TOTAL POPULATION 13,575,000
CHILD POPULATION 6,244,500 |
Population Reference Bureau -2004 |
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TOTAL CHILD LABOUR
As per UNICEF estimates, 57%* of children aged 5-14 are involved in child labour. |
State of World's Children 2005, UNICEF |
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ECONOMICALLY ACTIVE POPULATION
For the year 2010, there are estimated to be 7,116,000 economically active people. Of them 581,000 children aged 10-14 or 28.2% of children in this age group are estimated to be economically active. |
ILO, Bureau of Statistics, Economically Active Population |
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GENDER RATIO
1030 females for 1000 males |
CIA, factbook-2005 (Fig is an estimate for 2005) |
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CHILDREN OUT OF SCHOOL
In 2001, 1,383,300 children aged 7-12 were out of school |
UNESCO's EFA Global Monitoring Report 2005 |
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PROGRESS ON PRIMARY EDUCATION MDG
With an EDI of 0.429, the progress towards achieving education for all is low |
UNESCO's EFA Global Monitoring Report 2005 |
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CHILD SLAVERY
Burkinabe girls are trafficked internally for exploitation as domestic servants, beggars, and prostitutes. |
US Dept. of State, Trafficking in Persons Report 2005 |
| One report says that children from Mali are taken to Ivory Coast via Burkina Faso, which is both supplier and transit point for child labour. It is also reported that in most of the regions of West Africa, children as young as 8 years are taken from the rural areas to towns and cities to work as domestics. Many of them work for over 12 hours a day and are subjected to mental, physical and sexual abuse. |
ECPAT CSEC Database,
http://www.ecpat.net/eng/
Ecpat_inter/projects/monitoring/
online_database/index.asp |
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CHILD TRAFFICKING
Burkina Faso is a source, transit, and destination country for children trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and sexual exploitation. To a lesser extent, Burkinabe women are trafficked to Europe for prostitution. |
US Dept. of State, Trafficking in Persons Report 2005 |
| Burkina Faso is a transit country for trafficked Malian children bound for other West African countries. Children from Benin and Togo are trafficked into Burkina Faso for forced labor. |
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CHILD PROSTITUTION & PRONOGRAPHY
UNICEF Burkina Faso reports that there is no data or reliable information on the state of CSEC in Burkina Faso. UNICEF says that the problem exists to some extent because once in a while there are reports in the local press on child prostitution, child pornography and pimping. |
ECPAT CSEC Database,
http://www.ecpat.net/eng/
Ecpat_inter/projects/monitoring/
online_database/index.asp |
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CHILDREN USED IN CRIME
No confirmed data |
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CHILD SOLDIERS
There were no reports of under-18s in the government armed forces.
But the government supported the Movement patriotique de Côte d’Ivoire (MPCI), Patriotic Movement of Côte d’Ivoire, an armed group that used child soldiers and abducted women and girls into sexual slavery in neighbouring Côte d’Ivoire. It was not known whether Burkinabè nationals allegedly recruited by the MPCI included under-18s. |
CSUCS, Global Report on Child Soldiers, 2004 |
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CHILD LABOUR IN UNORGANISED SECTOR
Burkinabe boys are trafficked within the country for exploitation as agricultural laborers, domestics, metal workers, wood workers, and miners.
*: The figures are for a section of the population as per the UNICEF report |
US Dept. of State, Trafficking in Persons Report 2005 |
