Burkina Faso exposure#
This page summarises the exposure model for Burkina Faso in Africa, including national, subnational, and taxonomy-level views.
National summary#
The national exposure profile by occupancy class highlights the distribution of buildings, replacement value, and exposed population.
| BUILDINGS | POPULATION | TOTAL_COST | BUILDINGS_% | POPULATION_% | TOTAL_COST_% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OCCUPANCY | ||||||
| COM | 153.7K | 0.0M | $7.5B | 3.53% | 0.00% | 12.87% |
| IND | 71.0K | 0.0M | $7.6B | 1.63% | 0.00% | 13.18% |
| RES | 4,133.1K | 24.1M | $42.9B | 94.84% | 100.00% | 73.95% |

Figure: Relative contribution of occupancy classes to total national exposure in Burkina Faso.

Figure: National exposure distribution by taxonomy classes in Burkina Faso.

Figure: Building height profile used in the exposure model for Burkina Faso.
Subnational summary#
The subnational summary aggregates exposure by first administrative level and supports comparison of spatial concentration of assets.
| BUILDINGS | POPULATION | TOTAL_COST | BUILDINGS_% | POPULATION_% | TOTAL_COST_% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAME_1 | ||||||
| Centre | 681.7K | 3,530.6K | $9.2B | 15.64% | 14.67% | 15.84% |
| Hauts-Bassins | 465.8K | 2,634.6K | $6.1B | 10.69% | 10.94% | 10.47% |
| Centre-Nord | 388.9K | 2,198.4K | $5.1B | 8.92% | 9.13% | 8.77% |
| Nord | 356.7K | 2,018.8K | $4.6B | 8.18% | 8.39% | 8.00% |
| Centre-Ouest | 343.2K | 1,931.7K | $4.6B | 7.88% | 8.02% | 7.88% |
| Centre-Est | 326.1K | 1,841.6K | $4.3B | 7.48% | 7.65% | 7.39% |
| Boucle du Mouhoun | 222.7K | 1,256.4K | $3.0B | 5.11% | 5.22% | 5.20% |
| Plateau-Central | 206.3K | 1,166.1K | $2.7B | 4.73% | 4.84% | 4.58% |
| Cascades | 187.7K | 964.5K | $2.6B | 4.31% | 4.01% | 4.52% |
| Sahel | 168.9K | 881.8K | $2.5B | 3.88% | 3.66% | 4.30% |
| Sud-Ouest | 183.6K | 1,033.9K | $2.4B | 4.21% | 4.29% | 4.21% |
| Sourou | 178.4K | 997.4K | $2.4B | 4.09% | 4.14% | 4.08% |
| Est | 141.8K | 793.0K | $2.2B | 3.25% | 3.29% | 3.86% |
| Centre-Sud | 167.1K | 936.8K | $2.2B | 3.83% | 3.89% | 3.81% |
| Sirba | 152.9K | 862.4K | $1.9B | 3.51% | 3.58% | 3.20% |
| Tapoa | 109.9K | 621.5K | $1.3B | 2.52% | 2.58% | 2.25% |
| Soum | 76.1K | 405.0K | $0.9B | 1.75% | 1.68% | 1.64% |

Figure: Subnational distribution of exposure by occupancy class across first-level administrative units.

Figure: Subnational distribution of exposure by taxonomy classes across first-level administrative units.
Taxonomy summary#
The taxonomy summary provides a detailed view of building classes represented in the national exposure model.

