Protected areas in Burkina Faso
Protected areas covered 16.8% of the territory of Burkina Faso in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2013.
Burkina Faso, 2025
16.8%
Change from 2024
+0.3percentage points
World, 2025
17.0%
Position in 2025
75th of 213
Protected areas in Burkina Faso over time
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% of total territorial area. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Burkina Faso | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16.8% | 17.0% |
| 2024 | 16.5% | 15.3% |
| 2023 | 16.4% | 14.9% |
| 2022 | 16.4% | 14.9% |
| 2021 | 16.4% | 14.7% |
| 2020 | 16.4% | 14.8% |
| 2019 | 14.9% | 14.5% |
| 2018 | 14.9% | 14.1% |
| 2017 | 14.9% | 13.5% |
| 2016 | 15.1% | 13.2% |
| 2015 | 15.8% | 12.1% |
| 2014 | 15.8% | 11.9% |
| 2013 | 15.8% | 11.1% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 16.5% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 15.8%, the figure has changed by +1.0 percentage points.
- Among the 213 countries with data for 2025, Burkina Faso has the 75th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 17.0%.