Burkina Faso - Labor Force Participation 1999
82.29%
−0.21pp from 1998
Burkina Faso's labor force participation was 82.29% in 1999, decreased +0.21pp from 82.50% in 1998. This was the 8th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1999▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Tanzania | 86.46% | 0.0% |
| 2nd | Madagascar | 86.26% | 0.1% |
| 3rd | Mozambique | 84.66% | 0.4% |
| 4th | Nigeria | 83.60% | -0.1% |
| 5th | Burundi | 83.45% | -0.9% |
| 6th | Solomon Islands | 83.21% | 0.2% |
| 7th | Qatar | 82.66% | 0.1% |
| 8th | Burkina Faso | 82.29% | -0.3% |
| 9th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 82.21% | -0.1% |
| 10th | Cameroon | 81.99% | 0.0% |
| 11th | Malawi | 80.86% | 0.0% |
| 12th | Eritrea | 80.72% | 0.1% |
| 13th | Cambodia | 80.43% | -0.1% |
| 14th | Niger | 78.97% | 0.1% |
| 15th | Azerbaijan | 78.12% | -1.0% |
| 16th | Angola | 77.38% | 0.0% |
| 17th | Liberia | 77.11% | 0.0% |
| 18th | Vanuatu | 76.90% | 0.1% |
| 19th | Iceland | 76.27% | 1.7% |
| 20th | China | 74.72% | -0.7% |
| 21st | United Arab Emirates | 74.60% | -0.4% |
| 22nd | Viet Nam | 74.51% | -1.1% |
| 23rd | Georgia | 74.45% | -0.8% |
| 24th | South Sudan | 74.39% | -0.1% |
| 25th | Bahamas, The | 74.32% | 0.1% |
| 26th | Uganda | 74.26% | 0.0% |
| 27th | Thailand | 73.29% | -1.6% |
| 28th | Lesotho | 72.92% | -0.2% |
| 29th | Central African Republic | 72.65% | 0.0% |
| 30th | Timor-Leste | 72.65% | 2.1% |
| 31st | Ghana | 72.55% | -0.1% |
| 32nd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 72.52% | 0.0% |
| 33rd | Kenya | 72.39% | -0.1% |
| 34th | Benin | 71.87% | -0.1% |
| 35th | Kazakhstan | 71.43% | -0.3% |
| 36th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 70.32% | -0.2% |
| 37th | Mali | 70.31% | 0.0% |
| 38th | Bhutan | 70.05% | -0.1% |
| 39th | Paraguay | 69.59% | -0.5% |
| 40th | Chad | 69.56% | -0.7% |
| 41st | Barbados | 69.23% | 0.1% |
| 42nd | Congo, Republic of | 68.41% | -0.1% |
| 43rd | Guam | 68.31% | -0.7% |
| 44th | Brunei Darussalam | 68.27% | 0.2% |
| 45th | Peru | 68.16% | 2.0% |
| 46th | Switzerland | 67.74% | -0.2% |
| 47th | Kyrgyz Republic | 67.69% | -0.5% |
| 48th | Netherlands | 67.54% | 0.4% |
| 49th | Myanmar | 67.54% | -0.2% |
| 50th | Colombia | 67.49% | -1.0% |
| 51st | Jamaica | 67.24% | -1.1% |
| 52nd | Indonesia | 67.22% | 0.4% |
| 53rd | Guatemala | 66.85% | 0.1% |
| 54th | Norway | 66.39% | 0.7% |
| 55th | Denmark | 66.09% | 1.2% |
| 56th | United States | 66.06% | 0.1% |
| 57th | Kuwait | 66.03% | -0.5% |
| 58th | Honduras | 65.88% | -0.2% |
| 59th | Zimbabwe | 65.75% | -0.3% |
| 60th | Macao SAR, China | 65.72% | 0.5% |
| 61st | Brazil | 65.60% | 1.0% |
| 62nd | New Caledonia | 65.38% | -0.1% |
| 63rd | Côte d'Ivoire | 65.32% | 0.2% |