Figure: Distribution of exposure by detailed taxonomy classes in Burkina Faso.
| BUILDINGS | POPULATION | TOTAL_COST | BUILDINGS_% | POPULATION_% | TOTAL_COST_% | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MACRO_TAXONOMY | TAXONOMY | OCCUPANCY | ||||||
| ADO|ST|E | E+ETO/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/RES | RES | 1,552,854 | 8,764.6K | $9,763,705.7K | 35.63% | 36.41% | 16.84% |
| MUR | MUR+CB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/RES | RES | 327,463 | 1,895.7K | $6,662,292.6K | 7.51% | 7.87% | 11.49% |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+ADO/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/RES | RES | 475,005 | 2,749.7K | $5,278,669.1K | 10.90% | 11.42% | 9.11% |
| MUR | MUR+CB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/RES | RES | 335,856 | 1,895.6K | $4,068,577.1K | 7.71% | 7.87% | 7.02% |
| W | W+WWD/LWAL/CDN+ERM/H:1/RES | RES | 458,360 | 2,587.1K | $3,525,453.3K | 10.52% | 10.75% | 6.08% |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+ADO/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/RES | RES | 487,186 | 2,749.8K | $3,223,615.0K | 11.18% | 11.42% | 5.56% |
| MUR | MUR+CB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/IND | IND | 32,178 | 0.0K | $2,548,284.1K | 0.74% | 0.00% | 4.40% |
| W | W+WWD/LWAL/CDN+ERM/H:2/RES | RES | 191,529 | 1,108.8K | $2,474,111.5K | 4.40% | 4.61% | 4.27% |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+ADO/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/COM | COM | 73,800 | 0.0K | $2,302,479.5K | 1.69% | 0.00% | 3.97% |
| MUR+ADO/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/COM | COM | 36,888 | 0.0K | $2,302,472.2K | 0.85% | 0.00% | 3.97% | |
| MUR | MUR+CB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/IND | IND | 10,727 | 0.0K | $1,853,292.2K | 0.25% | 0.00% | 3.20% |
| MR|MCF | MCF/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:2/RES | RES | 30,650 | 177.4K | $1,090,057.3K | 0.70% | 0.74% | 1.88% |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:3/RES | RES | 19,053 | 138.0K | $989,847.4K | 0.44% | 0.57% | 1.71% |
| CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:2/RES | RES | 23,836 | 138.0K | $847,825.0K | 0.55% | 0.57% | 1.46% | |
| S | S+SL/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:1/IND | IND | 8,979 | 0.0K | $790,263.8K | 0.21% | 0.00% | 1.36% |
| MUR | MUR+CB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/COM | COM | 20,724 | 0.0K | $774,447.1K | 0.48% | 0.00% | 1.34% |
| MUR+CB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/COM | COM | 10,352 | 0.0K | $774,443.8K | 0.24% | 0.00% | 1.34% | |
| MR|MCF | MCF/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:1/RES | RES | 31,434 | 177.4K | $665,686.0K | 0.72% | 0.74% | 1.15% |
| MUR | MUR+CB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:3/RES | RES | 4,422 | 199.5K | $606,676.0K | 0.10% | 0.83% | 1.05% |
| S | S+SL/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:2/IND | IND | 2,991 | 0.0K | $574,686.1K | 0.07% | 0.00% | 0.99% |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+STDRE/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/RES | RES | 15,734 | 91.1K | $559,638.3K | 0.36% | 0.38% | 0.97% |
| S | S/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:1/IND | IND | 5,595 | 0.0K | $491,788.3K | 0.13% | 0.00% | 0.85% |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+ADO/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:3/RES | RES | 6,410 | 289.4K | $480,701.3K | 0.15% | 1.20% | 0.83% |
| MUR | MUR+CL/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/RES | RES | 22,290 | 129.0K | $456,525.9K | 0.51% | 0.54% | 0.79% |
| OT | INF/LN/CDN+ERN/H:1/EWV/RES | RES | 78,470 | 442.9K | $443,125.7K | 1.80% | 1.84% | 0.76% |
| S | S/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:2/IND | IND | 1,872 | 0.0K | $357,651.5K | 0.04% | 0.00% | 0.62% |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+STDRE/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/RES | RES | 16,138 | 91.1K | $341,764.5K | 0.37% | 0.38% | 0.59% |
| MUR+ADO/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:3/COM | COM | 1,550 | 0.0K | $335,231.6K | 0.04% | 0.00% | 0.58% | |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:4-7/RES | RES | 872 | 59.1K | $295,833.7K | 0.02% | 0.25% | 0.51% |
| MUR | MUR+CL/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/RES | RES | 22,864 | 129.0K | $278,796.3K | 0.52% | 0.54% | 0.48% |
| MR|MCF | MCF/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:3-6/RES | RES | 873 | 39.4K | $209,527.1K | 0.02% | 0.16% | 0.36% |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+STRUB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/IND | IND | 1,659 | 0.0K | $174,074.1K | 0.04% | 0.00% | 0.30% |
| MUR | MUR+CL/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/IND | IND | 1,989 | 0.0K | $157,797.7K | 0.05% | 0.00% | 0.27% |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:1/RES | RES | 6,986 | 39.4K | $147,929.0K | 0.16% | 0.16% | 0.26% |
| MR|MCF | MCF/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:1/COM | COM | 2,520 | 0.0K | $127,084.2K | 0.06% | 0.00% | 0.22% |
