Burkina Faso

The country grapples with a severe humanitarian crisis, with over 2 million internally displaced and over 39,000 refugees and asylum seekers.

 

US $119.6 million

are urgently needed from January to December 2024
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Refugee Habibou Thiombiabo, 18, lost both her parents in an attack on Compiégni village in east central Burkina Faso in July 2022. She and her five brothers escaped and after walking for days found refuge in Dapaong in northern Togo, where the host community welcomed them despite their own precarious situation. © UNHCR/Fidélia Bohissou
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Burkina Faso faces a dire humanitarian crisis. According to the Government, over 2 million people are internally displaced. The country also hosts 38,000 refugees, mostly of Malian origin. The number of people in need of humanitarian assistance increased by 35% between 2022 to 2023, from 3.5 million to almost 4.7 million.

UNHCR maintains a robust operational presence across the country, with seven offices and 160 staff members. In line with its mandate, UNHCR advocates for the inclusion of forcibly displaced and stateless persons in national systems and programmes, and collaborates with stakeholders such as the Government, UN agencies, development actors, NGOs, and civil society organizations, in line with its 2022-2025 Multi-Year Multi-Partner Strategy and localization agenda. UNHCR plays a key role in leading the Protection, Shelter and Core Relief Items and Management of Temporary Hosting Sites (Gestion de Sites d’Acceuil Temporaires – GSAT)/Camp Coordination and Camp Management clusters and co-chairs the Program Management Team of the UN Country Team.

For the most recent population figures consult the Burkina Faso page on UNHCR operational data portal.
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Populations

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Population types

Note: The "Stateless" category does not include stateless people who are also in other categories, to avoid double counting. The total number of stateless, across all categories, is  .

NB: 2025 figures are planning figures.

Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder for years until 2022, UNHCR planning figures (COMPASS) otherwise.

Population by country

NB: 2025 figures are planning figures.

Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder for years until 2022, UNHCR planning figures (COMPASS) otherwise.

Population by origin

NB: 2025 figures are planning figures.

Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder for years until 2022, UNHCR planning figures (COMPASS) otherwise.

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Financials

Budget and expenditure trend

Source: 2025 budget was approved by ExCom in October 2024 while the 2024 budget figures include the latest supplementary appeals and are updated on a monthly basis.

Budget by pillar

Budget by objective

Note: The table presents the  budget for this operation broken down at the objective level. Resource allocation at the objective level is subject to change during the course of the year as the operational situation evolves and priorities shift. The current budget, reflected in the bottom line of this table, is updated on a monthly basis and is replaced by the final budget at year-end.

Expenditure by Outcome Area

Budget by Impact Area

Protect: Attaining favourable protection environments
Respond: Realizing rights in safe environments
Empower: Empowering communities and achieving gender equality
Solve: Securing solutions

Source: 2023 budget as approved by the Executive Committee in October 2022.
2022 current budget as approved by the High Commissioner as of October 2022; pending presentation to the ExCom's Standing Committee.

Budget by Outcome and Enabling Areas

Source: 2023 budget as approved by the Executive Committee in October 2022.
2022 current budget as approved by the High Commissioner as of October 2022; pending presentation to the ExCom's Standing Committee.

Budget by Impact Area

Protect: Attaining favourable protection environments
Respond: Realizing rights in safe environments
Empower: Empowering communities and achieving gender equality
Solve: Securing solutions

Source: 2024 budget and 2023 current budget are taken from the budget document approved by UNHCR's Executive Committee in October 2023.

Budget by Impact Area

Protect: Attaining favourable protection environments
Respond: Realizing rights in safe environments
Empower: Empowering communities and achieving gender equality
Solve: Securing solutions

Source: 2025 budget was approved by ExCom in October 2024 while the 2024 budget figures include the latest supplementary appeals and are updated on a monthly basis.

Budget by Outcome and Enabling Areas

Budget by Outcome and Enabling Areas

Source: 2025 budget was approved by ExCom in October 2024 while the 2024 budget figures include the latest supplementary appeals and are updated on a monthly basis.

Budget by Impact Area

Protect: Attaining favourable protection environments
Respond: Realizing rights in safe environments
Empower: Empowering communities and achieving gender equality
Solve: Securing solutions

Budget by Outcome and Enabling Areas

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Latest updates

Burkina Faso Funding Update - 2024
30-Nov-24
published
1 week ago
18 November - 2 December
published
1 week ago
4 - 17 November 2024
published
3 weeks ago
July - September 2024
published
2 months ago
January - 31 July 2024
published
4 months ago
April - June 2024
published
4 months ago
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UNHCR GIS data is publicly accessible in the Operational Data Portal