Unemployment - Burkina Faso
Value & RankThe Unemployment of Burkina Faso is 3.30 (%) with a global rank of 182.
Burkina Faso compared to other CountriesThe Unemployment of Burkina Faso is similar to that of Norway, Madagascar, Ghana, Tanzania, Sierra Leone, Switzerland, Korea, Malaysia, Hong Kong SAR, China, Guinea with a respective Unemployment of 3.60, 3.60, 3.60, 3.50, 3.40, 3.20, 3.20, 3.10, 3.10, 3.10 (%) and a global rank of 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187.Last 10 years averageBurkina Faso had an average Unemployment of 9.78 (%) in the last 10 years from (2002 to 2012).
Burkina Faso during the Great RecessionBurkina Faso's Unemployment had a positive growth of 43.5% during the Great RecessionBurkina Faso since the end of the Great RecessionBurkina Faso's Unemployment had a negative growth (decline) of 0.00% since the end of the Great Recession
Burkina Faso compared to other CountriesThe Unemployment of Burkina Faso is similar to that of Norway, Madagascar, Ghana, Tanzania, Sierra Leone, Switzerland, Korea, Malaysia, Hong Kong SAR, China, Guinea with a respective Unemployment of 3.60, 3.60, 3.60, 3.50, 3.40, 3.20, 3.20, 3.10, 3.10, 3.10 (%) and a global rank of 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187.Last 10 years averageBurkina Faso had an average Unemployment of 9.78 (%) in the last 10 years from (2002 to 2012).
Burkina Faso during the Great RecessionBurkina Faso's Unemployment had a positive growth of 43.5% during the Great RecessionBurkina Faso since the end of the Great RecessionBurkina Faso's Unemployment had a negative growth (decline) of 0.00% since the end of the Great Recession
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1991 | 2.60 |
1992 | 2.40 |
1993 | 3.10 |
1994 | 2.60 |
1995 | 2.40 |
1996 | 2.40 |
1997 | 2.30 |
1998 | 2.40 |
1999 | 2.30 |
2000 | 3.00 |
2001 | 2.30 |
2002 | 3.00 |
2003 | 2.80 |
2004 | 77.00 |
2005 | 2.70 |
2006 | 2.30 |
2007 | 3.30 |
2008 | 3.30 |
2009 | 3.30 |
2010 | 3.30 |
2011 | 3.30 |
2012 | 3.30 |
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Norway | 177 | 3.60 |
Madagascar | 178 | 3.60 |
Ghana | 179 | 3.60 |
Tanzania | 180 | 3.50 |
Sierra Leone | 181 | 3.40 |
Burkina Faso | 182 | 3.30 |
Switzerland | 183 | 3.20 |
Korea | 184 | 3.20 |
Malaysia | 185 | 3.10 |
Hong Kong SAR, China | 186 | 3.10 |
Guinea | 187 | 3.10 |
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Datasource: Compile from multiple sources
CIA - The World Factbook
Workbank - World Development Indicators
CIA - The World Factbook
Workbank - World Development Indicators