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Employment in services — Burkina Faso

Employment in services in Burkina Faso in 2025 — 31.6%. Ranked 168 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 19.7 pp.

2025 31.6% +0.4 pp vs 2024
World rank 168of 182
Period maximum 31.6%2025
Period minimum 11.8%1992

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Burkina Faso, 1991–202510152025303519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 11.9%1992: 11.8%1993: 11.9%1994: 11.9%1995: 12.5%1996: 13.5%1997: 14.3%1998: 15.1%1999: 16%2000: 16.4%2001: 17.2%2002: 17.9%2003: 18.8%2004: 19.6%2005: 20.7%2006: 21.7%2007: 22.3%2008: 22.8%2009: 23.3%2010: 24.1%2011: 24.9%2012: 25.8%2013: 26.6%2014: 27.3%2015: 27.9%2016: 28.7%2017: 29.7%2018: 30.6%2019: 31.4%2020: 30.4%2021: 30.2%2022: 30.4%2023: 30.7%2024: 31.2%2025: 31.6%
Change over the period: +19.7 pp Annual average: 0.58 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso 31.6%
World 50.6%
Sub-Saharan Africa 38.5%
Western Africa computed 44.3%
Low-income countries computed 31.1%
Employment in services — Burkina Faso, by year Burkina Faso All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 31.6 +0.4 pp
2024 31.2 +0.4 pp
2023 30.7 +0.3 pp
2022 30.4 +0.2 pp
2021 30.2 −0.2 pp
2020 30.4 −1 pp
2019 31.4 +0.8 pp
2018 30.6 +1 pp
2017 29.7 +0.9 pp
2016 28.7 +0.9 pp
2015 27.9 +0.6 pp
2014 27.3 +0.6 pp
2013 26.6 +0.9 pp
2012 25.8 +0.8 pp
2011 24.9 +0.8 pp
2010 24.1 +0.9 pp
2009 23.3 +0.5 pp
2008 22.8 +0.5 pp
2007 22.3 +0.6 pp
2006 21.7 +1 pp
2005 20.7 +1.1 pp
2004 19.6 +0.8 pp
2003 18.8 +1 pp
2002 17.9 +0.7 pp
2001 17.2 +0.8 pp
2000 16.4 +0.5 pp
1999 16 +0.9 pp
1998 15.1 +0.7 pp
1997 14.3 +0.8 pp
1996 13.5 +1 pp
1995 12.5 +0.6 pp
1994 11.9 −0 pp
1993 11.9 +0.1 pp
1992 11.8 −0.1 pp
1991 11.9 —

Western Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

CV Cabo Verde 67.7 GM Gambia 53.6 MR Mauritania 52.8 LR Liberia 50.5 NG Nigeria 49.5 SN Senegal 47.9 GH Ghana 47.2 TG Togo 44.2 SL Sierra Leone 44 BJ Benin 41.4 CI Côte d'Ivoire 40.3 GN Guinea 38.5 BF Burkina Faso 31.6 GW Guinea-Bissau 29.2 ML Mali 28.4 NE Niger 17.7
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About the indicator

The share of total employment in the service sector: trade, transport, communications, finance, business services, public administration, education, health care. In high-income countries it exceeds 70–80%; the rise of this share is the main line of structural change in labor markets over the past half century.

Source: ILOSTAT (ILO), license CC BY 4.0.

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