Political Rights Score in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Political Rights Score was 2 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Political Rights Score in Burkina Faso, 2002–2025
Source: Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Burkina Faso recorded 2 for political rights score in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is down 33.3% on the previous year and down 90.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, political rights score in Burkina Faso peaked at 23 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 2, in 2025.
Burkina Faso ranks 168th of 197 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Political Rights Score in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 20 | — |
| 2003 | 19 | -5.0% |
| 2004 | 17 | -10.5% |
| 2005 | 17 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 17 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 17 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 17 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 17 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 17 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 16 | -5.9% |
| 2012 | 17 | +6.2% |
| 2013 | 17 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 9 | -47.1% |
| 2015 | 21 | +133.3% |
| 2016 | 23 | +9.5% |
| 2017 | 23 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 23 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 23 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 23 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 23 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 3 | -87.0% |
| 2023 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 2 | -33.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 17.62 | 17 | 20 | 8 |
| 2010s | 18.9 | 9 | 23 | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.5 | 2 | 23 | 6 |
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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 political rights score in Burkina Faso?
- Political rights score in Burkina Faso was 2 in 2025, according to Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest political rights score recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 23 in 2016.
- What is the lowest political rights score recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 2 in 2025.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for political rights score?
- Burkina Faso ranks 168th out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is political rights score rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is down 90.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
- The figures come from Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Political Rights Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Identifies the fine-grained extent of free and fair elections, political pluralism and participation, and a functioning government. Higher scores indicate more rights.