Work & Labour in Burkina Faso 89 indicators covering work & labour for Burkina Faso. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 45.3% 2025 down 27.1% 50th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 58.1% 2025 down 18.6% 42nd Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 70.0% 2025 down 11.0% 29th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 76.1% 2025 down 9.3% 47th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 84.2% 2025 down 3.9% 64th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 51.8% 2025 down 22.5% 44th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 65.5% 2025 down 13.1% 77th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 77.0% 2025 down 9.1% 102nd Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 71.2% 2025 down 10.9% 75th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 64.1% 2025 down 12.9% 25th Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 22.8% 2025 up 0.3% 173rd Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 31.4% 2025 up 14.1% 168th Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 31.7% 2025 up 12.2% 167th Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 11.1% 2025 up 0.6% 172nd Employment in industry (% of total employment) 16.7% 2025 up 14.9% 124th Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 17.4% 2025 up 1.5% 174th Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 37.4% 2025 up 0.5% 14th Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 17.3% 2025 up 0.9% 17th Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 26.6% 2025 down 0.6% 14th Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 14.4% 2025 up 11.2% 53rd Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 18.6% 2025 up 16.8% 143rd Employment in services (% of total employment) 31.6% 2025 up 13.2% 172nd Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 82.6% 2025 down 0.3% 13th Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 77.2% 2025 down 0.1% 14th Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 88.9% 2025 down 0.1% 15th Employers, total (% of total employment) 2.0% 2025 up 0.0% 137th Employers, male (% of male employment) 2.7% 2025 down 1.4% 136th Employers, female (% of female employment) 1.2% 2025 down 0.9% 132nd Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 8.4% 2025 up 12.4% 137th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 4.9% 2025 down 28.3% 157th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 6.4% 2025 down 10.1% 151st GDP per person employed 6,603 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 up 28.6% 168th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 7.1% 2025 up 9.3% 63rd Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 6.1% 2025 up 57.9% 68th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 8.1% 2025 down 12.3% 60th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 61.9% 2025 up 6.2% 47th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 75.6% 2025 up 1.2% 53rd Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 68.1% 2025 up 3.8% 49th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 47.0% 2025 up 3.9% 43rd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 58.0% 2025 down 2.1% 35th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 81.8% 2025 up 4.9% 86th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 51.9% 2025 up 0.4% 43rd Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 13.9% 2025 up 60.4% 74th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 12.7% 2025 up 140.6% 77th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 15.2% 2025 up 21.3% 75th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 31.3% 2025 down 9.1% 48th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 18.7% 2025 up 6.7% 59th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 24.9% 2025 down 3.8% 52nd Productivity: output per hour worked 3.08 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour 2023 up 17.2% 126th Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 74.4% 2025 down 0.0% 12th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 41.5% 2025 down 27.8% 43rd Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 55.2% 2025 down 16.9% 31st Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 48.4% 2025 down 21.9% 36th Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 80.6% 2025 down 0.3% 11th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 61.3% 2025 down 12.6% 24th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 74.0% 2025 down 7.8% 40th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 67.6% 2025 down 10.0% 25th Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 87.7% 2025 down 0.1% 12th Unemployment with basic education 4.7% 2024 down 21.1% 80th Unemployment with basic education, male 3.0% 2024 down 33.8% 93rd Page 1 of 2 Next →