Distillers Burkina Faso
A one-page guide to Burkina Faso for the spirits trade: the country, its people, its economy and how it drinks.
At a glance
- Capital
- Ouagadougou
- Official languages
- Moore, Dyula, Fula, Bissa (national languages per Wikipedia); French and English working languages
- Currency
- West African CFA franc (XOF)
- Time zone
- UTC+0
- Area
- 274,200 km²
People
- Population
- 24.1 million (2025)
- Population growth
- 2.2% a year
- Living in towns and cities
- 28.9%
- Aged under 15
- 41.2%
- Aged 65 and over
- 2.7%
- Life expectancy
- 61.3 years
Economy
- GDP
- US$27.6 billion (2025)
- GDP per person
- US$1,148 (2025)
- Economic growth
- 5.29461839319283% (2025)
- Inflation
- -0.586235316330578% (2025)
Climate
Mainly tropical with two seasons: a rainy season of about four months (roughly May/June to September, shorter in the north; 600-900 mm) and a dry season with the hot, dry harmattan. The northern Sahel gets under 600 mm and temperatures range 5-47 C.
Alcohol
- Alcohol per adult a year
- 5.2 litres of pure alcohol (2022)
- What people drink
- Beer 83%, wine 8%, spirits 9% (2022)
Sources: World Bank (population, economy and demographics), WHO Global Health Observatory (alcohol per adult and drinking mix); Wikipedia: Burkina Faso (basics, climate, ports); Wikipedia: Legal drinking age; World Bank Open Data (population, GDP, growth, inflation, area); WHO Global Health Observatory: total alcohol per capita; UN Comtrade (HS 2208 trade); Sagaci Research: Spirits market in Burkina Faso. Figures are the latest each source publishes; the year is shown beside each one.