Burkina Faso vs Congo: Augmented Human Development Index

Burkina Faso

0.2311

in 2020

Congo

0.2276

in 2020

Burkina Faso rank

139th

Congo rank

141st

Augmented Human Development Index over time

Burkina Faso
Congo

How they compare

Burkina Faso currently reports 0.2311 against 0.2276 in Congo, a difference of 0.0035.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Burkina Faso ahead.

Burkina Faso ranks 139th and Congo ranks 141st of 162 countries.

Individual pages

Augmented Human Development Index in Burkina Faso
Augmented Human Development Index in Congo
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Augmented Human Development Index
Source: Leandro Prados de la Escosura (2021) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 163 places, 3,421 data points, 1870–2020
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The AHDI seeks to give a historical perspective on human development, in four dimensions: healthy life, knowledge, a decent standard of living, and civil and political freedom.