Number of armed conflicts, annual growth rate in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Number of armed conflicts, annual growth rate was 0 % change on previous year in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Number of armed conflicts, annual growth rate in Burkina Faso, 2015–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in % change on previous year.
Analysis
Burkina Faso recorded 0 % change on previous year for number of armed conflicts, annual growth rate in 2025.
That represents a change of up 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of armed conflicts, annual growth rate in Burkina Faso peaked at 100 % change on previous year in 2017 and was at its lowest, -100 % change on previous year, in 2015.
That places Burkina Faso 8th out of 62 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Number of armed conflicts, annual growth rate in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | % change on previous year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | -100 % change on previous year | — |
| 2017 | 100 % change on previous year | -200.0% |
| 2018 | 50 % change on previous year | -50.0% |
| 2019 | 33.33 % change on previous year | -33.3% |
| 2020 | 0 % change on previous year | -100.0% |
| 2021 | -25 % change on previous year | — |
| 2022 | 0 % change on previous year | -100.0% |
| 2023 | 0 % change on previous year | — |
| 2024 | 0 % change on previous year | — |
| 2025 | 0 % change on previous year | — |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 20.83 % change on previous year | -100 % change on previous year | 100 % change on previous year | 4 |
| 2020s | -4.17 % change on previous year | -25 % change on previous year | 0 % change on previous year | 6 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
- 6 Afghanistan 50 % change on previous year compare
- 7 Colombia 25 % change on previous year compare
- 8 Burundi 0 % change on previous year compare
- 8 Brazil 0 % change on previous year compare
- 8 Cameroon 0 % change on previous year compare
- 8 Ethiopia 0 % change on previous year compare
- 8 Iran 0 % change on previous year compare
- 8 Iraq 0 % change on previous year compare
- 8 Israel 0 % change on previous year compare
- 8 Mexico 0 % change on previous year compare
- 8 Mali 0 % change on previous year compare
- 8 Mozambique 0 % change on previous year compare
- 8 Niger 0 % change on previous year compare
- 8 Pakistan 0 % change on previous year compare
- 8 Palestine 0 % change on previous year compare
- 8 Russia 0 % change on previous year compare
- 8 Chad 0 % change on previous year compare
- 8 Yemen 0 % change on previous year compare
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 number of armed conflicts, annual growth rate in Burkina Faso?
- Number of armed conflicts, annual growth rate in Burkina Faso was 0 % change on previous year in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest number of armed conflicts, annual growth rate recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 100 % change on previous year in 2017.
- What is the lowest number of armed conflicts, annual growth rate recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was -100 % change on previous year in 2015.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for number of armed conflicts, annual growth rate?
- Burkina Faso ranks 8th out of 62 countries with data for 2025.
- Is number of armed conflicts, annual growth rate rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Number of armed conflicts, annual growth rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
The year-on-year percentage change in Number of armed conflicts. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Computed from
- Number of armed conflicts Uppsala Conflict Data Program and Peace Research Institute Oslo (2026); geoBoundaries (2023) – processed by Our World in Data
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The year-on-year percentage change in Number of armed conflicts. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.