Self-Employed (As % of Total Workforce) rose 1.47% to 86.9% in Burkina Faso in 2020, according to World Bank.
Historically, Self-Employed (As % of Total Workforce) in Burkina Faso reached an all time high of 96.5% in 1985 and an all time low of 85.7% in 2019. When compared to Burkina Faso's main peers, Self-Employed (As % of Total Workforce) in Ghana amounted to 74.1%, 72.4% in Ivory Coast, 81.4% in Mali and 94.3% in Niger in 2020.
Burkina Faso has been ranked 12th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of Self-Employed (As % of Total Workforce), 6 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Self-Employed (As % of Total Workforce) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Algeria | % | 31.2% | 31.4% | 31.5% | 31.7% | 32.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Benin | % | 89.5% | 89.2% | 89.3% | 88.9% | 88.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | % | 87.8% | 87.5% | 86.9% | 86.3% | 86.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Chad | % | 90.5% | 90.6% | 91.8% | 92.4% | 92.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ghana | % | 75.6% | 75.5% | 75.5% | 74.3% | 73.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Guinea | % | 92.8% | 93.1% | 92.4% | 92.0% | 92.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | % | 75.7% | 75.5% | 75.0% | 73.4% | 72.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Liberia | % | 78.7% | 78.9% | 78.8% | 78.6% | 78.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Libya | % | 37.3% | 38.8% | 39.9% | 39.3% | 38.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mali | % | 82.5% | 82.3% | 81.0% | 80.5% | 81.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | % | 57.4% | 57.8% | 57.2% | 57.3% | 57.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | % | 94.7% | 94.8% | 95.0% | 95.0% | 95.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Togo | % | 81.4% | 80.3% | 78.8% | 77.7% | 77.0% |
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