In 2023, the unemployment rate in Burkina Faso remained nearly unchanged at around 5.29 percent. With a decline of 0.1 percentage points (-1.87 percent), there is no significant change to 2022. The unemployment rate of a country or region refers to the share of the total workforce that is currently without work, but actively searching for employment. It does not include economically inactive persons, such as children, retirees, or the long-term unemployed.
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World Bank. (October 24, 2024). Burkina Faso: Unemployment rate from 2004 to 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 26, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/448971/unemployment-rate-in-burkina-faso/
World Bank. "Burkina Faso: Unemployment rate from 2004 to 2023." Chart. October 24, 2024. Statista. Accessed November 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/448971/unemployment-rate-in-burkina-faso/
World Bank. (2024). Burkina Faso: Unemployment rate from 2004 to 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/448971/unemployment-rate-in-burkina-faso/
World Bank. "Burkina Faso: Unemployment Rate from 2004 to 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Oct 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/448971/unemployment-rate-in-burkina-faso/
World Bank, Burkina Faso: Unemployment rate from 2004 to 2023 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/448971/unemployment-rate-in-burkina-faso/ (last visited November 26, 2024)
Burkina Faso: Unemployment rate from 2004 to 2023 [Graph], World Bank, October 24, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/448971/unemployment-rate-in-burkina-faso/
