Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures was 0.9% in 2018. ▼ Falling
Latest (2018)
0.9%
World rank
5th
of 38 countries
All-time high
1.5%
in 1998
All-time low
0.8%
in 2009
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
In 2018, increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Burkina Faso stood at 0.9%.
The figure is up 8.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Burkina Faso peaked at 1.5% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 0.8%, in 2009.
That places Burkina Faso 5th out of 38 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the top quarter.
Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 1.5% | — |
| 2003 | 1.2% | -20.8% |
| 2009 | 0.8% | -29.7% |
| 2014 | 1.2% | +48.2% |
| 2018 | 0.9% | -26.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1 |
| 2000s | 1.0% | 0.8% | 1.2% | 2 |
| 2010s | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1.2% | 2 |
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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 0.9% 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 1.5% in 1998.
- What is the lowest increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8% in 2009.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures?
- Burkina Faso ranks 5th out of 38 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 8.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 the $2.15 a-day poverty line (%, national, rural, urban). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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