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 81.10%, a 11.8% decline from 2014.
- Burkina Faso poverty rate for 2014 was 92.90%, a 2% decline from 2009.
- Burkina Faso poverty rate for 2009 was 94.90%, a 1.1% increase from 2003.
- Burkina Faso poverty rate for 2003 was 93.80%, a 2.7% decline from 1998.
| Burkina Faso Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2018 |
81.10% |
-11.80% |
| 2014 |
92.90% |
-2.00% |
| 2009 |
94.90% |
1.10% |
| 2003 |
93.80% |
-2.70% |
| 1998 |
96.50% |
-0.90% |
| 1994 |
97.40% |
-0.90% |
