Burkina Faso
Download ReportKey Indicators
| Income Group | Low income |
| Regional Group | Africa |
| Population (Total) | 20,321,378 |
| Population as a share world total | 0.26% |
| GDP (current US$, millions) | 15,745 |
| GDP as a share of world total | 0.02% |
| GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) | 2,280 |
Performance Overview
IS03
BFA
Country
Burkina Faso
Score
25.79
Rank
125
Technology
10.53
People
22.49
Governance
38.14
Impact
31.97
| 1. Mobile tariffs | 28.97 | 119 |
| 2. Handset prices | 15.26 | 123 |
| 3. Households with internet acccess | 12.66 | 119 |
| 4. 4G mobile network coverage (% of population) | 0.00 | 130 |
| 5. Fixed-broadband subscriptions, 10Mbit/s or above (% of total subscriptions) | 0.00 | 122 |
| 6. International internet bandwidth, kb/s per Internet user | 53.95 | 119 |
| 7. Proportion of primary schools with access to Internet for pedagogical purpose | 0.14 | 70 |
| 1. GitHub commits | 0.01 | 132 |
| 2. Wikipedia edits | n/a | n/a |
| 3. Internet domain registrations* | - | - |
| 4. Mobile apps development | 18.40 | 128 |
| 1. Availability of latest technologies | 2.44 | 127 |
| 2. Company investment in emerging technology | 23.92 | 109 |
| 3. ICT PCT patent applications per million population | n/a | n/a |
| 4. Total computer software spending (% of GDP) | 2.43 | 111 |
| 5. Robot density | n/a | n/a |
| 1. Medium and high-tech industry | n/a | n/a |
| 2. High-tech exports | 11.28 | 72 |
| 3. PCT patent applications | n/a | n/a |
| 4. Labour productivity per employee | 1.57 | 114 |
| 5. Prevalence of gig economy | 16.77 | 115 |
| 1. Happiness | 40.25 | 108 |
| 2. Freedom to make life choices | 51.46 | 115 |
| 3. Income inequality | 71.39 | 54 |
| 4. Healthy life expectancy at birth | 21.39 | 122 |
| 1. SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being | 19.67 | 126 |
| 2. SDG 4: Quality Education | n/a | n/a |
| 3. SDG 5: Gender Equality | 43.11 | 115 |
| 4. SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy | 69.51 | 92 |
| 5. SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities | 27.37 | 119 |
| 1. Internet users | 13.75 | 123 |
| 2. Active mobile-broadband subscriptions | 10.55 | 118 |
| 3. Use of virtual social networks | 5.98 | 123 |
| 5. Tertiary enrolment | 4.18 | 118 |
| 5. Adult literacy rate | 24.35 | 105 |
| 6. ICT skills | 13.16 | 128 |
| 1. Firms with website | 8.94 | 121 |
| 2. Ease of doing business | 37.44 | 120 |
| 3. Professionals | 12.75 | 104 |
| 4. Technicians and associate professionals | 19.81 | 91 |
| 5. Business use of digital tools | 13.89 | 127 |
| 6. R&D expenditure by businesses | n/a | n/a |
| 1. Government online services | 44.85 | 109 |
| 2. Publication and use of open data | 21.63 | 67 |
| 3. Government promotion of investment in emerging technologies | 18.48 | 105 |
| 4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education | 62.72 | 17 |
| 1. Secure Internet servers | 10.45 | 131 |
| 2. Cybersecurity | 42.47 | 98 |
| 3. Online access to financial account | 27.27 | 69 |
| 4. Internet shopping | 2.00 | 119 |
| 1. Regulatory quality | 42.90 | 99 |
| 2. ICT regulatory environment | 84.56 | 65 |
| 3. Legal framework's adaptability to emerging technologies | 12.07 | 115 |
| 4. E-commerce legislation | 75.00 | 77 |
| 5. Privacy protection by law content | n/a | n/a |
| 1. E-Participation | 49.38 | 97 |
| 2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments | 40.14 | 112 |
| 3. Availability of local online content | 8.47 | 132 |
| 4. Gender gap in internet use | n/a | n/a |
| 5. Rural gap in use of digital payments | 63.01 | 76 |