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FAO Representative: Mr. François RASOLO   |   e-mail: FAO-BF@fao.org  
Country codes
ISO3:  BFA ISO2:  BF
UN:  854 GAUL:  42
UNDP:  BKF FAOSTAT:  233
Key statistics

Country area: 27422 (1000 Ha)
Source: FAOSTAT. Official data, 2009.

Land area: 27360 (1000 Ha)
Source: FAOSTAT. Estimated, 2009.

Agricultural area: 11965 (1000 Ha)
Source: FAOSTAT. Estimated, 2009.

Population: 16469 (1000)
Source: FAOSTAT. Estimated, 2010.

GDP: 8141 (millions of US dollars)
Source: World Bank. Estimated, 2009.

Human development index: 0.305
Source: UNDP - HDRO. Calculated, 2010.

Global hunger index: 17.2
Source: IFPRI. Calculated, 2011.

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Thematic profiles and systems:

 FAO Country briefs - Brief overview of country's people, agriculture and FAO's major in-country development activities.

 FAO Projects in the country - from the Field Programme Management Information System (FPMIS). The content is coordinated by the Technical Cooperation Department of FAO.

 Country Profiles and International Human Development Indicators - Human Development Report Office (HDRO) – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

 Rural poverty country profiles - Produced by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

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Geographic and Economic groups:

Africa | Community of Sahel-Saharan States | Economic Community of West African States | West African Economic and Monetary Union | western Africa

Group members of Africa

Algeria | Angola | Benin | Botswana | Burkina Faso | Burundi | Cameroon | Cape Verde | Central African Republic | Chad | Comoros | Congo | Côte d'Ivoire | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Djibouti | Egypt | Equatorial Guinea | Eritrea | Ethiopia | Gabon | Gambia | Ghana | Guinea | Guinea-Bissau | Kenya | Lesotho | Liberia | Libya | Madagascar | Malawi | Mali | Mauritania | Mauritius | Morocco | Mozambique | Namibia | Niger | Nigeria | Rwanda | Sao Tome and Principe | Senegal | Seychelles | Sierra Leone | Somalia | South Africa | Sudan | Swaziland | Togo | Tunisia | Uganda | United Republic of Tanzania | Zambia | Zimbabwe

Group members of Community of Sahel-Saharan States

Benin | Burkina Faso | Central African Republic | Chad | Comoros | Côte d'Ivoire | Djibouti | Egypt | Eritrea | Gambia | Ghana | Guinea | Guinea-Bissau | Kenya | Liberia | Libya | Mali | Mauritania | Morocco | Niger | Nigeria | Sao Tome and Principe | Senegal | Sierra Leone | Somalia | Sudan | Togo | Tunisia

Group members of Economic Community of West African States

Benin | Burkina Faso | Cape Verde | Côte d'Ivoire | Gambia | Ghana | Guinea-Bissau | Liberia | Mali | Nigeria | Senegal | Sierra Leone | Togo

Group members of West African Economic and Monetary Union

Benin | Burkina Faso | Côte d'Ivoire | Guinea-Bissau | Mali | Niger | Senegal | Togo

Group members of western Africa

Benin | Burkina Faso | Cape Verde | Côte d'Ivoire | Gambia | Ghana | Guinea | Guinea-Bissau | Liberia | Mali | Mauritania | Niger | Nigeria | Senegal | Sierra Leone | Togo


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