Ibrahim Traoré
🇧🇫Burkina Faso
Rank #288
Score: 47
About Ibrahim Traoré
Ibrahim Traoré (b.1988) is a Burkinabè military officer and interim President of Burkina Faso (since Oct 2022). He led the September 2022 coup that ousted Paul-Henri Damiba and has pursued a nationalist, anti-Western line while facing a worsening security situation from jihadist insurgents and criticism for crackdowns on dissent.
HDI
Burkina Faso HDI ≈ 0.459 (Low human development)2/10
GDP per capita
Burkina Faso GDP per capita (PPP) — low income / low PPP per capita (World Bank)2/10
Gini coefficient
Gini ≈ 37.4 (World Bank estimate, most recent household surveys)3/10
Employment rate
Employment-to-population ratio (15+) — national / ILO modeled estimate (Burkina Faso)3/5
Freedom index
Freedom House — Burkina Faso: serious restrictions, coups and declining freedoms (2024/2025 reporting)2/10
Corruption index
Transparency International — CPI context / low regional score (Burkina Faso)2/5
Derived Criminal Score
No public criminal convictions recorded for Traoré; press notes crackdown on dissent and detentions (no convictions documented).20/20