FreedomRankings
BF

Burkina Faso

Africa

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

Score
51.6
C-

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