Burkina Faso (BF) is covered on EconEarth’s interactive globe with economy, market, and country data drawn from the same dataset used in the live app.
A Sahel economy of gold and cotton whose security crisis has overwhelmed an otherwise simple export model. Ouagadougou's markets still function. Mines and farms cannot grow while the countryside is unsafe.
Region: Africa. Population: 23M (rank #58). GDP per capita: $1,319 (2026, IMF). GDP growth: 0%. Inflation: 0%. Currency: XOF.