Afghanistan vs Burkina Faso: Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment)
Afghanistan
16.6%
in 2025
Burkina Faso
17.4%
in 2025
Afghanistan rank
176th
Burkina Faso rank
175th
Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) over time
- Afghanistan
- Burkina Faso
How they compare
Burkina Faso currently reports 17.4% against 16.6% in Afghanistan, a difference of 0.8%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Burkina Faso ahead.
Afghanistan ranks 176th and Burkina Faso ranks 175th of 187 countries.
Burkina Faso has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Burkina Faso | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.6% | 14.5% | 10.0% | Burkina Faso |
| 2000s | 6.4% | 16.6% | 10.2% | Burkina Faso |
| 2010s | 13.7% | 17.2% | 3.5% | Burkina Faso |
| 2020s | 16.8% | 16.9% | 0.1% | Burkina Faso |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment), Afghanistan or Burkina Faso?
- Burkina Faso, at 17.4% against 16.6% in Afghanistan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) between Afghanistan and Burkina Faso?
- 0.8%, with Burkina Faso ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Burkina Faso?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Afghanistan and Burkina Faso rank globally for wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Afghanistan ranks 176th and Burkina Faso ranks 175th of 187 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as Wage and salaried workers, 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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About this data
Wage and salaried workers (employees) are those workers who hold the type of jobs defined as "paid employment jobs," where the incumbents hold explicit (written or oral) or implicit employment contracts that give them a basic remuneration that is not directly dependent upon the revenue of the unit for which they work.