Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day was 99.9% in 2021. ▬ Flat
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Burkina Faso, 1994–2021
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Burkina Faso is 99.9%, measured in 2021.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Burkina Faso peaked at 99.9% in 1994 and was at its lowest, 99.7%, in 2018.
Burkina Faso ranks 17th of 120 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 99.9% | — |
| 1998 | 99.9% | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 99.9% | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 99.9% | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 99.9% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 99.7% | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 99.9% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 99.9% | 99.9% | 99.9% | 2 |
| 2000s | 99.9% | 99.9% | 99.9% | 2 |
| 2010s | 99.8% | 99.7% | 99.9% | 2 |
| 2020s | 99.9% | 99.9% | 99.9% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
More poverty & inequality data for Burkina Faso
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 2 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 4.19 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,198 kg per hectare (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -1.9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 18.4 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 18.4% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Burkina Faso?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Burkina Faso was 99.9% in 2021, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 99.9% in 1994.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 99.7% in 2018.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day?
- Burkina Faso ranks 17th out of 120 countries with data for 2021.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $40 per day.