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Burkina Faso geopolitical profile

National context alongside 69 of 194 possible reviewed directions from Burkina Faso. Relationship scores remain directional: the reverse country view may differ.

3Cooperative66Mixed
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Global context

2026 OUTLOOK · ESTIMATES

Current-year economic outlook

IMF projections are shown separately from observed World Bank data and may be revised.

GDP$32.5BESTIMATE 2026 · latest actual 2024
GDP per capita$1.3KESTIMATE 2026 · latest actual 2024
Real GDP growth4.9%ESTIMATE 2026 · latest actual 2024
Inflation1.5%ESTIMATE 2026 · latest actual 2024

IMF World Economic Outlook · April 2026 database · published 2026-04-14 · downloaded 2026-09-25

World Bank Indicators API · downloaded 2026-09-17 · each card uses its latest available year · CC BY 4.0

ATLAS-DERIVED · ENGINE 1.0

Geopolitical position

A relational fingerprint calculated only from reviewed directions. Coverage is stated beside every aggregate.

Average toward reviewed countries+469 directions reviewed
Average from reviewed countries+469 directions reviewed
Cooperative or stronger3Scores of +10 or above
Competitive or worse0Scores of −10 or below
CURRENT REVIEWED LAYER

Relationships from Burkina Faso

Sorted from highest to lowest for navigation, not as a league table. Differences below 5 points are treated as practical ties. Select a row for the evidence-backed directional page and its reciprocal comparison.

CountryScoreBandConfidenceEvidence
ChinaBFA → CHN+24Cooperative76%Broad sourced evidenceGhanaBFA → GHA+12Cooperative54%Documented bilateral evidenceUnited Arab EmiratesBFA → ARE+12Cooperative45%Documented bilateral evidenceMoroccoBFA → MAR+9Mixed48%Documented bilateral evidenceRussiaBFA → RUS+8Mixed53%Documented bilateral evidenceIndiaBFA → IND+7Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceAlgeriaBFA → DZA+6Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceAngolaBFA → AGO+6Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceBangladeshBFA → BGD+6Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceEgyptBFA → EGY+6Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceEthiopiaBFA → ETH+6Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceIranBFA → IRN+6Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceIraqBFA → IRQ+6Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceKazakhstanBFA → KAZ+6Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceKenyaBFA → KEN+6Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceKuwaitBFA → KWT+6Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceMalaysiaBFA → MYS+6Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceNigeriaBFA → NGA+6Mixed57%Broad sourced evidenceQatarBFA → QAT+6Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceSouth AfricaBFA → ZAF+6Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceUzbekistanBFA → UZB+6Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceBrazilBFA → BRA+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyChileBFA → CHL+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyColombiaBFA → COL+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyDominican RepublicBFA → DOM+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyEcuadorBFA → ECU+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyFranceBFA → FRA+5Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceGuatemalaBFA → GTM+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyIndonesiaBFA → IDN+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyMexicoBFA → MEX+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyPeruBFA → PER+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyPhilippinesBFA → PHL+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlySaudi ArabiaBFA → SAU+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlySingaporeBFA → SGP+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyThailandBFA → THA+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyVietnamBFA → VNM+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyAustriaBFA → AUT+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceGreeceBFA → GRC+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceIrelandBFA → IRL+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceJapanBFA → JPN+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidencePakistanBFA → PAK+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidencePortugalBFA → PRT+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceBelgiumBFA → BEL+2Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceBulgariaBFA → BGR+2Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceCanadaBFA → CAN+2Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceCroatiaBFA → HRV+2Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceCzechiaBFA → CZE+2Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceDenmarkBFA → DNK+2Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceFinlandBFA → FIN+2Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceGermanyBFA → DEU+2Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceHungaryBFA → HUN+2Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceNetherlandsBFA → NLD+2Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceNew ZealandBFA → NZL+2Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyNorwayBFA → NOR+2Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyPolandBFA → POL+2Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceRomaniaBFA → ROU+2Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceSpainBFA → ESP+2Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceSwedenBFA → SWE+2Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceSwitzerlandBFA → CHE+2Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyTürkiyeBFA → TUR+2Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyUnited KingdomBFA → GBR+2Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceArgentinaBFA → ARG0Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyAustraliaBFA → AUS0Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyItalyBFA → ITA0Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlySlovakiaBFA → SVK0Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlySouth KoreaBFA → KOR0Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyUkraineBFA → UKR0Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyUnited StatesBFA → USA-1Mixed53%Documented bilateral evidenceIsraelBFA → ISR-5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators only
Methodology v1.1.1 frozen

Every component begins at zero. Only documented rules and measured thresholds alter the score; unavailable evidence is not converted into a neutral assumption. Gaps below 5 points should not be interpreted as a meaningful ranking.