# Share of population in poverty ($3 a day): Burkina Faso

42.06163287162781% in 2021, the latest year published. Figures for 7 years from 1994 to 2021 are below.

Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $3 per day.

Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. [Source and method](/sources/extreme-poverty) · [All countries and regions](/extreme-poverty).

## Every year

| Year | Value (%) |
| ---: | ---: |
| 2021 | 42.06163287162781 |
| 2018 | 47.681063413619995 |
| 2014 | 58.737462759017944 |
| 2009 | 67.17336773872375 |
| 2003 | 69.63297128677368 |
| 1998 | 86.4439070224762 |
| 1994 | 87.64835596084595 |

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