This indicator shows the percentage of the population living on less than $1.90 a day at 2011 international prices. A measure widely used to gauge income poverty.
Burkina Faso is reported as having 33.7% of its population in poverty, this places Burkina Faso 19th of the 78 countries which have people living in poverty.
Burkina Faso's data is highlighted in the table below, use the filter and sort order options to allow easy comparison with other countries.
Data source: United Nations, Washington D.C.