Burkina Faso vs Early-demographic dividend: Self-employed, total (% of total employment)

Burkina Faso
82.6%
in 2025
Early-demographic dividend
59.4%
in 2025
Burkina Faso rank
13th
Early-demographic dividend rank
16th

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) over time

  • Burkina Faso
  • Early-demographic dividend
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How they compare

Burkina Faso currently reports 82.6% against 59.4% in Early-demographic dividend, a difference of 23.2%.

That makes Burkina Faso's figure about 1.4 times Early-demographic dividend's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Burkina Faso has been ahead every year.

Burkina Faso ranks 13th and Early-demographic dividend ranks 16th 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 Early-demographic dividend Difference Ahead
1990s 85.5% 69.5% 16.0% Burkina Faso
2000s 83.4% 67.0% 16.4% Burkina Faso
2010s 82.8% 62.0% 20.9% Burkina Faso
2020s 83.1% 60.1% 23.0% Burkina Faso

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher self-employed, total (% of total employment), Burkina Faso or Early-demographic dividend?
Burkina Faso, at 82.6% against 59.4% in Early-demographic dividend as of 2025.
What is the difference in self-employed, total (% of total employment) between Burkina Faso and Early-demographic dividend?
23.2%, with Burkina Faso ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Early-demographic dividend?
35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
How do Burkina Faso and Early-demographic dividend rank globally for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
Burkina Faso ranks 13th and Early-demographic dividend ranks 16th of 187 countries.
Where does this data come from?
ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
Source
ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
235 places, 8,211 data points, 1991–2025
Last refreshed

Self-employed workers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners or in cooperative, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs." i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced. Self-employed workers include sub-categories of employers, own-account workers and members of producers' cooperatives and contributing family workers.