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Burkina FasoBurkina Faso has an unemployment rate of 77.00% while Sao Tome and Principe has 13.50%
This entry contains the percent of the labor force that is without jobs.
Source:
CIA World Factbook
The life expectancy at birth in Burkina Faso is 54.78 while in Sao Tome and Principe it is 64.22.
This entry contains the average number of years to be lived by a group of people born in the same year, if mortality at each age remains constant in the future. The entry includes total population as well as the male and female components. Life expectancy at birth is also a measure of overall quality of life in a country and summarizes the mortality at all ages. It can also be thought of as indicating the potential return on investment in human capital and is necessary for the calculation of various actuarial measures.
Source:
CIA World Factbook
The number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given year per 1,000 live births in Burkina Faso is 76.80 while in Sao Tome and Principe it is 49.16.
This entry gives the number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given year per 1,000 live births in the same year; included is the total death rate, and deaths by sex, male and female. This rate is often used as an indicator of the level of health in a country.
Source:
CIA World Factbook
The GDP per capita in Burkina Faso is $1,500 while in Sao Tome and Principe it is $2,200
This entry shows GDP on a purchasing power parity basis divided by population as of 1 July for the same year. A nation's GDP at purchasing power parity (PPP) exchange rates is the sum value of all goods and services produced in the country valued at prices prevailing in the United States. This is the measure most economists prefer when looking at per-capita welfare and when comparing living conditions or use of resources across countries. The measure is difficult to compute, as a US dollar value has to be assigned to all goods and services in the country regardless of whether these goods and services have a direct equivalent in the United States (for example, the value of an ox-cart or non-US military equipment); as a result, PPP estimates for some countries are based on a small and sometimes different set of goods and services. In addition, many countries do not formally participate in the World Bank's PPP project that calculates these measures, so the resulting GDP estimates for these countries may lack precision. For many developing countries, PPP-based GDP measures are multiples of the official exchange rate (OER) measure. The differences between the OER- and PPP-denominated GDP values for most of the wealthy industrialized countries are generally much smaller.
Source:
CIA World Factbook
Sao Tome and Principe consumes 0.1974 gallons of oil per day per capita while Burkina Faso consumes 0.0210
This entry is the total oil consumed in gallons per day (gal/day) divided by the population. The discrepancy between the amount of oil produced and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is due to the omission of stock changes, refinery gains, and other complicating factors.
Source:
CIA World Factbook
The per capita consumption of electricity in Sao Tome and Principe is 146kWh while in Burkina Faso it is 42kWh
This entry consists of total electricity generated annually plus imports and minus exports, expressed in kilowatt-hours. The discrepancy between the amount of electricity generated and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is accounted for as loss in transmission and distribution.
Source:
CIA World Factbook
Per capita public and private health expenditures combined in Burkina Faso are $37.80 USD while Sao Tome and Principe spends $109.20 USD
This entry contains the per capita public and private health expenditure at purchase power parity using US Dollars. This figure combines government, personal, and employer spending on health care
Source:
World Health Organization
0.70 in every 100,000 people are murdered annually in Burkina Faso compared to 3.30 in Sao Tome and Principe
This entry contains the number of victims of an unlawful death purposefully inflicted on a person by another person. Data is originally sourced from either criminal justice or public health systems.
Source:
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
The percentage of adults living with HIV/AIDS in Burkina Faso is 1.00% while in Sao Tome and Principe it is 1.00%. 5,500 people in Burkina Faso and 100 people in Sao Tome and Principe die from AIDS each year.
This entry gives an estimate of the percentage of adults (aged 15-49) living with HIV/AIDS. The adult prevalence rate is calculated by dividing the estimated number of adults living with HIV/AIDS at yearend by the total adult population at yearend.
Source:
CIA World Factbook
The annual number of births per 1,000 people in Burkina Faso is 42.42 while in Sao Tome and Principe it is 35.12.
This entry gives the average annual number of births during a year per 1,000 persons in the population at midyear; also known as crude birth rate. The birth rate is usually the dominant factor in determining the rate of population growth. It depends on both the level of fertility and the age structure of the population.
Source:
CIA World Factbook
With its 18,365,123 people, Burkina Faso is the 59th largest country in the world by population. It is the 75th largest country in the world by area with 274,200 square kilometers.
Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta) achieved independence from France in 1960. Repeated military coups during the 1970s and 1980s were followed by multiparty elections in the early 1990s. Current President Blaise COMPAORE came to power in a 1987 military coup and has won every election since then. There have been increasing protests over the belief that the president may try to run for a currently unconstitutional third term in the 2015 presidential elections. Burkina Faso's high population growth and limited natural resources result in poor economic prospects for the majority of its citizens.
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