0.35
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #97 0.02
Countries by Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (% of internal resources) #97 6.54
Countries by Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) #101 34.92
Countries by Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) #102 1.28
Countries by Annual freshwater withdrawals, agriculture (% of total freshwater withdrawal) #102 51.43
Countries by Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources #104 7.82
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #105 0.05
Countries by Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #111 3.05
Countries by Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area) #111 16.50
Countries by Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per 2021 PPP $ of GDP) #118 0.11
Countries by Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #120 0.54
Countries by Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #121 0.63
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #121 0.0035
Countries by Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (billion cubic meters) #122 0.82
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #124 0.0021
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #128 0.0014
Countries by Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #128 0.98
Countries by Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) #129 6.48
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #129 0.0024
Countries by Annual freshwater withdrawals, industry (% of total freshwater withdrawal) #130 2.65
Countries by Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita (cubic meters) #154 555.33per capita
Countries by Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) #166 1.48per capita
Countries by Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) #177 0.27per capita

Governance

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Voice and Accountability: Number of Sources #5 13
Countries by Military expenditure (% of GDP) #14 4.68
Countries by Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) #14 17.00
Countries by Control of Corruption: Number of Sources #16 12
Countries by Rule of Law: Number of Sources #16 13
Countries by Government Effectiveness: Number of Sources #17 10
Countries by Regulatory Quality: Number of Sources #27 9
Countries by Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism: Number of Sources #81 6
Countries by Military expenditure (current USD) #82 1023672220.14USD
Countries by Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism: Standard Error #82 0.23
Countries by Control of Corruption: Percentile Rank, Lower Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #97 38.21
Countries by Control of Corruption: Estimate #101 -0.17
Countries by Control of Corruption: Percentile Rank #101 49.53
Countries by Control of Corruption: Percentile Rank, Upper Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #105 57.08
Countries by Regulatory Quality: Percentile Rank, Lower Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #125 21.70
Countries by Regulatory Quality: Percentile Rank #131 34.91
Countries by Regulatory Quality: Percentile Rank, Upper Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #136 44.34
Countries by Voice and Accountability: Percentile Rank, Lower Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #150 21.57
Countries by Voice and Accountability: Percentile Rank #151 25.49
Countries by Voice and Accountability: Percentile Rank, Upper Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #151 30.88
Countries by Government Effectiveness: Percentile Rank, Lower Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #152 11.32
Countries by Rule of Law: Percentile Rank, Lower Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #152 17.92
Countries by Rule of Law: Estimate #153 -0.74
Countries by Rule of Law: Percentile Rank #153 24.53
Countries by Rule of Law: Percentile Rank, Upper Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #153 33.49
Countries by Voice and Accountability: Standard Error #154 0.12
Countries by Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force) #159 0.12
Countries by Government Effectiveness: Percentile Rank #160 21.23
Countries by Government Effectiveness: Percentile Rank, Upper Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #164 33.96
Countries by Government Effectiveness: Standard Error #180 0.22
Countries by Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism: Percentile Rank, Upper Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #191 8.53
Countries by Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism: Percentile Rank #193 5.69
Countries by Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism: Percentile Rank, Lower Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #193 2.37

Labour

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #11 80.56
Countries by Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #12 87.72
Countries by Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #12 74.41
Countries by Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #13 82.60
Countries by Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #14 77.16
Countries by Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #15 88.94
Countries by Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #17 17.26
Countries by Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #21 50.01
Countries by Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #22 51.78
Countries by Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) #24 61.35
Countries by Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate) #25 67.57
Countries by Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #26 53.84
Countries by Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) #40 74.00
Countries by Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #53 14.42
Countries by Labor force, total #58 9,914,873
Countries by Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) (modeled ILO estimate) #64 84.16
Countries by Labor force, female (% of total labor force) #79 46.52
Countries by Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) #118 4.26
Countries by Employment in industry (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #124 16.67
Countries by Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) #131 3.48
Countries by Employers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #136 2.75
Countries by Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) #142 2.80
Countries by Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #143 18.59
Countries by Employment in services, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #167 31.74
Countries by GDP per person employed (constant 2021 PPP $) #168 6470.85
Countries by Employment in services, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #168 31.40
Countries by Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #172 11.06
Countries by Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #172 31.56
Countries by Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #173 22.84
Countries by Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #174 17.40

