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Comparison of Burkina Faso and Togo [S]ave

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Burkina Faso
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Geography
Area (km²)56,785274,200
ContinentAfricaAfrica
Land area (km²)54,385273,800
Water area (km²)2,400400
Land boundaries (km)1,8803,611
Border countries
  • Benin
  • Burkina Faso
  • Ghana
  • Benin
  • Cote d'Ivoire
  • Ghana
  • Mali
  • Niger
  • Togo
Coastline (km)560
Mean elevation (m)236297
Lowest point (m)0200
Highest point (m)986749
People
Population8,608,44420,835,401
Official languages
  • French
  • French
ReligionChristianMuslim
Government
Long country nameTogolese Republic-
Short country nameTogoBurkina Faso
Long local nameRepublique Togolaise-
Short local name-Burkina Faso
Former name
  • French Togoland
  • Republic of Upper Volta
  • Upper Volta
Government typePresidential republicPresidential republic
CapitalLomeOuagadougou
Economy
GDP (PPP) (USD)12,970,000,00035,850,000,000
1GDP (OER) (USD)4,767,000,00012,570,000,000
GDP (real growth rate) (%)4.46.4
GDP - per capita (PPP) (USD)1,7001,900
Gross national saving (% of GDP)16.19.3
Labor force2,595,0008,501,000
Unemployment rate (%)6.977
Population below poverty line (%)55.140.1
Budget revenues (USD)1,023,000,0002,666,000,000
Budget expenditures (USD)1,203,000,0003,655,000,000
Military expenditures (% of GDP)1.972.06
Taxes and other revenues (% of GDP)21.521.2
Budget surplus or deficit (% of GDP)-3.8-7.9
Public debt (% of GDP)75.738.1
Inflation rate (%)-0.70.4
Central bank discount rate (%)2.54.25
Commercial bank prime lending rate (%)5.35.3
Stock of narrow money (USD)1,335,000,0003,357,000,000
Stock of broad money (USD)1,335,000,0003,357,000,000
Stock of domestic credit (USD)1,950,000,0004,409,000,000
Current account balance (USD)-383,000,000-1,019,000,000
Exports (USD)1,046,000,0003,140,000,000
Imports (USD)1,999,000,0003,305,000,000
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold (USD)77,800,00049,000,000
External debt (USD)1,442,000,0003,056,000,000
National currencyCommunaute Financiere Africaine francsCommunaute Financiere Africaine francs
National currency (code)XOFXOF
National currency rate to USD617.4605.3



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