Burkina Faso vs Lower middle income: Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment)
Burkina Faso
37.4%
in 2025
Lower middle income
25.3%
in 2025
Burkina Faso rank
14th
Lower middle income rank
12th
Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) over time
- Burkina Faso
- Lower middle income
How they compare
Burkina Faso currently reports 37.4% against 25.3% in Lower middle income, a difference of 12.1%.
That makes Burkina Faso's figure about 1.5 times Lower middle income's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Burkina Faso has been ahead every year.
Burkina Faso ranks 14th and Lower middle income ranks 12th of 187 countries.
Burkina Faso has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burkina Faso | Lower middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 39.2% | 35.7% | 3.5% | Burkina Faso |
| 2000s | 37.6% | 32.9% | 4.7% | Burkina Faso |
| 2010s | 37.2% | 29.8% | 7.5% | Burkina Faso |
| 2020s | 37.6% | 26.5% | 11.1% | Burkina Faso |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher contributing family workers, female (% of female employment), Burkina Faso or Lower middle income?
- Burkina Faso, at 37.4% against 25.3% in Lower middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) between Burkina Faso and Lower middle income?
- 12.1%, with Burkina Faso ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Lower middle income?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Burkina Faso and Lower middle income rank globally for contributing family workers, female (% of female employment)?
- Burkina Faso ranks 14th and Lower middle income ranks 12th of 187 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Contributing family workers are those workers who hold "self-employment jobs" as own-account workers in a market-oriented establishment operated by a related person living in the same household.