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Burkina Faso

Africa

Burkina Faso ranks #127 of 197 tracked countries with an overall freedom score of 51.6/100.

Score

51.6

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How to read Burkina Faso's freedom profile

With an overall score of 51.6/100, Burkina Faso is mixed — genuinely free in some areas and notably restricted in others. It ranks #127 of the 197 countries we track and sits within the Africa region, where it can be compared directly against its neighbours.

Its strongest freedom is Religion (9.3/10), while Political Participation (1.0/10) is where it scores lowest. That 8.3-point spread means Burkina Faso's record is very uneven — freedom here depends heavily on which right you look at. The category breakdown below shows each of the ten freedoms in full, with the source behind every score.

Universal category breakdown

Religion

9.3A+

Fraser HFI 2025 — Religion sub-index 9.3/10

Fraser HFIView source

Equal Protection

6.9B-

V-Dem 2025 — Equal Protection sub-index 0.686 (0–1)

V-DemView source

Economic Liberty

6.3C+

Fraser HFI 2025 — Economic Freedom sub-index 6.3/10

Fraser HFIView source

Freedom of Movement

6.0C+

Fraser HFI 2025 — Movement sub-index 6/10

Fraser HFIView source

Free Expression

5.2C-

RSF Press Freedom 2025 — Global score 52.3/100

RSF + Freedom HouseView source

Privacy

5.0C-

Editorial baseline — awaiting ingestion from the source index for this category.

EditorialEditorialView source

Due Process

4.5D+

WJP Rule of Law Index 2025 — Overall score 0.45/1 (x10 scale; blends Civil Justice + Criminal Justice + 6 other rule-of-law factors)

World Justice ProjectView source

Property Rights

4.3D

Fraser HFI 2025 — Property Rights sub-index 4.3/10

Fraser HFIView source

Assembly & Association

3.1F

V-Dem 2025 — Freedom of Association index 0.309 (0–1)

V-DemView source

Political Participation

1.0F

V-Dem 2025 — Participatory Democracy index 0.104 (0–1)

V-DemView source

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