Burkina Faso Poverty Rate 1994-2023
Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.
- Burkina Faso poverty rate for 2018 was 80.00%, a 12.3% decline from 2014.
- Burkina Faso poverty rate for 2014 was 92.30%, a 1.9% decline from 2009.
- Burkina Faso poverty rate for 2009 was 94.20%, a 1.1% increase from 2003.
- Burkina Faso poverty rate for 2003 was 93.10%, a 3.2% decline from 1998.
| Burkina Faso Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2018 |
80.00% |
-12.30% |
| 2014 |
92.30% |
-1.90% |
| 2009 |
94.20% |
1.10% |
| 2003 |
93.10% |
-3.20% |
| 1998 |
96.30% |
-0.90% |
| 1994 |
97.20% |
-0.90% |
