Burkina Faso - Employment in agriculture

Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Burkina Faso was 21.41 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 87.87 in 1991, while its lowest value was 21.41 in 2019.

Definition: Employment is defined as persons of working age who were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangement. The agriculture sector consists of activities in agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing, in accordance with division 1 (ISIC 2) or categories A-B (ISIC 3) or category A (ISIC 4).

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

See also:

Year Value
1991 87.87
1992 87.68
1993 87.36
1994 86.94
1995 85.63
1996 83.97
1997 82.34
1998 80.36
1999 78.34
2000 76.33
2001 73.59
2002 70.83
2003 67.59
2004 64.39
2005 60.25
2006 56.32
2007 52.55
2008 47.77
2009 43.78
2010 39.05
2011 34.63
2012 30.21
2013 25.98
2014 21.88
2015 22.31
2016 22.52
2017 22.55
2018 22.52
2019 21.41

Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Burkina Faso was 30.07 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 91.57 in 1991, while its lowest value was 30.07 in 2019.

Definition: Employment is defined as persons of working age who were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangement. The agriculture sector consists of activities in agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing, in accordance with division 1 (ISIC 2) or categories A-B (ISIC 3) or category A (ISIC 4).

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

See also:

Year Value
1991 91.57
1992 91.47
1993 91.32
1994 91.14
1995 90.26
1996 89.26
1997 88.09
1998 86.91
1999 85.40
2000 83.90
2001 82.28
2002 80.42
2003 78.17
2004 75.69
2005 73.11
2006 69.95
2007 66.57
2008 63.39
2009 59.43
2010 55.14
2011 50.58
2012 45.98
2013 41.36
2014 36.85
2015 35.52
2016 33.98
2017 32.40
2018 30.78
2019 30.07

Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Burkina Faso was 26.21 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 89.78 in 1991, while its lowest value was 26.21 in 2019.

Definition: Employment is defined as persons of working age who were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangement. The agriculture sector consists of activities in agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing, in accordance with division 1 (ISIC 2) or categories A-B (ISIC 3) or category A (ISIC 4).

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

See also:

Year Value
1991 89.78
1992 89.64
1993 89.42
1994 89.14
1995 88.07
1996 86.77
1997 85.40
1998 83.86
1999 82.14
2000 80.43
2001 78.35
2002 76.11
2003 73.46
2004 70.72
2005 67.52
2006 64.09
2007 60.53
2008 56.66
2009 52.70
2010 48.22
2011 43.72
2012 39.20
2013 34.73
2014 30.38
2015 29.75
2016 28.93
2017 28.02
2018 27.08
2019 26.21

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity