BURKINA FASO  
CONTACTS    
Manager Léopold OUEDRAOGO Email : louedraogo@brvm.org
Adress S/C Chambre de Commerce, d'Industrie et d'artisanat du Burkina Faso.
01 BP 502 Ouagadougou 01
Telephone (226) 50 30 87 73
Fax (226)50 30 87 19
 

DESCRIPTION

Head of State

Blaise COMPAORE

Area 274 200 Km2
Population 11 900 000 inhabitants
Key cities Ouagadougou (Capital), Bobo-Dioulasso, Banfora, Koudougou, Ouahigouya.
Key industries peanuts, sesame, cotton, corn, millet sorghum, shea butter, livestock, gold
Communications Telecommunications (telephone, telex, fax) - Road network: 13,117 km
Railways Abidjan - Kaya 619 Km in Burkina
Main Port Air Burkina
Airport OUAGADOUGOU, 2 km from city - Bobo, 6 km from downtown
Vaccinations Yellow Fever- risk of malaria
Visa Passport and visa required for all foreign nationals
Business Hours

7 a.m. - 12 noon/12:30 and 3 p.m. - 5:30 p.m./6 p.m. (Monday to Friday)

 
Area Code
226
Useful Addresses Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Arts and Crafts, BP 502 Ouagadougou
Tel.: 30.61.14/15 , Fax: 30.61.16, Telex 5268


National Office of Foreign Trade, BP 389 Ouaga, Tel: 30.62.23/24

UTA, BP 905 Cotonou, Tél.: 330.18.15
Burkinabé National Office of Tourism, BP 1311 Ouaga, Tel. 31.19.59/60
Local Time U.T.

 

MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS

(*) estimate Source: BCEAO Economic Indicators

1997 1998 1999* 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
TOTAL POPULATION ( millions of inhabitants ) 10.47

10.72 10.98          
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (billions of CFA francs)

1390.2

1584.8

1703.6

2090.4 2257.1 2460.0 2681.0 2927.4
CURRENT GROWTH RATE
4.8%

8.9% 4.5% 6.8% 4.6% 8.0% 4.1% 4.4%
INFLATION RATE
3.0%

4.9% NC 4.9% 2.3% 2.0% -0.4% <3%

DOMESTIC SAVINGS (billions of CFA francs)

169.1


216.5

240.2

         
DOMESTIC SAVINGS RATE 12.2% 13.7% 14.1%          
INVESTMENT (billions of CFA francs)

396.7 431.1 449.8          

INVESTMENT RATE

28.5% 27.2% 26.4%          
REVENUE PER IN HABITANT (CFA francs)

123,100 137,100 143,900