ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO was 4,955 1000 No in 2025. ▲ Rising
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Burkina Faso, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 No.
Analysis
The most recent figure for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Burkina Faso is 4,955 1000 No, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 11.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Burkina Faso peaked at 4,955 1000 No in 2025 and was at its lowest, 3,332 1000 No, in 1991.
That places Burkina Faso 24th out of 175 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | 1000 No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 3,332 1000 No | — |
| 1992 | 3,400 1000 No | +2.1% |
| 1993 | 3,471 1000 No | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 3,546 1000 No | +2.2% |
| 1995 | 3,598 1000 No | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 3,631 1000 No | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 3,673 1000 No | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 3,728 1000 No | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 3,779 1000 No | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 3,857 1000 No | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 3,925 1000 No | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 3,997 1000 No | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 4,056 1000 No | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 4,089 1000 No | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 4,110 1000 No | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 4,162 1000 No | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 4,226 1000 No | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 4,275 1000 No | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 4,306 1000 No | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 4,314 1000 No | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 4,325 1000 No | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 4,350 1000 No | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 4,371 1000 No | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 4,399 1000 No | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 4,429 1000 No | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 4,438 1000 No | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 4,438 1000 No | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 4,436 1000 No | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 4,447 1000 No | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 4,565 1000 No | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 4,687 1000 No | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 4,743 1000 No | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 4,797 1000 No | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 4,843 1000 No | +1.0% |
| 2025 | 4,955 1000 No | +2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3,573 1000 No | 3,332 1000 No | 3,779 1000 No | 9 |
| 2000s | 4,100 1000 No | 3,857 1000 No | 4,306 1000 No | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,395 1000 No | 4,314 1000 No | 4,447 1000 No | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,765 1000 No | 4,565 1000 No | 4,955 1000 No | 6 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
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 4,955 1000 No in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 4,955 1000 No in 2025.
- What is the lowest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,332 1000 No in 1991.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo?
- Burkina Faso ranks 24th out of 175 countries with data for 2025.
- Is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO modelled estimates — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Employment indicators domain focuses on indicators related to employment in agrifood systems and rural areas. The update is performed yearly, using data from the International Labour Organization (ILO) database that contains a rich set of indicators from a wide range of topics related to labour statistics. The indicators published in FAOSTAT are derived from the labour force statistics (LFS) and rural and urban labour markets (RURURB) databases of the ILOSTAT database. In addition, the ILO modelled estimates and projections (ILOEST) are used to provide information on employment in agriculture. FAOSTAT also publishes indicators on employment in agrifood systems (AFS) from 2000 at the national, regional, and global levels, using a methodology developed by the FAO to estimate the number of people employed within these systems.