Portulans Institute

Burkina Faso

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Key Indicators
Income Group Low income
Regional Group Sub-Saharan Africa
Population (Total) 23,548,781
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) 2,733

Performance Overview

ISO3

BFA

Country

Burkina Faso

Score

23.52

Rank

130

Input

127

Output

133

Enable

26.87

Attract

43.01

Grow

15.66

Retain

26.36

VT

20.31

GA

8.94

Pillar: Enable Score: 26.87Rank: 131
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Regulatory Landscape

31.81 116

1. Government effectiveness

31.55113

2. Rule of law

34.23105

3. Political stability

16.71131

4. Regulatory quality

35.5494

5. Corruption

41.0066

Market Landscape

15.27 133

1. Extent of market dominance

41.1792

2. Domestic credit to private sector

9.94100

3. Cluster development

28.66133

4. R&D expenditure

3.8884

5. Population covered by at least a 3G mobile network

1.56131

6. Internet access in schools

0.4290

7. Urbanisation

21.22120

Business & Labour Landscape

33.53 131

1. Labour rights

89.3046

2. Labour-employer cooperation

49.38113

3. Professional management

35.44126

4. Relationship of pay to productivity

28.32130

5. Enterprise software

9.75110

6. Cloud computing

6.59115

7. Firms with website

15.91107
Pillar: Attract Score: 43.01Rank: 103
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External Openness

24.56 107

1. FDI regulatory restrictiveness

n/an/a

2. Financial globalisation

61.5164

3. Migrant stock

5.8783

4. International students

6.2977

5. Brain gain

n/an/a

6. AI skills migration

n/an/a

Internal Openness

61.46 71

1. Tolerance of minorities

41.4968

2. Tolerance of immigrants

78.4625

3. Social mobility

56.0172

4. Economic empowerment of women

82.5072

5. Gender parity in high-skilled jobs

69.4777

6. Leadership opportunities for women

40.82132
Pillar: Grow Score: 15.66Rank: 129
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Formal Education

6.34 110

1. Vocational enrolment

7.8796

2. Tertiary enrolment

4.51117

3. Tertiary education expenditure

12.9948

4. Reading, maths, and science

n/an/a

5. University ranking

0.0079

Lifelong Learning

14.22 134

1. Business masters education

0.0064

2. Prevalence of training in firms

10.71102

3. Employee development

31.96131

Access to Growth Opportunities

26.41 125

1. Delegation of authority

36.93131

2. Youth inclusion

54.8386

3. Use of virtual social networks

12.06121

4. Use of virtual professional networks

1.81123
Pillar: Retain Score: 26.36Rank: 125
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Sustainability

25.19 128

1. Pension coverage

5.81129

2. Social protection

35.2388

3. Brain retention

n/an/a

4. Environmental performance

42.2087

5. Vulnerable employment

20.79120

6. Protect Against Future Disasters

35.6289

7. Household Financial Resilience

11.52103

Lifestyle

27.52 120

1. Personal rights

53.6676

2. Personal safety

43.66103

3. Physician density

1.15128

4. Sanitation

12.87129

5. Employee Wellbeing / Happiness score (life ladder)

26.28110
Pillar: Vocational and Technical Skills (VT) Score: 20.31Rank: 134
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Mid-level Skills

6.96 129

1. Workforce with secondary education

2.51128

2. Population with secondary education

2.52120

3. Technicians and associate professionals

16.8395

4. Labour productivity per employee

5.97106

Employability

33.67 133

1. Ease of finding skilled employees

47.68103

2. Relevance of education system to the economy

30.04115

3. Skills matching

0.00113

4. Highly educated unemployment

56.94105
Pillar: Generalist Adaptive Skills (GA) Score: 8.94Rank: 125
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High-level Skills

9.47 126

1. Workforce with tertiary education

2.34127

2. Soft Skills

n/an/a

3. Professionals

10.26102

4. Researchers

n/an/a

5. Senior officials and managers

15.8379

6. Digital skills

n/an/a

7. AI talent concentration

n/an/a

Talent Impact

8.41 122

1. ICT services exports

6.2391

2. Mobile apps development

42.06114

3. Intellectual property receipts (% of total trade)

2.62104

4. High-value exports

5.8889

5. Software development

0.15130

6. New business density

1.31110

7. Scientific journal articles

0.62111

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