Internally displaced people due to conflict in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Internally displaced people due to conflict was 2.06 million in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Internally displaced people due to conflict in Burkina Faso, 1993–2024
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Burkina Faso recorded 2.06 million for internally displaced people due to conflict in 2024. That is the highest value across all 32 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 268.3% over five years.
Over the whole period, internally displaced people due to conflict in Burkina Faso peaked at 2.06 million in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0, in 1993.
That places Burkina Faso 12th out of 202 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Internally displaced people due to conflict in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 0 | — |
| 1994 | 0 | — |
| 1995 | 0 | — |
| 1996 | 0 | — |
| 1997 | 0 | — |
| 1998 | 0 | — |
| 1999 | 0 | — |
| 2000 | 0 | — |
| 2001 | 0 | — |
| 2002 | 0 | — |
| 2003 | 0 | — |
| 2004 | 0 | — |
| 2005 | 0 | — |
| 2006 | 0 | — |
| 2007 | 0 | — |
| 2008 | 0 | — |
| 2009 | 0 | — |
| 2010 | 0 | — |
| 2011 | 0 | — |
| 2012 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | 0 | — |
| 2014 | 0 | — |
| 2015 | 0 | — |
| 2016 | 0 | — |
| 2017 | 2,350 | — |
| 2018 | 47,030 | +1901.3% |
| 2019 | 560,033 | +1090.8% |
| 2020 | 1.07 million | +92.0% |
| 2021 | 1.58 million | +47.0% |
| 2022 | 1.88 million | +19.1% |
| 2023 | 2.06 million | +9.6% |
| 2024 | 2.06 million | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2000s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2010s | 60,941 | 0 | 560,033 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.73 million | 1.07 million | 2.06 million | 5 |
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 fh 7 (2025)
- Democracy lexical 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 internally displaced people due to conflict in Burkina Faso?
- Internally displaced people due to conflict in Burkina Faso was 2.06 million in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest internally displaced people due to conflict recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 2.06 million in 2023.
- What is the lowest internally displaced people due to conflict recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 1993.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for internally displaced people due to conflict?
- Burkina Faso ranks 12th out of 202 countries with data for 2024.
- Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Internally displaced people due to conflict. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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