Country scorecard
Burkina Faso
Africa · 22.7M people
ALPS
1.34
languages per person
#153 of 235 most multilingual
GLCI
8%
globally connected
Moderately multilingual — the average person here speaks 1.3 languages.
Most connected partners
Where a random person from Burkina Faso is most likely to share a language — the pair GLCI.
- 🇬🇳 Guinea98%
- 🇨🇲 Cameroon98%
- 🇸🇳 Senegal98%
- 🇳🇪 Niger98%
What people speak
Share of the population with at least conversational (A2+) command.
- French99%
- Fula30%
- English5%
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