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Burkina Faso vs Somalia
How Burkina Faso and Somalia compare on 34 measures, from 1900 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Burkina Faso was higher: 61.1 years against 58.8 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Burkina Faso was higher: $787 against $465
- Population · In 2023, Burkina Faso was higher: 23 million people against 18.4 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Burkina Faso was higher: 3.3% of GDP against 1.54% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Burkina Faso was higher: 0.28 tonnes against 0.05 tonnes
Every measure
Burkina FasoSomalia
| Measure | Burkina Faso | Somalia | Over the years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health | |||
| Life expectancyyears · 2023 | 61.1 | 58.8 | |
| Child mortalitydeaths before age 5 per 100 live births · 2024 | 7.5 | 10.1 | |
| Infant mortalitydeaths per 1,000 live births · 2023 | 52.3 | 66.3 | |
| Depression% of people · 2017 | 3.69 | 3.79 | |
| Suicide ratedeaths per 100,000 people · 2017 | 13.2 | 9.9 | |
| People | |||
| Populationpeople · 2023 | 23 million | 18.4 million | |
| Population growth% a year · 2023 | 2.26 | 3.57 | |
| Fertility ratebirths per woman · 2023 | 4.19 | 6.13 | |
| Urban population% of people · 2025 | 28.9 | 55.1 | |
| Median ageyears · 2023 | 17.3 | 15.5 | |
| People aged 65 and over% of people · 2023 | 2.6 | 2.6 | |
| Net migration rateper 1,000 people · 2023 | -1.1 | 2.5 | |
| Economy | |||
| GDP per personUS dollars at 2015 prices · 2025 | $787 | $465 | |
| GDP growth% a year · 2025 | 5.3 | 42024 | |
| Inflation% a year · 2025 | -0.6 | 5.52024 | |
| Education | |||
| Adult literacy% of adults · 2023 | 41.6 | 54.12022 | |
| Politics | |||
| Electoral democracyindex, 0 to 1 · 2025 | 0.13 | 0.17 | |
| Human rightsindex, 0 to 1 · 2025 | 0.46 | 0.45 | |
| Conflict | |||
| Deaths in conflictsdeaths a year · 2022 | 2,595 | 3,110 | |
| Military | |||
| Military spending% of GDP · 2025 | 3.3 | 1.54 | |
| Military spending in US dollarsUS dollars at 2024 prices · 2025 | $844M | $193M | |
| Military spending per personUS dollars per person · 2025 | $37 | $10 | |
| Military share of state spending% of government spending · 2025 | 13.2 | 20.8 | |
| Armed forces personnelpeople · 2020 | 11,000 | 14,000 | |
| National power% of world capability · 2022 | 0.09 | 0.13 | |
| Armed forces, share of workers% of the labour force · 2020 | 0.12 | 0.47 | |
| Arms importsSIPRI trend-indicator values · 2025 | 34 million | 2 million | |
| Climate | |||
| Temperature°C · 2025 | 29.2 | 27.1 | |
| Days above 35 °Cdays a year · 2014 | 177.4 | 58 | |
| Tropical nightsnights a year · 2014 | 306.2 | 295.2 | |
| Technology and environment | |||
| CO₂ per persontonnes per person · 2024 | 0.28 | 0.05 | |
| Internet users% of people · 2024 | 28.3 | 27.9 | |
| Access to electricity% of people · 2024 | 34 | 54.4 | |
| Forest area% of land · 2024 | 12.3 | 7.8 | |
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, 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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