Nope.
Burkina Faso remains at a 18/100 safety score, with the US, UK, and Canada all maintaining level 4 do-not-travel advisories. Global polio and measles notices are currently active.
Governments, one trip
What they're telling their own citizens about Burkina Faso
The real score
The breakdown
See it from your perspective
Nope.
The general Sketch Score, unweighted for any specific traveler.
Don't fall for it
Scams to know
Overpriced goods
Foreigners, particularly white visitors, are frequently targeted by locals attempting to sell tourist items or goods at inflated prices.
Staying healthy
What to watch out for, health-wise
Active notices
- • Global Polio
- • Global Measles
Vaccines
Recommended:
From people who've been there
Local know-how
Staying safe
- •See the warning at the top of this page about civil unrest and extremist activity.
- •Before the unrest, female visitors rarely experienced any problems.
Staying healthy
- •Yellow fever vaccination is required in order to enter the country.
- •Malaria is a serious problem, so be sure to begin taking prophylaxis prior to leaving for Burkina and continue taking it while there and, depending on the drug chosen, for some time after returning home.
- •Cholera vaccination may be required in the event of an outbreak.
- •Meningitis is also a problem, and vaccination is also highly recommended.
- •Typhoid is common, as are other water and food-borne diseases such as E coli. Typhoid vaccination is recommended but it is not fully effective so it is still important to take precautions.
- •Lassa fever and Dengue are concerns, but not more so than in other West African countries.
Adapted from Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA — edited by travelers, not us.
Pack this, know this
The little things that trip people up
Plug & voltage
C / E · 220V
Driving side
right
Emergency
police: 17 / ambulance: 112 / fire: 18
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- us-state — observed 2026-07-12
- uk-fcdo — observed 2026-07-12
- ca-gac — observed 2026-07-12
- worldbank-political — observed 2026-07-12
- worldbank-policeTrust — observed 2026-07-12
- cdc-health — observed 2026-07-12
- wikivoyage — observed 2026-07-12
- acled-hdx — observed 2026-07-12
- lgbtq-legal-wikipedia — observed 2026-07-12