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Burkina Faso vs Cameroon
How Burkina Faso and Cameroon compare on 37 measures, from 1820 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Cameroon was higher: 63.7 years against 61.1 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Cameroon was higher: $1,489 against $787
- Population · In 2023, Cameroon was higher: 28.4 million people against 23 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Burkina Faso was higher: 3.3% of GDP against 1.06% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Cameroon was higher: 0.35 tonnes against 0.28 tonnes
Every measure
Burkina FasoCameroon
| Measure | Burkina Faso | Cameroon | Over the years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health | |||
| Life expectancyyears · 2023 | 61.1 | 63.7 | |
| Child mortalitydeaths before age 5 per 100 live births · 2024 | 7.5 | 6.5 | |
| Infant mortalitydeaths per 1,000 live births · 2023 | 52.3 | 47.4 | |
| Depression% of people · 2017 | 3.69 | 3.75 | |
| Suicide ratedeaths per 100,000 people · 2017 | 13.2 | 14 | |
| People | |||
| Populationpeople · 2023 | 23 million | 28.4 million | |
| Population growth% a year · 2023 | 2.26 | 2.64 | |
| Fertility ratebirths per woman · 2023 | 4.19 | 4.32 | |
| Urban population% of people · 2025 | 28.9 | 55.7 | |
| Median ageyears · 2023 | 17.3 | 17.8 | |
| People aged 65 and over% of people · 2023 | 2.6 | 2.8 | |
| Net migration rateper 1,000 people · 2023 | -1.1 | -0.2 | |
| Economy | |||
| GDP per personUS dollars at 2015 prices · 2025 | $787 | $1,489 | |
| GDP growth% a year · 2025 | 5.3 | 3.5 | |
| Inflation% a year · 2025 | -0.6 | 3.5 | |
| Government debt% of GDP · 2025 | 53.2 | 40.5 | |
| Education | |||
| Learning-adjusted schoolingyears · 2020 | 4.5 | 5.3 | |
| Adult literacy% of adults · 2023 | 41.6 | 72.62018 | |
| Girls in primary school% of girls of primary-school age · 2018 | 77.7 | 88.72017 | |
| Politics | |||
| Electoral democracyindex, 0 to 1 · 2025 | 0.13 | 0.26 | |
| Human rightsindex, 0 to 1 · 2025 | 0.46 | 0.51 | |
| Conflict | |||
| Deaths in conflictsdeaths a year · 2022 | 2,595 | 660 | |
| Military | |||
| Military spending% of GDP · 2025 | 3.3 | 1.06 | |
| Military spending in US dollarsUS dollars at 2024 prices · 2025 | $844M | $580M | |
| Military spending per personUS dollars per person · 2025 | $37 | $21 | |
| Military share of state spending% of government spending · 2025 | 13.2 | 6.5 | |
| Armed forces personnelpeople · 2020 | 11,000 | 34,000 | |
| National power% of world capability · 2022 | 0.09 | 0.16 | |
| Armed forces, share of workers% of the labour force · 2020 | 0.12 | 0.34 | |
| Arms importsSIPRI trend-indicator values · 2025 | 34 million | 2 million2023 | |
| Climate | |||
| Temperature°C · 2025 | 29.2 | 25.2 | |
| Days above 35 °Cdays a year · 2014 | 177.4 | 31.6 | |
| Tropical nightsnights a year · 2014 | 306.2 | 238.7 | |
| Technology and environment | |||
| CO₂ per persontonnes per person · 2024 | 0.28 | 0.35 | |
| Internet users% of people · 2024 | 28.3 | 46.3 | |
| Access to electricity% of people · 2024 | 34 | 72 | |
| Forest area% of land · 2024 | 12.3 | 40.7 | |
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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