Citizen satisfaction with democracy in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Citizen satisfaction with democracy was 0.7054 in 2020. ▲ Rising
Citizen satisfaction with democracy in Burkina Faso, 2008–2020
Source: Claassen (2022) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2020, citizen satisfaction with democracy in Burkina Faso stood at 0.7054. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 121.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citizen satisfaction with democracy in Burkina Faso peaked at 0.7054 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.3177, in 2008.
That places Burkina Faso 31st out of 131 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Citizen satisfaction with democracy in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 0.3177 | — |
| 2009 | 0.3179 | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.3182 | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.3236 | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 0.3314 | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 0.3614 | +9.1% |
| 2014 | 0.394 | +9.0% |
| 2015 | 0.4988 | +26.6% |
| 2016 | 0.6044 | +21.2% |
| 2017 | 0.7014 | +16.1% |
| 2018 | 0.6994 | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.7023 | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 0.7054 | +0.4% |
Burkina Faso compared with similar countries
- Burkina Faso's 0.7054 is above the median for low income countries, which is -0.2553. (11 countries reporting)
- Burkina Faso's 0.7054 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is -0.1972. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Citizen satisfaction with democracy in Burkina Faso changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | +26.6% | 0.394 | 0.4988 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.3178 | 0.3177 | 0.3179 | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.4935 | 0.3182 | 0.7023 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7054 | 0.7054 | 0.7054 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
More social development data for Burkina Faso
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 40,996 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 351,209 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 7 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 0 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 7 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0146 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 351,209 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0017 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is citizen satisfaction with democracy in Burkina Faso?
- Citizen satisfaction with democracy in Burkina Faso was 0.7054 in 2020, according to Claassen (2022) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest citizen satisfaction with democracy recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7054 in 2020.
- What is the lowest citizen satisfaction with democracy recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3177 in 2008.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for citizen satisfaction with democracy?
- Burkina Faso ranks 31st out of 131 countries with data for 2020.
- Is citizen satisfaction with democracy rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 121.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
- The figures come from Claassen (2022) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Citizen satisfaction with democracy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Central estimate of the average extent to which citizens are satisfied with democracy in their own country. It combines responses across more than one thousand nationally-representative surveys on how citizens' satisfaction with democracy.