Economic Community of West African States
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Postal Sector Information
Total number of permanent post offices in the region
Burkina Faso |  |
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Posts National Data
Burkina Faso
| Burkina Faso | 2019 | Total number of permanent post offices | 114.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2019 | Total number of staff | 1,134.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2019 | Number of permanent post offices connected to an electronic network | 114.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2019 | Average area covered by a permanent office (km²) | 2,403.51 |
| Burkina Faso | 2019 | Number of post offices providing public Internet access points | 1.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2019 | Operating revenue (SDR) | 10,230,522.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2019 | Number of letter-post items, domestic service | 319,491.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2019 | Number of letter-post items, international service - dispatch | 18,237.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2019 | Number of letter-post items, international service - receipt | 186,987.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2019 | Number of express items, domestic service | 195,793.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2019 | Number of parcels, international service - dispatch | 8,055.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2019 | Number of parcels, international service - receipt | 5,975.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2019 | Percentage of income linked to other products | 86.76% |
| Burkina Faso | 2019 | Percentage of income linked to letter post | 4.21% |
| Burkina Faso | 2019 | Percentage of income linked to parcels and logistics services | 3.14% |
| Burkina Faso | 2019 | Percentage of income linked to postal financial services | 5.89% |
| Burkina Faso | 2019 | Percentage of items delivered through post office boxes | 59.85% |
| Burkina Faso | 2019 | Percentage of the population having to collect mail from a postal establishment | 100.00% |
| Burkina Faso | 2019 | Female employees as a percentage of total staff | 33.86% |
| Burkina Faso | 2019 | Number of letter-boxes | 114.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2019 | Number of post office boxes | 37,385.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2018 | Number of licensed, authorized or declared operators | 20.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2018 | Number of post offices (permanent and mobile) accepting financial transactions | 115.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2018 | Number of sorting centres | 2.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2018 | Total number of staff | 1,144.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2018 | Total number of staff | 1,175.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2017 | Area of territory (km²) | 274,000.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2017 | Total number of staff | 1,184.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2015 | Area of territory (km²) | 274,000.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2015 | Population (millions) | 18,106,000.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2015 | Rate of exchange (national currency for one SDR) | 83,492,000.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2015 | Number of licensed, authorized or declared operators | 16.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2015 | Number of staff of all operators (at 31 December) | 1,613.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2015 | Total number of staff | 1,109.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2015 | Number of full-time staff | 1,109.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2015 | Number of part-time staff | 0.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2015 | Female employees as a percentage of total staff | 3,210.00% |
| Burkina Faso | 2015 | Percentage of female management staff | 9.89% |
| Burkina Faso | 2015 | Number of permanent offices staffed by administration officials | 107.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2015 | Number of mobile post offices (including rural delivery staff) | 133.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2015 | Number of post offices (permanent and mobile) accepting financial transactions | 108.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2015 | Number of sorting centres | 1.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2015 | Number of post offices providing public Internet access points | 16.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2015 | Number of permanent post offices connected to an electronic network | 78.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2015 | Number of permanent post offices using counter automation systems | 1.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2015 | Operating revenue (SDR) | 27,340,721.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2015 | Operating expenditure (SDR) | 25,521,225.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2015 | Operating result (SDR) | 1,819,496.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2015 | Net result (SDR) | 1,819,496.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2015 | Percentage of income linked to letter post | 7.42% |
| Burkina Faso | 2015 | Percentage of income linked to parcels and logistics services | 0.75% |
| Burkina Faso | 2015 | Percentage of income linked to postal financial services | 7.48% |
| Burkina Faso | 2015 | Percentage of income linked to other products | 84.35% |
| Burkina Faso | 2015 | Income from philately as a percentage of total income | 0.11% |
| Burkina Faso | 2015 | Average number of collections from boxes per working day in urban areas | 2.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2015 | Average number of collections from boxes per week in rural areas | 3.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2015 | Number of letter-boxes | 117.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2015 | Average number of deliveries per working day in urban areas | 3.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2015 | Average number of deliveries per week in rural areas | 3.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2015 | Number of post office boxes | 36,045.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2015 | Percentage of the population having to collect mail from a postal establishment | 100.00% |
| Burkina Faso | 2015 | Domestic quality standard for priority mail | 1.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2015 | Number of letter-post items, domestic service | 3,507,065.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2015 | Number of letter-post items, international service - dispatch | 347,080.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2015 | Number of letter-post items, international service - receipt | 46,663.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2015 | Number of copies of newspapers, domestic service | 1,655.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2015 | Number of unaddressed advertising items, domestic service | 21,100.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2015 | Basic tariff for a domestic priority letter (first weight step) | 0.24 |