| 64th | Bahrain | 65.29% | 0.2% |
| 65th | Singapore | 65.27% | 0.1% |
| 66th | Canada | 65.07% | 0.6% |
| 67th | Ecuador | 64.93% | -2.2% |
| 68th | New Zealand | 64.66% | 0.1% |
| 69th | Sierra Leone | 64.59% | 0.1% |
| 70th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 64.56% | 0.3% |
| 71st | Guinea | 64.17% | 0.1% |
| 72nd | St. Lucia | 63.93% | 0.2% |
| 73rd | Guinea-Bissau | 63.86% | -0.1% |
| 74th | Ireland | 63.73% | 0.6% |
| 75th | Haiti | 63.24% | -0.7% |
| 76th | Trinidad and Tobago | 63.13% | 0.1% |
| 77th | Australia | 62.91% | -0.4% |
| 78th | Japan | 62.85% | -0.8% |
| 79th | Panama | 62.67% | -0.3% |
| 80th | Sweden | 62.60% | 0.8% |
| 81st | Argentina | 62.54% | -0.9% |
| 82nd | Rwanda | 62.50% | -0.6% |
| 83rd | Armenia | 62.29% | -0.4% |
| 84th | El Salvador | 62.13% | -0.8% |
| 85th | Albania | 62.06% | -2.6% |
| 86th | Equatorial Guinea | 61.93% | 0.0% |
| 87th | Lao PDR | 61.85% | -0.2% |
| 88th | Philippines | 61.30% | 0.0% |
| 89th | Russian Federation | 61.25% | 5.4% |
| 90th | Lithuania | 61.19% | 0.3% |
| 91st | United Kingdom | 61.09% | 0.5% |
| 92nd | Finland | 61.07% | 1.5% |
| 93rd | Czechia | 61.05% | 0.0% |
| 94th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 60.93% | -0.4% |
| 95th | Israel | 60.77% | 0.5% |
| 96th | Portugal | 60.65% | 0.1% |
| 97th | Cyprus | 60.48% | -0.2% |
| 98th | Korea | 60.18% | -0.1% |
| 99th | Moldova | 60.03% | 0.3% |
| 100th | Nicaragua | 59.83% | 0.6% |
| 101st | Uruguay | 59.79% | -2.0% |
| 102nd | India | 59.74% | 0.6% |
| 103rd | Mexico | 59.70% | -1.3% |
| 104th | Costa Rica | 59.69% | 0.0% |
| 105th | Zambia | 59.58% | 0.0% |
| 106th | Botswana | 59.38% | -1.2% |
| 107th | Mongolia | 59.33% | 0.2% |
| 108th | Belize | 59.30% | 1.0% |
| 109th | Slovak Republic | 59.26% | 0.3% |
| 110th | Malaysia | 59.26% | 0.6% |
| 111th | Channel Islands | 59.13% | 0.7% |
| 112th | Mauritius | 59.05% | -0.3% |
| 113th | Fiji | 58.98% | -0.3% |
| 114th | Estonia | 58.98% | -2.1% |
| 115th | Virgin Islands (US) | 58.94% | -2.5% |
| 116th | French Polynesia | 58.87% | -0.5% |
| 117th | Tonga | 58.75% | -0.3% |
| 118th | Belarus | 58.70% | 0.2% |
| 119th | Austria | 58.58% | 0.3% |
| 120th | Togo | 58.54% | -0.1% |
| 121st | Cabo Verde | 58.52% | -0.5% |
| 122nd | Dominican Republic | 58.40% | 0.3% |
| 123rd | Germany | 58.34% | 0.3% |
| 124th | Slovenia | 58.24% | -2.0% |
| 125th | Bangladesh | 58.08% | 0.2% |
| 126th | Latvia | 57.70% | -2.2% |
| 127th | Guyana | 57.64% | -0.7% |
| 128th | South Africa | 57.51% | -0.4% |
| 129th | Ukraine | 57.44% | -0.4% |
| 130th | Sri Lanka | 57.31% | -2.6% |
| 131st | Uzbekistan | 57.30% | 0.0% |
| 132nd | Chile | 56.65% | -0.2% |
| 133rd | Oman | 56.61% | -0.4% |
