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Burkina Faso — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Burkina Faso, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
70.00%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · -16.6% since 1990
Labor participation for Burkina Faso was 70.00% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 83.93% in 1991. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.52% per year.
Burkina Faso ranks 29 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 16%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 64.31%, so Burkina Faso sits above it. It peaked in 1991 and has fallen 17% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 11%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
70.00%
First (1990)
83.90%
Change
-16.6%
Highest
83.93%
in 1991
Lowest
70.00%
in 2025
Average
79.52%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.52%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 70.01% |
| 2024 | 70.06% |
| 2023 | 71.19% |
| 2022 | 72.34% |
| 2021 | 73.98% |
| 2020 | 75.19% |
| 2019 | 77.62% |
| 2018 | 77.87% |
| 2017 | 78.12% |
| 2016 | 78.37% |
| 2015 | 78.62% |
| 2014 | 78.86% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.