| Burkina Faso | 2015 | Number of express items, domestic service | 183,046.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2015 | Number of express items, international service - dispatch | 7,401.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2015 | Number of parcels, international service - dispatch | 5,231.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2015 | Number of parcels, international service - receipt | 8,063.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2015 | Number of money orders | 36,269.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2015 | Domestic and international dispatch, all categories together | 360,847.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2015 | Number of payments, international service - dispatch | 46,400.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2015 | Number of payments, international service - receipt | 621,224.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2015 | Number of giro accounts | 5,027.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2015 | Number of postal savings bank or postal bank accounts | 538,927.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2015 | End-of-year assets in postal savings bank or postal bank accounts (SDR) | 195,468,136.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2015 | Number of express items, international service - receipt | 9,594.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2014 | Area of territory (km²) | 274,000.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2014 | Population (millions) | 17,607,000.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2014 | Rate of exchange (national currency for one SDR) | 78,276,700.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2014 | Total number of staff | 1,072.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2014 | Number of full-time staff | 1,072.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2014 | Number of part-time staff | 0.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2014 | Number of posts (in full-time equivalent) | 1,072.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2014 | Female employees as a percentage of total staff | 3,349.00% |
| Burkina Faso | 2014 | Percentage of delivery staff | 0.00% |
| Burkina Faso | 2014 | Percentage of female management staff | 29.15% |
| Burkina Faso | 2014 | Total number of permanent post offices | 106.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2014 | Number of permanent offices staffed by administration officials | 106.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2014 | Number of permanent offices staffed by people from outside the administration | 0.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2014 | Average area covered by a permanent office (km²) | 2,584.91 |
| Burkina Faso | 2014 | Average number of inhabitants served by a permanent office | 166,106.47 |
| Burkina Faso | 2014 | Number of mobile post offices (including rural delivery staff) | 0.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2014 | Number of post offices (permanent and mobile) accepting financial transactions | 106.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2014 | Number of sorting centres | 3.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2014 | Number of post offices providing public Internet access points | 16.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2014 | Number of permanent post offices connected to an electronic network | 0.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2014 | Operating revenue (SDR) | 29,887,909.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2014 | Operating expenditure (SDR) | 24,951,045.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2014 | Operating result (SDR) | 4,936,864.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2014 | Net result (SDR) | 3,494,466.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2014 | Percentage of income linked to letter post | 2.28% |
| Burkina Faso | 2014 | Percentage of income linked to parcels and logistics services | 6.37% |
| Burkina Faso | 2014 | Percentage of income linked to postal financial services | 7.18% |
| Burkina Faso | 2014 | Percentage of income linked to other products | 84.16% |
| Burkina Faso | 2014 | Income from philately as a percentage of total income | 0.20% |
| Burkina Faso | 2014 | Number of letter-boxes | 35,302.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2014 | Average number of deliveries per working day in urban areas | 3.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2014 | Average number of deliveries per week in rural areas | 3.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2014 | Number of post office boxes | 35,302.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2014 | Percentage of items delivered through post office boxes | 96.30% |
| Burkina Faso | 2014 | Percentage of the population having to collect mail from a postal establishment | 100.00% |
| Burkina Faso | 2014 | Number of letter-post items, domestic service | 1,330,120.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2014 | Number of letter-post items, international service - dispatch | 371,478.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2014 | Number of letter-post items, international service - receipt | 82,297.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2014 | Number of copies of newspapers, domestic service | 294.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2014 | Total number of advertising items, domestic service | 5,700.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2014 | Number of addressed advertising items, domestic service | 700.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2014 | Number of unaddressed advertising items, domestic service | 5,000.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2014 | Number of express items, domestic service | 170,118.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2014 | Number of express items, international service - dispatch | 0.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2014 | Number of parcels, international service - dispatch | 8,184.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2014 | Number of parcels, international service - receipt | 7,518.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2014 | Total number of payments, domestic service | 142,805.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2014 | Number of payments, international service - dispatch | 1,312.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2014 | Number of giro accounts | 4,636.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2014 | Number of postal savings bank or postal bank accounts | 500,775.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2014 | End-of-year assets in postal savings bank or postal bank accounts (SDR) | 177,251,889.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2013 | Area of territory (km²) | 274,000.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2013 | Population (millions) | 16,935,000.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2012 | Area of territory (km²) | 274,000.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2012 | Population (millions) | 17,482,000.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2012 | Rate of exchange (national currency for one SDR) | 76,410,000.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2012 | Total number of staff | 1,080.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2012 | Number of full-time staff | 1,005.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2012 | Number of part-time staff | 75.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2012 | Female employees as a percentage of total staff | 3,300.00% |
| Burkina Faso | 2012 | Total number of permanent post offices | 95.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2012 | Number of permanent offices staffed by administration officials | 95.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2012 | Number of permanent offices staffed by people from outside the administration | 0.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2012 | Average area covered by a permanent office (km²) | 2,884.21 |
| Burkina Faso | 2012 | Average number of inhabitants served by a permanent office | 184,020.88 |
| Burkina Faso | 2012 | Number of mobile post offices (including rural delivery staff) | 0.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2012 | Number of post offices (permanent and mobile) accepting financial transactions | 95.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2012 | Number of sorting centres | 2.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2012 | Number of post offices providing public Internet access points | 25.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2012 | Number of permanent post offices connected to an electronic network | 48.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2012 | Operating revenue (SDR) | 21,127,828.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2012 | Operating expenditure (SDR) | 17,747,515.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2012 | Operating result (SDR) | 3,380,313.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2012 | Net result (SDR) | 2,254,724.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2012 | Percentage of income linked to letter post | 11.85% |