| MCF/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:2/COM | COM | 1,260 | 0.0K | $127,084.0K | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.22% | |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+STRUB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/IND | IND | 551 | 0.0K | $126,602.1K | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.22% |
| MUR | MUR+CL/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/IND | IND | 656 | 0.0K | $114,708.3K | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.20% |
| MUR+CB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:3/COM | COM | 430 | 0.0K | $110,152.0K | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.19% | |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+STRUB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/RES | RES | 5,385 | 31.2K | $108,506.6K | 0.12% | 0.13% | 0.19% |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:3/COM | COM | 650 | 0.0K | $107,346.6K | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.19% |
| MR|MCF | MCF/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:1/IND | IND | 1,203 | 0.0K | $106,503.0K | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.18% |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:1/IND | IND | 1,203 | 0.0K | $106,502.9K | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.18% |
| CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:2/COM | COM | 987 | 0.0K | $93,008.2K | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.16% | |
| CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:>7/RES | RES | 219 | 19.7K | $92,396.4K | 0.01% | 0.08% | 0.16% | |
| CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:2/IND | IND | 403 | 0.0K | $77,448.0K | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.13% | |
| MR|MCF | MCF/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:2/IND | IND | 402 | 0.0K | $77,437.3K | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.13% |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:4-7/COM | COM | 173 | 0.0K | $72,228.0K | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.12% |
| W | W+WBB/LN/CDN+ERL/H:1/RES | RES | 10,172 | 57.4K | $68,661.5K | 0.23% | 0.24% | 0.12% |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+STRUB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/RES | RES | 5,521 | 31.2K | $66,264.1K | 0.13% | 0.13% | 0.11% |
| MUR | MUR+CL/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/COM | COM | 707 | 0.0K | $52,536.2K | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.09% |
| MUR+CL/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/COM | COM | 1,409 | 0.0K | $52,469.0K | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.09% | |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+STDRE/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:3/RES | RES | 216 | 9.6K | $50,965.0K | 0.00% | 0.04% | 0.09% |
| MUR+STDRE/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/IND | IND | 464 | 0.0K | $48,985.8K | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.08% | |
| MUR+STDRE/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/COM | COM | 718 | 0.0K | $47,387.2K | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.08% | |
| MUR+STDRE/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/COM | COM | 361 | 0.0K | $47,375.2K | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.08% | |
| MUR | MUR+CL/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:3/RES | RES | 301 | 13.6K | $41,575.3K | 0.01% | 0.06% | 0.07% |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+STDRE/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/IND | IND | 152 | 0.0K | $35,623.0K | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.06% |
| MR|MCF | MCF/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:3-6/COM | COM | 101 | 0.0K | $34,630.6K | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.06% |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:>7/COM | COM | 27 | 0.0K | $28,373.8K | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.05% |
| CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:1/COM | COM | 566 | 0.0K | $26,571.1K | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.05% | |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+STRUB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/COM | COM | 134 | 0.0K | $17,825.4K | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.03% |
| MUR+STRUB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/COM | COM | 270 | 0.0K | $17,752.3K | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.03% | |
| OT | ME+MEO/LWAL/CDN+ERM/H:1/RES | RES | 2,906 | 16.4K | $16,411.4K | 0.07% | 0.07% | 0.03% |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+STRUB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:3/RES | RES | 70 | 3.3K | $9,881.6K | 0.00% | 0.01% | 0.02% |
| MUR | MUR+CL/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:3/COM | COM | 24 | 0.0K | $5,422.9K | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.01% |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+STDRE/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:3/COM | COM | 12 | 0.0K | $5,159.4K | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.01% |
| MUR+STRUB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:3/COM | COM | 1 | 0.0K | $383.5K | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |