The record in plain text — overall score, categories, strengths and risks, momentum, resilience, strategic position, and diagnostics.
Strongest on Economy (49/100) — sharpest risk, active armed conflict.
| Category | Score | Key driver |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | 49/100 | GDP Growth |
| Governance | 36/100 | — |
| Quality of Life | 23/100 | — |
| Innovation | 18/100 | — |
| Stability | 27/100 | — |
Derived — composites of sourced indicators. Full audit trail in Data Provenance below.
| Signal | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| National Momentum | +2 | now 38, versus 36 three years ago, across 5 categories |
| Resilience | 42/100 | Pandemic 42 · Banking Crisis 46 · War / Conflict 23 · Natural Disaster 56 |
| Strategic Position | 28/100 | Demographics 58 · Resources 12 · Stability 27 · Education 13 · Technology 18 · Geopolitics 37 |
Burkina Faso scores 31 (weak) overall on NationsHelm's index. Momentum: up 2 points versus three years ago (now 38). Its strongest area is Economy (49/100). The risk drawing attention: Active armed conflict.
All 192 tracked indicators — 110 sourced, 82 derived — each with its exact source, series code, and refresh cadence. The complete source-by-source catalog is on the methodology page.
Full catalog →Per-indicator sources are always public on the methodology page — Analyst assembles the complete ledger in context.
Burkina Faso scores 31 out of 100 overall on NationsHelm's index (weak) — the unweighted mean of its sourced category scores. Its strongest area is Economy (49/100) and its weakest is Innovation (18/100).
Burkina Faso's Stability score is 27 out of 100 (weak), blended from World Bank governance indicators, V-Dem and UCDP conflict data.
Burkina Faso's Economy score is 49 out of 100 (weak), derived from World Bank, IMF and ILO indicators.
Burkina Faso's Quality of Life score is 23 out of 100 (weak), covering safety, healthcare, education, basic living conditions, environment and living conditions context from sourced indicators.
Burkina Faso's Governance score is 36 out of 100 (weak), from World Bank governance indicators and V-Dem democracy data.
Burkina Faso's Innovation score is 18 out of 100 (weak), from World Bank connectivity and business indicators, WIPO patent data and the Oxford Insights Government AI Readiness Index.
On NationsHelm's momentum read, Burkina Faso is up 2 points versus three years ago — 38 now, from 36 — across the 5 categories with time-series coverage.
Burkina Faso's defining asset is GDP growth, while its sharpest risk is active armed conflict — active organized-violence party this year (UCDP current-year toll).
Burkina Faso's Strategic Position score is 28 out of 100 (weak), weighing demographics, resources, stability, education, technology and geopolitics — each component sourced or derived, with unsourced components dropped rather than counted as zero.
On NationsHelm's Opportunity Index, Burkina Faso scores 33 out of 100 for Invest In — one of its three vectors, alongside Start a Business and Emigrate To, with a Resilience score of 42/100. Every input is sourced, so treat it as a starting map, not advice.