ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO was 0.0083 1000 No per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Burkina Faso, 1991–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in 1000 No per square kilometre.
Analysis
In 2023, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Burkina Faso stood at 0.0083 1000 No per square kilometre. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
The figure is up 1.8% on the previous year and up 7.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Burkina Faso peaked at 0.0083 1000 No per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.0061 1000 No per square kilometre, in 1991.
That places Burkina Faso 25th out of 164 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | 1000 No per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.0061 1000 No per square kilometre | — |
| 1992 | 0.0062 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 1993 | 0.0063 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 0.0065 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 1995 | 0.0066 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 0.0067 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 0.0067 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 0.0068 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 0.0069 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 0.007 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 0.0071 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 0.0072 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 0.0073 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 0.0074 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 0.0074 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 0.0074 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 0.0076 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 0.0076 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 0.0077 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 0.0077 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.0077 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.0078 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 0.0078 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 0.0078 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 0.0079 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 0.0079 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.0079 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.0079 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0079 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 0.008 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 0.0082 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 0.0082 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.0083 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0065 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0061 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0069 1000 No per square kilometre | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.0074 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.007 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0077 1000 No per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0078 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0077 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0079 1000 No per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0082 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.008 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0083 1000 No per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
- 22 Benin 0.0094 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 23 Madagascar 0.009 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 24 Albania 0.0083 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 26 Sierra Leone 0.0083 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 27 Indonesia 0.0078 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 28 Ghana 0.0077 1000 No per square kilometre compare
More agriculture & rural data for Burkina Faso
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.81 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1994 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 228.86 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.39 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7108 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 19.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 19.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Burkina Faso?
- Ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Burkina Faso was 0.0083 1000 No per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0083 1000 No per square kilometre in 2023.
- What is the lowest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0061 1000 No per square kilometre in 1991.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo?
- Burkina Faso ranks 25th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO modelled estimates — Female — Value, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO modelled estimates — Female — Value divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO modelled estimates — Female — Value ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO modelled estimates — Female — Value divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.