Getting credit: Credit bureau coverage in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Getting credit: Credit bureau coverage was 2.0% in 2019. ◆ Volatile
Getting credit: Credit bureau coverage in Burkina Faso, 2004–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in % of adults.
Analysis
Burkina Faso recorded 2.0% for getting credit: credit bureau coverage in 2019. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 81.8% on the previous year.
Over the whole period, getting credit: credit bureau coverage in Burkina Faso peaked at 2.0% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2004.
That places Burkina Faso 114th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Getting credit: Credit bureau coverage in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | % of adults | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 0.0% | — |
| 2005 | 0.0% | — |
| 2006 | 0.0% | — |
| 2007 | 0.0% | — |
| 2008 | 0.0% | — |
| 2009 | 0.0% | — |
| 2010 | 0.0% | — |
| 2011 | 0.0% | — |
| 2012 | 0.0% | — |
| 2013 | 0.0% | — |
| 2014 | 0.0% | — |
| 2015 | 0.0% | — |
| 2016 | 0.0% | — |
| 2017 | 0.3% | — |
| 2018 | 1.1% | +266.7% |
| 2019 | 2.0% | +81.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.0% | 2.0% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
- 111 Solomon Islands 4.6% compare
- 112 Mali 3.5% compare
- 113 Sudan 2.3% compare
- 115 Benin 1.3% compare
- 116 Guinea-Bissau 1.2% compare
- 117 China 0.0%
- 117 Bangladesh 0.0%
- 117 Afghanistan 0.0%
- 117 Albania 0.0%
- 117 Algeria 0.0%
- 117 Angola 0.0%
- 117 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0%
- 117 Bahamas 0.0%
- 117 Barbados 0.0%
- 117 Belarus 0.0%
- 117 Belgium 0.0%
- 117 Belize 0.0%
- 117 Brunei Darussalam 0.0%
- 117 Bulgaria 0.0% compare
- 117 Burundi 0.0%
- 117 Cape Verde 0.0%
- 117 Cameroon 0.0%
- 117 Central African Republic 0.0%
- 117 Chad 0.0%
- 117 Comoros 0.0%
- 117 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.0%
- 117 Congo 0.0%
- 117 Djibouti 0.0%
- 117 Dominica 0.0%
- 117 Equatorial Guinea 0.0%
- 117 Eritrea 0.0%
- 117 Ethiopia 0.0%
- 117 Fiji 0.0% compare
- 117 France 0.0%
- 117 Gabon 0.0%
- 117 Gambia 0.0%
- 117 Grenada 0.0%
- 117 Guinea 0.0%
- 117 Haiti 0.0%
- 117 Iraq 0.0%
- 117 Kiribati 0.0%
- 117 Kosovo 0.0%
- 117 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.0%
- 117 Lebanon 0.0%
- 117 Liberia 0.0%
- 117 Libya 0.0%
- 117 Luxembourg 0.0%
- 117 Madagascar 0.0%
- 117 Maldives 0.0%
- 117 Malta 0.0%
- 117 Marshall Islands 0.0%
- 117 Mauritania 0.0%
- 117 Mauritius 0.0%
- 117 Micronesia, Federated States of 0.0%
- 117 Mongolia 0.0%
- 117 Montenegro 0.0%
- 117 Mozambique 0.0%
- 117 Myanmar 0.0%
- 117 Oman 0.0%
- 117 Palau 0.0%
- 117 Qatar 0.0%
- 117 Samoa 0.0%
- 117 San Marino 0.0%
- 117 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0%
- 117 Seychelles 0.0%
- 117 Sierra Leone 0.0%
- 117 Slovenia 0.0% compare
- 117 Somalia 0.0%
- 117 South Sudan 0.0%
- 117 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0%
- 117 Saint Lucia 0.0%
- 117 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0%
- 117 Suriname 0.0%
- 117 Syrian Arab Republic 0.0%
- 117 Timor-Leste 0.0%
- 117 Tunisia 0.0%
- 117 Türkiye 0.0% compare
- 117 Palestine, State of 0.0%
- 117 Yemen 0.0%
- 117 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.0%
More private sector data for Burkina Faso
- Merchandise trade 67.5% (2025)
- Food imports 11.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 46.9% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 7.57 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 7.1% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 2.7% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 11.08 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 460.07 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4009 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 96.38 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting credit: credit bureau coverage in Burkina Faso?
- Getting credit: credit bureau coverage in Burkina Faso was 2.0% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting credit: credit bureau coverage recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 2.0% in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting credit: credit bureau coverage recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2004.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for getting credit: credit bureau coverage?
- Burkina Faso ranks 114th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting credit: Credit bureau coverage (% of adults). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The credit bureau coverage reports the number of individuals and firms listed in a credit bureau’s database as of January 1 with information on their borrowing history from the past five years, and the number of individuals and firms that have had no borrowing history in the past five years but for which a lender requested a credit report from the bureau in the previous calendar year. The number is expressed as a percentage of the adult population.