Burkina Faso Unemployment Rate

Unemployment Rate in Burkina Faso decreased to 6.30 percent in 2017 from 6.40 percent in 2016. Unemployment Rate in Burkina Faso averaged 3.67 percent from 1985 until 2017, reaching an all time high of 6.50 percent in 2014 and a record low of 0.90 percent in 1985.

Unemployment Rate in Burkina Faso is expected to be 6.00 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Burkina Faso Unemployment Rate is projected to trend around 6.00 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Burkina Faso Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	6.30	6.40	6.50	0.90	percent	[+]
Population	19.20	18.60	19.20	4.83	Million	[+]

In Burkina Faso, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force. This page provides the latest reported value for - Burkina Faso Unemployment Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Burkina Faso Unemployment Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on May of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	6.30	6.40	6.50	0.90	1985 - 2017	percent	Yearly

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
South Africa	27.60	Mar/19	27.1	31.2 : 21.5	%
Spain	14.70	Mar/19	14.45	26.94 : 4.41	%
Turkey	14.70	Feb/19	14.7	14.8 : 7.3	%
Brazil	12.70	Mar/19	12.4	13.7 : 6.2	%
Italy	10.20	Mar/19	10.5	13.1 : 5.8	%
Argentina	9.10	Dec/18	9	20.8 : 5.9	%
France	8.70	Mar/19	8.8	10.7 : 7.2	%
Euro Area	7.70	Mar/19	7.8	12.1 : 7.3	%
Saudi Arabia	6.00	Dec/18	6	6.3 : 4.35	%
Canada	5.70	Apr/19	5.8	13.1 : 2.9	%
Australia	5.20	Apr/19	5.1	11.2 : 4	%
Indonesia	5.01	Mar/19	5.34	11.24 : 2	%
Russia	4.70	Apr/19	4.7	14.1 : 4.5	%
South Korea	4.10	Apr/19	3.8	7.1 : 3	%
United Kingdom	3.80	Mar/19	3.9	12 : 3.4	%
China	3.67	Mar/19	3.8	4.3 : 3.67	%
United States	3.60	Apr/19	3.8	10.8 : 2.5	%
India	3.53	Dec/18	3.52	8.3 : 3.41	%
Netherlands	3.30	Apr/19	3.3	7.9 : 3.3	%
Germany	3.20	Mar/19	3.2	11.5 : 0.4	%
Mexico	3.20	Mar/19	3.3	6.42 : 2.22	%
Japan	2.50	Mar/19	2.3	5.5 : 1	%
Switzerland	2.40	Apr/19	2.5	5.7 : 1.5	%
Singapore	2.20	Mar/19	2.2	6 : 1.4	%