180 countries ranked by safety, peace, freedom and LGBT+ equality
Visiting: Not RecommendedLGBT+ visiting: Not Recommended
This one hurts to write off. Burkina Faso has Africa's biggest film festival, the jagged Sindou Peaks and one of the great mud mosques at Bobo-Dioulasso, and its name literally means 'land of honest men'. But the insurgency has spread across most of the country and every government tells its citizens not to go. Wait for better days — and if you're LGBT+, there'd be extra risk on top.
Intentional homicides per 100,000 people — lower is better.
Burkina Faso: 9.3
Ranked 36th in the world for the highest homicide rate.
An estimated 9.29 homicides per 100,000 people — an elevated rate by world standards. The 2021 estimate is the freshest figure that exists.
Higher than 77% of the 230 countries and territories measured.
How peaceful the country is — lower is better.
Burkina Faso: 3.0
Ranked 12th least peaceful country in the world.
More peaceful than 7% of the 163 countries ranked, scoring 3.016.
Holding steady — unchanged since 2024.
Personal and economic freedom — higher is better.
Burkina Faso: 6.2
Ranked 66th least free country in the world.
Less free than 65% of the 165 countries measured — 6.29 out of 10.
Day-to-day life (speech, movement, religion) scores 6.29; doing business and owning property, 6.27.
LGBT+ equality in law and daily life — higher is better.
Burkina Faso: 0.8
Ranked 57th least equal in the world for LGBT+ people.
Ranks behind 92% of the 197 countries scored for LGBT+ equality — 8 out of 100.
Law and public attitudes sit close together, at 6 and 10 out of 100.