Background:

• Official name: Burkina Faso¹
• Location: West Africa, landlocked Sahelian country bordered by Mali, Niger, Benin, Togo, Ghana, and Côte d'Ivoire²
• Population: 23.4 million (2025 projection)³
• Capital: Ouagadougou⁴
• Official language: French⁵
• GDP: $18.2 billion (2024 estimate)⁶
• GNI per capita, PPP: $2,456 (2023)⁷

Membership of Regional Economic Communities (RECs):

• Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA)
• Former member of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) - withdrew January 2024
• West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU)
• Alliance of Sahel States (AES) with Mali and Niger - formed September 2023
• African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)

Additional Resources:

• Global Partnership for Education (GPE) partner since 2002
• Stratégie Nationale d'Éducation en Situation d'Urgence
• Partnership Compact with Millennium Challenge Corporation
• Alliance of Sahel States cooperation framework

Sources:

1. Ministère de l'Éducation Nationale, de l'Alphabétisation et de la Promotion des Langues Nationales
2. Ministère de l’Économie, des Finances et de la Prospective
3. Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie
4. African Development Bank
5. Ministère de la Communication, de la Culture, des Arts et du Tourisme
6. African Development Bank
7. World Bank Data