Statement:
You will be less safe in Burkina Faso than in The Gambia

In the Safest countries rating Burkina Faso holds position #143 2022 out of 161 and The Gambia is #44 out of 161 2022.
Position of Burkina Faso is worse than position of The Gambia.
Burkina Faso is an outsider of the "Safest countries" rating. It could be dangerous. So you need to take additional actions and not to be frivolous, compared to The Gambia

Referencies:

  1. The countries in the rating sorted by 'Score' in ascending order.
    Burkina Faso 'Score' value is 2.79
    The Gambia 'Score' value is 1.79