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Burkina Faso: Unemployment rate

Percent · 1985–2024 · 13 observations · unemp

2024
3.44%percent
Change on 2023
−1.9 pointsfrom 5.35%
Average, 2018–2024
3.39%5 years
Record high and low
6.48% (2014)low 1.30% (1985)

Unemployment rate

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1%2%3%4%5%6%7%19851990199520002005201020152020Burkina FasoBurkina Faso, 1985: 1.30%Burkina Faso
Percent

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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
20243.44
20235.35
20221.93
20191.56
20184.70
20146.48
20073.30
20062.35
20054.00
20032.78

Sources

  • IMF International Financial Statistics1985–2024
  • African Development Bank2003–2007
  • International Labour Organization2003–2023

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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