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Population Pyramid

Year: 1950
1000 men aged 100+ in 19540 women aged 100+ in 19540 men aged 95-99 in 19540 women aged 95-99 in 1954900 men aged 90-94 in 19540 women aged 90-94 in 19540 men aged 85-89 in 19540 women aged 85-89 in 1954800 men aged 80-84 in 19540 women aged 80-84 in 19547 men aged 75-79 in 19544 women aged 75-79 in 19547016 men aged 70-74 in 195412 women aged 70-74 in 195430 men aged 65-69 in 195424 women aged 65-69 in 19546045 men aged 60-64 in 195437 women aged 60-64 in 195462 men aged 55-59 in 195452 women aged 55-59 in 19545081 men aged 50-54 in 195471 women aged 50-54 in 195499 men aged 45-49 in 195488 women aged 45-49 in 195440119 men aged 40-44 in 1954109 women aged 40-44 in 1954138 men aged 35-39 in 1954128 women aged 35-39 in 195430157 men aged 30-34 in 1954149 women aged 30-34 in 1954176 men aged 25-29 in 1954170 women aged 25-29 in 195420201 men aged 20-24 in 1954194 women aged 20-24 in 1954236 men aged 15-19 in 1954222 women aged 15-19 in 195410268 men aged 10-14 in 1954253 women aged 10-14 in 1954302 men aged 5-9 in 1954285 women aged 5-9 in 19540367 men aged 0-4 in 1954355 women aged 0-4 in 1954age5001.0K1.5K2.0K2.5K3.0K5001.0K1.5K2.0K2.5K3.0K
females
males
Population in thousands

Life Expectancy

Life expectancy is 30
020406080100

Total fertility rate

Total fertility rate is 6.30
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Year : 1954 Note: Years 2017 to 2100 are projected data.
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Source: United Nations, Population Division, World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision

Healthy life expectancy

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Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory data repository

Healthy life expectancy estimates the expected years of life in good health for persons at a given age.

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Investments

Investments as share of GDP in health, education, social protection and the real economy.

Percentage of GDP spent on health,2014
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Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators and ILO, World Social Protection Report.

Health024681012Percentage of GDP

Percentage of GDP spent by the government on social protection,2015
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Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators and ILO, World Social Protection Report.

Education0.01.02.03.04.05.06.0Percentage of GDP

Percentage of GDP spent on social protection for persons above statutory pension age,2017/2018
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Public social protection expenditure on pensions and other benefits, excluding health, for persons above statuatory pensionable age

Social protection0.00.51.01.52.0Percentage of GDP

Percentage of GDP spent on the real economy,2015
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Investment in the real economy is measured by gross fixed capital formation (in current US$). It includes land improvements, plants, machinery, and equipment purchases, the constructions of roads, railways, etc.

Real economy051015202530Percentage of GDP
Burkina FasoHigh income countriesMiddle income countriesLow income countries

Empowerment

Demand for Family Planning satisfied by Modern Methods, 2010

Percentage of women age 15-49 have their need for family planning satisfied

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Source: Latest available nationally representative household survey and UNFPA, 2018
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Percentage of women age 15-49

Demand for Family Planning satisfied by Modern Methods 2016-17

Demand for family planning satisfied by modern methods of contraception (% of women 15-49)

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Source: Latest available nationally representative household survey and UNFPA, 2018
Created with Highcharts 6.1.1Porportion of women age 15 - 49percentage of women (15-49) who have their need for family planning satisfied by modern methodsDHS 1994-95DHS 2000DHS 2005-06DHS 2012DHS 2016-17National01020304050

Women's choice, 2010

Proportion of women who make their own informed decisions regarding sexual relations, contraceptive use and reproductive health care (% of women 15-49)

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Source UNFPA 2018
19.9%

Adolescent birth rate, latest year available
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Latest available year between 2006 to 2017.
Source: United Nations, SDG indicator database

Created with Highcharts 6.1.1Birth rate (per 1,000 women aged 15-19 years)Burkina Faso0255075100125150

Child marriage among women age 20 to 24

Percentage of women age 20-24 married before 15 or 18

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Source: United Nations, SDG indicator database
Marriage before 15Marriage between age 15 and 18Marriage after 18

Prevalence of FGM among women and adolescents

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Source: United Nations, SDG indicator database
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Data are not publicly available for this indicator.

Intimate partner violence 2012

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Source: United Nations, SDG indicator database

Proportion of ever-partnered women and girls subjected to physical and sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in the previous 12 months

13.7%

Education

Participation - Gross enrolment, 2016

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Number of students enrolled in a given level of education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the official school-age population corresponding to the same level of education. A high value indicates high degree of participation, whether the student belongs to the official age group or not. It can exceed 100% due to the inclusion of over-aged and under-aged students, due to early or late entrants, and grade repetition.

Source: UNESCO, Institute for Statistics

Primary, secondary and tertiary gross school enrolment, by sex

Created with Highcharts 6.1.1Number of students per 100 person respective agegroupMaleFemalePrimarySecondaryTertiary020406080100

Educational attainment, 2016

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Educational attainment refers to the highest level of education that an individual has completed.

Source: UNESCO, Institute for Statistics

Share of population by educational attainment, population 25 years and older

Country codeLower and upper secondaryPrimaryNo schooling or incomplete primary

Literacy rate by age and sex 2014

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Source: UNESCO, Institute for Statistics
Created with Highcharts 6.1.1Age GroupPercentage of PopulationMaleFemale15-2425-6465+02.557.51012.51517.52022.52527.53032.53537.54042.54547.55052.55557.560

Employment

Not In Education, Employment Or Training

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Source: ILO, ILOSTAT

Proportion of youth (aged 15-24 years) not in education, employment or training

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Data are not publicly available for this indicator.

Labour-force participation rate as per age group

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Source: ILO, ILOSTAT
Age group:
Labour-force participation rateYears1990199219941996199820002002200420062008201020122014201620180102030405060708090
Labour-force participation rateYears1990199219941996199820002002200420062008201020122014201620180102030405060708090100
Labour-force participation rateYears1990199219941996199820002002200420062008201020122014201620180102030405060708090100
Labour-force participation rateYears19901992199419961998200020022004200620082010201220142016201801020304050607080
  • Male
  • Female

Unemployment by age and sex: 2017

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Source: ILO, ILOSTAT

Percentage of persons who are available for work, and looking for a job, but are not working

Created with Highcharts 6.1.1Age groupsPercent of population in a specific age groupMaleFemale25+15-2400.250.50.7511.251.51.7522.252.52.7533.253.53.7544.254.54.7555.255.55.7566.256.5

Working poverty by age and sex: 2017

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Source: ILO, ILOSTAT

Percentage of employed living below US$1.90 purchasing power parity


Created with Highcharts 6.1.1Age groupsPercent of population in a specific age groupMaleFemale25+15-2402.557.51012.51517.52022.52527.53032.53537.54042.545

Vulnerably employed people by sex: 2017

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Source: ILO, ILOSTAT

People who are ‘own-account’
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‘Own-account’ workers are self-employed and do not engage employees on a continuous basis. Source: ILO, ILOSTAT
and ‘contributing family’
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‘Contributing family’ workers hold self-employment jobs within an establishment operated by a relative, but with involvement too limited to be considered a partner. Source: ILO, ILOSTAT
workers are classified as vulnerably employed by the ILO

Created with Highcharts 6.1.1Percentage of employed personsEmployersEmployeesContributing family workersOwn-account workersFemaleMale05101520253035404550556065707580859095100

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