Society & Culture

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Population living in slums (% of urban population) #3 87.88
Countries by Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) #14 75.26
Countries by Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) #17 80.03
Countries by Rural population (% of total population) #19 71.66
Countries by Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin #20 130,695
Countries by Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin #21 150,081
Countries by Fertility rate, total (births per woman) #22 4.19
Countries by Rural population #33 16,876,175
Countries by Population, female #59 11,818,695
Countries by Population, total #59 23,548,781
Countries by Population, male #59 11,730,086
Countries by International migrant stock, total #69 739,820
Countries by Women Business and the Law Index Score (scale 1-100) #83 82.5
Countries by Urban population #84 6,672,606
Countries by Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population) #92 14.62
Countries by Population density (people per sq. km of land area) #117 84.16km²
Countries by Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) #138 18.31
Countries by Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births) #146 1.04
Countries by Urban population (% of total population) #198 28.34
Countries by Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) #202 4.77

Agriculture

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Arable land (hectares) #31 7907388.7
Countries by Arable land (% of land area) #32 28.90
Countries by Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP) #34 20.93
Countries by Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant LCU) #36 2,041,378,425,600
Countries by Crop production index (2014-2016 = 100) #41 122.69
Countries by Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU) #46 2,935,081,490,400
Countries by Food production index (2014-2016 = 100) #49 118.84
Countries by Agricultural land (% of land area) #55 53.40
Countries by Cereal production (metric tons) #55 5147923.87
Countries by Forest area (sq. km) #69 60,664km²
Countries by Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$) #88 4840610622.5
Countries by Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) #88 3452872181.84
Countries by Average precipitation in depth (mm per year) #111 748years
Countries by Total fisheries production (metric tons) #126 31465.75
Countries by Forest area (% of land area) #129 22.17
Countries by Aquaculture production (metric tons) #132 1,187
Countries by Cereal yield (kg per hectare) #152 1221.1

Finance

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) #31 606.35
Countries by PPP conversion factor, GDP (LCU per international $) #37 205.61
Countries by Net foreign assets (current LCU) #41 2073526309306.41
Countries by PPP conversion factor, private consumption (LCU per international $) #41 199.49
Countries by Net domestic credit (current LCU) #57 4,956,080,975,340
Countries by Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) #119 27.11
Countries by Monetary Sector credit to private sector (% GDP) #119 27.16
Countries by Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio (%) #125 6.95
Countries by Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor (GDP) to market exchange rate #146 0.34

Business

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 5 data infrastructure score (scale 0-100) #24 85
Countries by SPI Pillar 5: Data Infrastructure #24 85
Countries by Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 1 data use score (scale 0-100) #61 90
Countries by SPI Pillar 1: Data Use #61 90
Countries by Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 3 data products score (scale 0-100) #71 79.21
Countries by SPI Pillar 3: Data Products #71 79.21
Countries by Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 2 data services score (scale 0-100) #73 78.4
Countries by SPI Pillar 2: Data Services #73 78.4
Countries by Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Overall score (scale 0-100) #75 76.37
Countries by SPI Overall Score #75 76.37
Countries by Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 4 data sources score (scale 0-100) #119 49.23
Countries by SPI Pillar 4: Data Sources #119 49.23

Technology

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Mobile cellular subscriptions #50 26,889,900
Countries by Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) #92 119.46per capita
Countries by Scientific and technical journal articles #106 411.23
Countries by Fixed telephone subscriptions #142 72,661
Countries by Fixed broadband subscriptions #175 15,060
Countries by Fixed broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) #196 0.07per capita

Development

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Net official flows from UN agencies, UNFPA (current US$) #10 5950359.82
Countries by Multilateral debt service (% of public and publicly guaranteed debt service) #15 77.19
Countries by IBRD loans and IDA credits (DOD, current US$) #40 2,616,134,000
Countries by External debt stocks (% of GNI) #48 48.76
Countries by External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$) #68 10845161721.4
Countries by Present value of external debt (% of GNI) #73 15.98
Countries by Use of IMF credit (DOD, current US$) #76 656217070.6
Countries by Public and publicly guaranteed debt service (% of exports of goods, services and primary income) #88 3.73

Energy

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output) #136 13.98
Countries by Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban (% of urban population) #153 46.50
Countries by Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural (% of rural population) #155 3.50
Countries by Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking (% of population) #155 17.00
Countries by Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population) #207 2.00
Countries by Access to electricity (% of population) #207 21.70

Geography

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by land area #73 274,200km²
Countries by highest elevation #108 749m
Countries by lowest elevation #111 200m
Countries by Coastline Length #191 0kilometers

Tourism

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by International tourism, expenditures (% of total imports) #82 3.69
Countries by International tourism, expenditures (current US$) #122 185199996.95
Countries by International tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) #127 114599998.47
Countries by International tourism, receipts for travel items (current US$) #144 116,000,000

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