World Number Plates

Number Plates of Burkina Faso

Continent: Africa

Capital: Ouagadougou

Population: 14 million

Country ISO code: BF

Country OVAL code: BF

Driving Side: Right

First license issued in 1983

Number of vehicles:
cars 11,000 (1989), trucks and buses 13,000 (1991)

Road information:
total: 12,506 km; paved: 2,001 km; unpaved: 10,505 km (1999)

Located in Western Africa, Burkina Faso is a landlocked country surrounded by Mali, Niger, Benin, Togo, Ghana and the Ivory Coast. The main geographical feature of the country is a large plateau that covers most of the area.

The initial series of car registrations in Burkina were introduced in 1976. Number plates regulations have changed quite frequently and the 1985 car registration had a quite different format to its earlier counterpart. The current number plate series has again changed format as shown above. The red number plates are for vehicles involved in government projects.