Share of people at risk of falling into poverty if payment for surgical care is required in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Share of people at risk of falling into poverty if payment for surgical care is required was 82.2% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Share of people at risk of falling into poverty if payment for surgical care is required in Burkina Faso, 2003–2022
Source: Harvard Medical School Program in Global Surgery and Social Change (PGSSC), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in % of people at risk.
Analysis
Burkina Faso recorded 82.2% for share of people at risk of falling into poverty if payment for surgical care is required in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 20 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.3% on the previous year and down 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of people at risk of falling into poverty if payment for surgical care is required in Burkina Faso peaked at 92.2% in 2004 and was at its lowest, 82.2%, in 2022.
Burkina Faso ranks 16th of 134 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.
Share of people at risk of falling into poverty if payment for surgical care is required in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | % of people at risk | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 91.5% | — |
| 2004 | 92.2% | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 88.4% | -4.1% |
| 2006 | 87.8% | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 90.3% | +2.8% |
| 2008 | 86.4% | -4.3% |
| 2009 | 89.9% | +4.1% |
| 2010 | 86.3% | -4.0% |
| 2011 | 85.7% | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 83.8% | -2.2% |
| 2013 | 82.9% | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 88.0% | +6.2% |
| 2015 | 83.4% | -5.2% |
| 2016 | 82.7% | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 86.9% | +5.1% |
| 2018 | 84.3% | -3.0% |
| 2019 | 84.2% | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 84.3% | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 84.1% | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 82.2% | -2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 89.5% | 86.4% | 92.2% | 7 |
| 2010s | 84.8% | 82.7% | 88.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 83.5% | 82.2% | 84.3% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
- 13 Yemen 86.5% compare
- 14 Chad 83.7% compare
- 15 Mali 82.5% compare
- 17 Tajikistan 81.5% compare
- 18 Guinea-Bissau 81.3% compare
- 19 Syrian Arab Republic 75.2% compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is share of people at risk of falling into poverty if payment for surgical care is required in Burkina Faso?
- Share of people at risk of falling into poverty if payment for surgical care is required in Burkina Faso was 82.2% in 2022, according to Harvard Medical School Program in Global Surgery and Social Change (PGSSC), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of people at risk of falling into poverty if payment for surgical care is required recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 92.2% in 2004.
- What is the lowest share of people at risk of falling into poverty if payment for surgical care is required recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 82.2% in 2022.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for share of people at risk of falling into poverty if payment for surgical care is required?
- Burkina Faso ranks 16th out of 134 countries with data for 2022.
- Is share of people at risk of falling into poverty if payment for surgical care is required rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
- The figures come from Harvard Medical School Program in Global Surgery and Social Change (PGSSC), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of people at risk of falling into poverty if payment for surgical care is required. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The proportion of population at risk of impoverishing expenditure when surgical care is required. Impoverishing expenditure is defined as direct out-of-pocket payments for surgical and anaesthesia care which drive people below the extreme poverty threshold.