Portulans Institute

Burkina Faso

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Key Indicators
Income Group Low income
Regional Group Africa
Population (Total) 22,673,762
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) 2,656

Performance Overview

ISO3

BFA

Country

Burkina Faso

Score

26.63

Rank

129

Technology

12.14

People

24.29

Governance

35.29

Impact

34.79

Pillar: Technology Score: 12.14 Rank: 134
SCORERANK

Access

26.26 133

1. Mobile tariffs

10.18 127

2. Handset prices

14.65 128

3. FTTH/building Internet subscriptions

0.88 124

4. Population covered by at least a 3G mobile network

73.79 130

5. International Internet bandwidth

57.82 121

6. Internet access in schools

0.23 82

Content

0.63 129

1. GitHub commits

0.09 132

2. Internet domain registrations

0.05 131

3. Mobile apps development

n/a

4. AI scientific publications

1.76 91

Future technologies

9.52 131

1. Adoption of emerging technologies

2.44 126

2. Investment in emerging technologies

24.00 111

3. Robot density

n/a

4. Computer software spending

2.13 114
Pillar: People Score: 24.29 Rank: 123
SCORERANK

Individuals

9.32 133

1. Active Mobile Broadband Subscriptions Count

0.31 118

2. ICT skills in the education system

n/a

3. Use of virtual social networks

6.06 124

4. Tertiary enrollment

4.60 115

5. Adult literacy rate

26.32 102

6. AI talent concentration

n/a

Businesses

45.03 65

1. Firms with website

n/a

2. GERD financed by business enterprise

n/a

3. Knowledge intensive employment

17.14 94

4. Annual investment in telecommunication services

72.92 99

5. GERD performed by business enterprise

n/a

Governments

18.50 116

1. Government online services

30.70 117

2. Publication and use of open data

20.59 72

3. Government promotion of investment in emerging tech

18.40 106

4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education

4.32 85
Pillar: Governance Score: 35.29 Rank: 121
SCORERANK

Trust

21.17 115

1. Secure internet servers

13.67 131

2. Cybersecurity

38.92 100

3. Online access to financial account

27.27 68

4. Internet shopping

4.82 110

Regulation

62.61 77

1. Regulatory quality

39.05 95

2. ICT regulatory environment

84.71 58

3. Regulation of emerging technologies

n/a

4. E-commerce legislation

66.67 87

5. Privacy protection by law content

60.00 81

Inclusion

22.10 132

1. E-Participation

20.94 122

2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments

46.40 109

3. Availability of local online content

8.41 132

4. Gender gap in Internet use

0.00 105

5. Rural gap in uses of digital payments

34.76 107
Pillar: Impact Score: 34.79 Rank: 122
SCORERANK

Economy

13.46 121

1. High-tech and medium-high-tech manufacturing

n/a

2. High-tech exports

3.85 93

3. PCT patent applications

0.00 99

4. Domestic market size

38.86 103

5. Prevalence of gig economy

15.99 114

6. ICT services exports

8.59 86

Quality of life

40.59 123

1. Happiness

42.46 99

2. Freedom to make life choices

44.86 119

3. Income inequality

39.45 102

4. Healthy life expectancy at birth

35.57 119

SDG Contribution

50.34 111

1. SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being

24.54 124

2. SDG 4: Quality Education

n/a

3. SDG 5: Women's economic opportunity

75.22 71

4. SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy

66.98 86

4. SDDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

34.61 119

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