Burkina Faso's prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women (% of women ages 15-49) was 43.9% in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 1.7 percentage points from 45.6% in 2013.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 43.9% | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | 43.5% | 2018 |
| Ten years earlier | 45.6% | 2013 |
| Highest | 55.6% | 2000 |
| Lowest | 43.1% | 2020 |
| Average since 2014 | 43.83% | 2014–2023 |
| First recorded | 55.6% | 2000 |
What the numbers say
In 2023, Burkina Faso's prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women (% of women ages 15-49) rose 0.7 percentage points on 2022 (from 43.2% to 43.9%).
Across the 22 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2022), the average change was −0.56 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.3 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 4.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.7 percentage points in 2023 and the biggest yearly fall was 1 percentage points in 2008. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2014 to 2023 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.19 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 60% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2023, Burkina Faso had the 18th highest value of the 192 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 43.9% | 2023 |
| World | 30.67% | 2023 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 36.15% | 2023 |
| Low income | 35.2% | 2023 |
Closest to Burkina Faso in the 2023 ranking
- Guinea — 15th of 192: 45.3%
- Guinea-Bissau — 16th of 192: 45.3%
- Somalia, Fed. Rep. — 17th of 192: 45.2%
- Sierra Leone — 19th of 192: 43.9%
- Angola — 20th of 192: 43.6%
- Maldives — 21st of 192: 43.5%
What this measures
Prevalence of anemia, non-pregnant women, is the percentage of non-pregnant women whose hemoglobin level is less than 120 grams per liter at sea level.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 24 values
| Year | Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women (% of women ages 15-49) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 43.9 |
| 2022 | 43.2 |
| 2021 | 43.1 |
| 2020 | 43.1 |
| 2019 | 43.3 |
| 2018 | 43.5 |
| 2017 | 43.8 |
| 2016 | 44.3 |
| 2015 | 44.9 |
| 2014 | 45.2 |
| 2013 |
Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women (% of women ages 15-49) in nearby economies
- Angola — 43.6% (2023)
- Benin — 49% (2023)
- Botswana — 30.9% (2023)
- Burundi — 38.4% (2023)
- Cabo Verde — 40.5% (2023)
- Cameroon — 38.7% (2023)
- Central African Republic — 42.6% (2023)
- Chad — 45.9% (2023)
- Comoros
More health data for Burkina Faso
- Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 13.81% (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 14.33% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female — 4.88 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 40.41% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male — 5.03 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 41.94% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total — 9.91 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 41.17% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 13.56% (2025)
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Questions people ask
- What is Burkina Faso's prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women (% of women ages 15-49)?
- 43.9% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2000?
- It is down 11.7 percentage points from 55.6% in 2000. The highest value was 55.6% in 2000 and the lowest 43.1% in 2020.
- How does Burkina Faso rank?
- 18th highest of 192 economies with data for 2023.
- Is the latest change in prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women (% of women ages 15-49) unusual for Burkina Faso?
- In 2023, Burkina Faso's prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women (% of women ages 15-49) rose 0.7 percentage points on 2022 (from 43.2% to 43.9%). Across the 22 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2022), the average change was −0.56 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.3 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 4.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SH.ANM.NPRG.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Global Health Observatory Data Repository/World Health Statistics, World Health Organization (WHO) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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