🇧🇫 Burkina Faso Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

🇧🇫 Burkina Faso BF / BFA #74

Nomad Score 42.0

Cities 4

Region African Union, Francophone, Sahel, Africa, Africa, Western Africa, Least Developed Countries

Currency XOF

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary semi-presidential republic under a military junta

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 40/100

Press Freedom (2025) 52.3/100 #105

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.134

HDI 0.459

Regional Blocs AU

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary semi-presidential republic under a military junta

Title	Name
President of Burkina Faso	Ibrahim Traoré (interim)
Prime Minister of Burkina Faso	Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo (interim)

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 40 / 100

Interpretation Moderate corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 52.3 / 100

Global Rank #105 / 180

Rank Change -19 vs previous year

RSF Zone Afrique

Political #102 41.9

Economic #55 50.4

Legal #95 59.4

Social #80 62.8

Safety #126 46.8

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Higher scores = better press freedom.

📊 PRESS FREEDOM DIMENSIONS

Five dimensions of press freedom tracked over time. Higher = better.

🗳 DEMOCRACY INDEX

Electoral (2025) 0.134

Liberal 0.103

Participatory 0.104

Deliberative 0.048

Egalitarian 0.157

Source: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), CC-BY-SA. Scale: 0 (least democratic) to 1 (most democratic).

📋 PRESS FREEDOM HISTORICAL DATA

Year	Score	Rank	Political	Economic	Legal	Social	Safety
2025	52.3	105	41.9	50.4	59.4	62.8	46.8
2024	58.2	86	47.9	54.9	62.8	63.9	61.6
2023	67.6	58	62.8	58.3	67.5	81.3	75.6
2022	73.1	41	79.0	67.7	75.6	87.8	55.5
2021	76.8	37	-	-	-	-	93.1
2020	76.5	38	-	-	-	-	100.0
2019	75.5	36	-	-	-	-	34.4
2018	76.7	41	-	-	-	-	100.0
2017	76.2	42	-	-	-	-	93.1
2016	77.3	42	-	-	-	-	100.0
2015	76.2	46	-	-	-	-	82.1
2014	75.6	52	-	-	-	-	-
2013	76.3	46	-	-	-	-	-
2012	23.3	69	-	-	-	-	-
2010	15.0	49	-	-	-	-	-
2009	15.0	57	-	-	-	-	-
2008	13.0	63	-	-	-	-	-
2007	21.5	68	-	-	-	-	-
2006	16.0	70	-	-	-	-	-
2005	19.0	78	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index

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