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Yacouba Isaac Zida

Yacouba Isaac Zida

🇧🇫Burkina Faso

Rank #341
Score: 37
About Yacouba Isaac Zida

Yacouba Isaac Zida (b.1965) is a Burkinabè military officer and politician who served briefly as interim head of state (November 2014) and as interim prime minister (2014–2015) during the transitional period after the 2014 uprising. Zida later faced controversy within the military and was the subject of investigations and administrative action.

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 estimate)3/10
Source: CEIC / World Bank — Gini index (Burkina Faso) (2021)
Employment rate
Employment-to-population ratio (ILOSTAT modeled estimate)3/5
Source: ILOSTAT — Burkina Faso country profile (2023)
Freedom index
Freedom House — transitional era and post-2014 restrictions / coup impacts on freedoms documented2/10
Source: Freedom House — Burkina Faso country report (2024)
Corruption index
Transparency Int'l — CPI & country corruption reporting (historical and contemporary concerns)2/5
Source: Transparency International — Burkina Faso country page (2024)

Derived Criminal Score
Subject to controversies and investigations (e.g., later administrative/military inquiries, desertion allegations and questions of conduct); no widely reported criminal convictions as of access.10/20
Source: News / Wikipedia — Zida controversies & administrative actions (2016)