Poverty share on less than 30 per day in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Poverty share on less than 30 per day was 99.56 in 2021. ▬ Flat
Latest (2021)
99.56
Change on year
up 0.0%
World rank
17th
of 120 countries
All-time high
99.89
in 1994
All-time low
99.52
in 2018
Years of data
7
1994–2021
Poverty share on less than 30 per day in Burkina Faso, 1994–2021
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2021, poverty share on less than 30 per day in Burkina Faso stood at 99.56.
That represents a change of down 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty share on less than 30 per day in Burkina Faso peaked at 99.89 in 1994 and was at its lowest, 99.52, in 2018.
That places Burkina Faso 17th out of 120 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the top quarter.
Poverty share on less than 30 per day in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 99.89 | — |
| 1998 | 99.77 | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 99.88 | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 99.79 | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 99.84 | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 99.52 | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 99.56 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 99.83 | 99.77 | 99.89 | 2 |
| 2000s | 99.84 | 99.79 | 99.88 | 2 |
| 2010s | 99.68 | 99.52 | 99.84 | 2 |
| 2020s | 99.56 | 99.56 | 99.56 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
More poverty & inequality data for Burkina Faso
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 2 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 4.19 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 1,198 (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 revenues vs income inequality 18.4 (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 4.36 % change on previous year (2023)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.555 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty share on less than 30 per day in Burkina Faso?
- Poverty share on less than 30 per day in Burkina Faso was 99.56 in 2021, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty share on less than 30 per day recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 99.89 in 1994.
- What is the lowest poverty share on less than 30 per day recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 99.52 in 2018.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for poverty share on less than 30 per day?
- Burkina Faso ranks 17th out of 120 countries with data for 2021.
- Is poverty share on less than 30 per day rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty share on less than 30 per day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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