Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) was 17.4% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Burkina Faso, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
The most recent figure for wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Burkina Faso is 17.4%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Burkina Faso peaked at 17.4% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 14.0%, in 1991.
That places Burkina Faso 175th out of 187 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 14.0% | — |
| 1992 | 14.1% | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 14.2% | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 14.2% | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 14.3% | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 14.5% | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 14.8% | +1.8% |
| 1998 | 15.1% | +2.0% |
| 1999 | 15.4% | +2.1% |
| 2000 | 15.7% | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 15.9% | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 16.2% | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 16.4% | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 16.7% | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 16.9% | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 17.2% | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 17.2% | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 17.2% | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 17.1% | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 17.1% | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 17.2% | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 17.2% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 17.2% | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 17.2% | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 17.1% | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 17.1% | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 17.1% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 17.2% | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 17.2% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 15.8% | -7.7% |
| 2021 | 16.6% | +4.9% |
| 2022 | 17.2% | +3.3% |
| 2023 | 17.2% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 17.2% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 17.4% | +1.4% |
Burkina Faso compared with similar countries
- Burkina Faso's 17.4% is below the median for low income countries, which is 19.5%, 89% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Burkina Faso's 17.4% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 29.0%, 60% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 14.5% | 14.0% | 15.4% | 9 |
| 2000s | 16.6% | 15.7% | 17.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 17.2% | 17.1% | 17.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.9% | 15.8% | 17.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
More work & labour data for Burkina Faso
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual 0.0413 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth 0.016 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth 0.0657 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate 0.6828 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 3.33 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 21,677 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 21,530 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 25,421 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 24,433 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 49,854 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Burkina Faso?
- Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Burkina Faso was 17.4% in 2025, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 17.4% in 2025.
- What is the lowest wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.0% in 1991.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Burkina Faso ranks 175th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
- The figures come from ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.