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Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba

Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba

🇧🇫Burkina Faso

Rank #339
Score: 38
About Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba

Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba (b.1981) is a Burkinabè military officer who led the January 2022 coup that deposed Roch Kaboré and served as interim leader in 2022 until he was removed by Ibrahim Traoré in September 2022. Damiba is a career army officer with international military training and had campaigned on improving security against jihadist groups.

Scoring Breakdown
Detailed analysis of the politician's score.

HDI
Burkina Faso HDI ≈ 0.459 (Low)2/10
Source: UNDP — Human Development country insights (Burkina Faso) (2023)
GDP per capita
Burkina Faso GDP per capita (PPP) — low income context2/10
Source: World Bank — Burkina Faso country data (GDP per capita, PPP) (2023)
Gini coefficient
Gini ≈ 37.4 (World Bank / CEIC estimate)3/10
Source: CEIC / World Bank — Gini index (Burkina Faso) (2021)
Employment rate
Employment-to-population ratio (15+) (ILOSTAT modeled estimates)3/5
Source: ILOSTAT — Burkina Faso country profile (employment) (2023)
Freedom index
Freedom House — Burkina Faso: restrictions and coup-related declines in political freedoms2/10
Source: Freedom House — Burkina Faso country report (2024)
Corruption index
Transparency Int'l — CPI overview (Burkina Faso)2/5
Source: Transparency International — Burkina Faso page (2024)

Derived Criminal Score
Accusations after removal: later accused by the Traoré junta of plotting against the government; no widely reported criminal conviction (as of access).10/20
Source: Reuters / France24 / Wikipedia — post-coup accusations and events (2024)