COMCEC Transport and Communications
Outlook 2016
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Burkina Faso
Population (million people) 18.1 2015
GDP (current million US$) 11,099 2015
GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2011 international $) 1,562 2015
Global Competitiveness Index
Logistics performance index: Overall (1=low to 5=high) 2.73 2016
Quality of overall infrastructure, 1-7 (best)
Quality of roads, 1-7 (best)
Quality of railroad infrastructure, 1-7 (best)
Quality of port infrastructure, 1-7 (best)
Quality of air transport infrastructure, 1-7 (best)
Liner shipping connectivity index
Burden of customs procedure, (7=extremely efficient)
Container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units)
Merchant fleet by flag of registration, number of ships
Merchant fleet by flag of registration, tonnage
Container penetration (incl. transhipment) TEU/1,000 capita Landlocked
Motorways (Km)
Highways, main or national roads (Km)
Secondary or regional roads (Km)
Other roads (Km)
Total length of roads (Km) 15,304 2013
Paved roads (%) 24 2013
Paved roads (Km) 3,642 2013
Non-paved roads (Km) 11,662 2013
Length of roads by GDP per capita (Km/$) 22 2013
Road network density (km/1,000 population) 0.85 2013
Density of roads (Km/Km2) 0.06 2013
Vehicle ownership (vehicle/1,000 population) 91 2013
Estimated road deaths annually 5,072 2013
Mortality rate [deaths/100,000 population] 30 2013
Rail lines (total route-km) 622 2014
Rail network density (km/100,000 km2 land area) 227 2014
Rail network density (km/1 million population) 34 2014
Railways, goods transported (million ton-km)
Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km)
Air transport, freight (million ton-km) 0.1 2015
Air transport, passengers carried 122,589 2015
Per capita air passengers 0.007 2015
CO2 emissions of transport per capita
CO2 emissions from transport (% of total fuel combustion)
Fixed-telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 0.42 2015
Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 80.64 2015
Fixed-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 0.04 2015
Percentage of individuals using the Internet 11.39 2015