Unemployment rate: Burkina Faso
3.477% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.477 |
| 2024 | 3.441 |
| 2023 | 3.601 |
| 2022 | 3.828 |
| 2021 | 4.511 |
| 2020 | 4.59 |
| 2019 | 4.493 |
| 2018 | 4.695 |
| 2017 | 4.662 |
| 2016 | 4.598 |
| 2015 | 4.472 |
| 2014 | 4.255 |
| 2013 | 4.054 |
| 2012 | 3.849 |
| 2011 | 3.827 |
| 2010 | 3.725 |
| 2009 | 3.723 |
| 2008 | 3.501 |
| 2007 | 3.3 |
| 2006 | 3.67 |
| 2005 | 4 |
| 2004 | 3.48 |
| 2003 | 2.78 |
| 2002 | 2.862 |
| 2001 | 2.748 |
| 2000 | 2.687 |
| 1999 | 2.552 |
| 1998 | 2.44 |
| 1997 | 2.412 |
| 1996 | 2.446 |
| 1995 | 2.532 |
| 1994 | 2.58 |
| 1993 | 2.426 |
| 1992 | 2.505 |
| 1991 | 2.467 |