Unemployment rate in Burkina Faso 2023

Published by
Aaron O'Neill,
Nov 22, 2024
In 2023, the unemployment rate in Burkina Faso remained nearly unchanged at around 5.29 percent. With a decline of 0.1 percentage points (-1.87 percent), there is no significant change to 2022.
The unemployment rate of a country or region refers to the share of the total workforce that is currently without work, but actively searching for employment. It does not include economically inactive persons, such as children, retirees, or the long-term unemployed.

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Burkina Faso: Unemployment rate from 2004 to 2023

CharacteristicUnemployment rate
2023 5.29%
2022 5.35%
2021 5.11%
2020 4.98%
2019 4.7%
2018 4.7%
2017 4.66%
2016 4.59%
2015 4.47%
2014 4.25%
2013 4.06%
2012 3.85%
2011 3.83%
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3%3.5%4%4.5%5%5.5%

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Release date

October 2024

Region

Africa

Survey time period

2004 to 2023

Supplementary notes

Figures have been rounded.

Source: ILO estimate.

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