Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures was 0.5% in 2018. ▬ Flat
Latest (2018)
0.5%
World rank
25th
of 40 countries
All-time high
0.5%
in 2018
All-time low
0.5%
in 2014
Years of data
5
1998–2018
Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Burkina Faso, 1998–2018
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
The most recent figure for increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Burkina Faso is 0.5%, measured in 2018. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
The figure is up 10.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Burkina Faso peaked at 0.5% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 2014.
Burkina Faso ranks 25th of 40 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 0.5% | — |
| 2003 | 0.5% | -5.9% |
| 2009 | 0.5% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.5% | -4.2% |
| 2018 | 0.5% | +15.2% |
Burkina Faso compared with similar countries
- Burkina Faso's 0.5% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.5%, 1.0× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
More health data for Burkina Faso
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.67 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.8925 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,142 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 13,085 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 4 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 0.8681 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0693 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 0.7133 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Burkina Faso?
- Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Burkina Faso was 0.5% in 2018, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5% in 2018.
- What is the lowest increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2014.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures?
- Burkina Faso ranks 25th out of 40 countries with data for 2018.
- Is increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures, expressed as a proportion of a relative poverty line - 60% of median daily per capita consumption or income (%, national, rural, urban). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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