West Africa
Burkina Faso
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness
Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
The EU is Burkina Faso's #1 import source (world lens). Burkina Faso is the EU's #143 goods supplier.
Burkina Faso on the world stage
Total imports
$6.4bn
2024 annual
Total exports
$5.6bn
164 partners
#1 import source
China
15.8%
#1 export dest.
Switzerland
56.2%
2024 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).
Burkina Faso and the EU
EU imports from
€130m
0.0% of extra-EU
EU exports to
€865m
0.0% of extra-EU
EU supplier rank
EU's #143 supplier
EU trade balance
balanced or surplus
coverage 6.63
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember · estimated
Industrial
214
EUR/MWh
Consumer
201
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
555
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
–
of generation
regulated market
Power market
● Import dependenceMarket model
State monopoly (SONABEL)
Direct PPA
None
grid access: closed
Reserve margin
–
Regulator
Not independent
ARSE (Autorite de Regulation du Sous-secteur de l'Electricite)
Landlocked with one of the highest electricity costs in West Africa (~214 EUR/MWh). Depends on Cote d'Ivoire imports (35%) and expensive imported diesel (40%). Political instability under military government since 2022.
Tracked infrastructure
6 solar farms
186 MW · 1 building
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Metal mining
Tagged mines
258
none in the merged layer
Acid-drainage prone
1
high water-risk ore class
Main commodities
Gold, Zinc, Other mine
Mine-water verifiability
Blind spot
major gold sector; only regional water aggregates
Water risk is inferred from the ore class, not site measurements. Global mines: full layer →
Demographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
17.5
→ 24.8 by 2050
Fertility
4.11
above replacement
Working-age
55.5%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
4.8
→ 7.2 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 23.5M · still growing past 2100
By 2050: +59% (37.3M)