Burkina Faso: Poverty at 1.90 USD per day

The latest value from 2021 is 42.1 percent, a decline from 47.7 percent in 2018. In comparison, the world average is 8.17 percent, based on data from 80 countries. Historically, the average for Burkina Faso from 1994 to 2021 is 65.61 percent. The minimum value, 42.1 percent, was reached in 2021 while the maximum of 87.6 percent was recorded in 1994. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.

Definition: Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $3.00 a day at 2021 purchasing power adjusted 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.