Areas Where Burkina Faso Is Better Than Niger

🇧🇫 Burkina Faso is ranked better in 8 indicators, while Niger is ranked better in 4 indicators.

• 🕵️‍♂️ Control of Corruption: Estimate

  -0.17 🇧🇫

  |

  -0.56 🇳🇪

  Higher values indicate better control of corruption, enhancing governance.

• 📜 Regulatory Quality: Estimate

  -0.49 🇧🇫

  |

  -0.82 🇳🇪

  Reflects the ability of the government to formulate and implement sound policies.

• 🌐 Logistics performance index: Overall (1=low to 5=high)

  2.3 🇧🇫

  |

  2.07 🇳🇪

  Overall assessment of logistics performance, crucial for trade and economic growth.

• ♀️ Gender Inequality Index

  0.56 🇧🇫

  |

  0.59 🇳🇪

  Measures gender disparities in reproductive health, empowerment, and labor market participation. Lower values indicate less inequality.

• ⚖️ Gender Development Index

  0.88 🇧🇫

  |

  0.86 🇳🇪

  Compares female and male Human Development Index (HDI) values. Higher values indicate more gender equality.

• 🌍 Human Development Index

  0.46 🇧🇫

  |

  0.42 🇳🇪

  Assesses long-term progress in health, education, and income. Higher values indicate better human development.

• 🌿 Planetary pressures–adjusted Human Development Index

  0.45 🇧🇫

  |

  0.41 🇳🇪

  Adjusts HDI by considering environmental sustainability. Higher values indicate better human development with lower environmental impact.

• 📊 Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index

  0.27 🇧🇫

  |

  0.27 🇳🇪

  Adjusts the HDI for inequality in distribution of each dimension. Higher values indicate better human development with less inequality.