| Burkina Faso | 2012 | Percentage of income linked to parcels and logistics services | 0.87% |
| Burkina Faso | 2012 | Percentage of income linked to postal financial services | 11.43% |
| Burkina Faso | 2012 | Percentage of income linked to other products | 75.85% |
| Burkina Faso | 2012 | Income from philately as a percentage of total income | 0.19% |
| Burkina Faso | 2012 | Average number of collections from boxes per working day in urban areas | 1.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2012 | Number of letter-boxes | 112.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2012 | Average number of deliveries per working day in urban areas | 3.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2012 | Average number of deliveries per week in rural areas | 3.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2012 | Number of post office boxes | 34,329.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2012 | Percentage of items delivered through post office boxes | 97.00% |
| Burkina Faso | 2012 | Percentage of the population having to collect mail from a postal establishment | 100.00% |
| Burkina Faso | 2012 | Average number of letter-post items posted per inhabitant | 0.27 |
| Burkina Faso | 2012 | Number of letter-post items, domestic service | 4,584,316.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2012 | Number of letter-post items, international service - dispatch | 171,574.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2012 | Number of letter-post items, international service - receipt | 634,509.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2012 | Number of copies of newspapers, domestic service | 5,110.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2012 | Number of express items, domestic service | 163,723.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2012 | Number of parcels, international service - dispatch | 4,805.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2012 | Number of parcels, international service - receipt | 11,010.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2012 | Total number of payments, domestic service | 247,167.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2012 | Number of payments, international service - dispatch | 1,610.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2012 | Number of payments, international service - receipt | 12,294.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2012 | Number of giro accounts | 4,074.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2012 | Number of postal savings bank or postal bank accounts | 420,887.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2012 | End-of-year assets in postal savings bank or postal bank accounts (SDR) | 136,906,003.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2011 | Area of territory (km²) | 274,000.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2011 | Population (millions) | 16,968,000.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2011 | Rate of exchange (national currency for one SDR) | 77,832,200.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2011 | Total number of staff | 952.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2011 | Number of full-time staff | 823.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2011 | Number of part-time staff | 129.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2011 | Female employees as a percentage of total staff | 3,245.00% |
| Burkina Faso | 2011 | Total number of permanent post offices | 90.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2011 | Number of permanent offices staffed by administration officials | 90.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2011 | Number of permanent offices staffed by people from outside the administration | 0.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2011 | Average area covered by a permanent office (km²) | 3,044.44 |
| Burkina Faso | 2011 | Average number of inhabitants served by a permanent office | 188,531.61 |
| Burkina Faso | 2011 | Number of mobile post offices (including rural delivery staff) | 0.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2011 | Number of post offices (permanent and mobile) accepting financial transactions | 90.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2011 | Number of sorting centres | 2.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2011 | Number of post offices providing public Internet access points | 24.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2011 | Number of permanent post offices connected to an electronic network | 47.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2011 | Operating revenue (SDR) | 16,490,478.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2011 | Operating expenditure (SDR) | 14,757,028.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2011 | Operating result (SDR) | 1,733,450.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2011 | Net result (SDR) | 1,596,568.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2011 | Percentage of income linked to letter post | 10.79% |
| Burkina Faso | 2011 | Percentage of income linked to parcels and logistics services | 1.02% |
| Burkina Faso | 2011 | Percentage of income linked to postal financial services | 8.10% |
| Burkina Faso | 2011 | Percentage of income linked to other products | 80.09% |
| Burkina Faso | 2011 | Income from philately as a percentage of total income | 0.48% |
| Burkina Faso | 2011 | Number of letter-boxes | 107.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2011 | Average number of deliveries per working day in urban areas | 3.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2011 | Average number of deliveries per week in rural areas | 3.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2011 | Number of post office boxes | 32,754.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2011 | Percentage of items delivered through post office boxes | 95.89% |
| Burkina Faso | 2011 | Percentage of the population having to collect mail from a postal establishment | 100.00% |
| Burkina Faso | 2011 | Average number of letter-post items posted per inhabitant | 0.17 |
| Burkina Faso | 2011 | Number of letter-post items, domestic service | 2,645,766.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2011 | Number of letter-post items, international service - dispatch | 276,323.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2011 | Number of letter-post items, international service - receipt | 555,081.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2011 | Number of copies of newspapers, domestic service | 3,822.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2011 | Total number of advertising items, domestic service | 14,400.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2011 | Number of unaddressed advertising items, domestic service | 14,400.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2011 | Number of express items, domestic service | 131,386.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2011 | Number of parcels, international service - dispatch | 4,608.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2011 | Number of parcels, international service - receipt | 12,294.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2011 | Total number of payments, domestic service | 188,354.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2011 | Number of payments, international service - dispatch | 1,661.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2011 | Number of payments, international service - receipt | 11,578.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2011 | Number of giro accounts | 4,497.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2011 | Number of postal savings bank or postal bank accounts | 483,720.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 2011 | End-of-year assets in postal savings bank or postal bank accounts (SDR) | 118,044,105.00 |
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