| 134th | Samoa | 56.43% | 0.1% |
| 135th | Serbia | 56.22% | 1.3% |
| 136th | Poland | 56.13% | -1.1% |
| 137th | France | 55.35% | 0.6% |
| 138th | European Union | 55.30% | 0.3% |
| 139th | Tajikistan | 55.01% | 0.0% |
| 140th | Maldives | 54.11% | 1.3% |
| 141st | Namibia | 53.92% | 0.4% |
| 142nd | Turkmenistan | 53.84% | -3.8% |
| 143rd | Cuba | 53.54% | 0.4% |
| 144th | Eswatini | 53.47% | -0.5% |
| 145th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 53.04% | -0.2% |
| 146th | Croatia | 53.02% | -0.8% |
| 147th | Türkiye | 52.70% | -0.2% |
| 148th | North Macedonia | 52.59% | -1.1% |
| 149th | Luxembourg | 52.25% | 1.6% |
| 150th | Belgium | 51.87% | 2.2% |
| 151st | Spain | 51.77% | 1.0% |
| 152nd | Greece | 51.58% | -0.3% |
| 153rd | Morocco | 51.31% | 0.0% |
| 154th | Sudan | 51.11% | -0.5% |
| 155th | Romania | 51.03% | 0.4% |
| 156th | Hungary | 50.91% | 0.2% |
| 157th | Senegal | 50.40% | -0.1% |
| 158th | Syrian Arab Republic | 50.31% | 1.2% |
| 159th | Malta | 50.26% | -0.1% |
| 160th | Bulgaria | 50.18% | 0.8% |
| 161st | Pakistan | 50.18% | 0.5% |
| 162nd | Montenegro | 49.52% | 0.3% |
| 163rd | Gambia, The | 48.40% | 0.1% |
| 164th | Tunisia | 48.38% | -0.8% |
| 165th | Papua New Guinea | 48.37% | 0.1% |
| 166th | Saudi Arabia | 48.22% | -1.0% |
| 167th | Gabon | 48.15% | 0.1% |
| 168th | Italy | 47.80% | 0.5% |
| 169th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 47.52% | 3.3% |
| 170th | Puerto Rico (US) | 47.33% | -0.5% |
| 171st | Suriname | 46.61% | -0.7% |
| 172nd | Afghanistan | 46.61% | -0.1% |
| 173rd | Libya | 46.53% | 0.5% |
| 174th | Mauritania | 46.05% | -0.1% |
| 175th | Yemen, Republic of | 45.99% | 0.9% |
| 176th | Algeria | 44.49% | -0.5% |
| 177th | Lebanon | 44.17% | 0.2% |
| 178th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 44.01% | 0.1% |
| 179th | Iraq | 42.15% | -0.1% |
| 180th | Comoros | 41.82% | -0.2% |
| 181st | Nepal | 41.39% | 0.0% |
| 182nd | West Bank and Gaza | 40.13% | -0.1% |
| 183rd | Jordan | 39.43% | 0.0% |
| 184th | Djibouti | 34.14% | -0.5% |
| 185th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 34.06% | 0.1% |
| 186th | São Tomé and Principe | 24.31% | -0.5% |
FAQ
What was Burkina Faso's labor force participation in 1999?▾
Burkina Faso's labor force participation in 1999 was 82.29%. This ranked 8th globally.
How did Burkina Faso's labor force participation change in 1999?▾
Burkina Faso's labor force participation decreased by 0.3% in 1999 compared to 1998.
Which country had the highest labor force participation in 1999?▾
Tanzania had the highest labor force participation in 1999 at 86.46%.
What is the labor force participation of Burkina Faso in 1999?▾
The labor force participation of Burkina Faso in 1999 was 82.29%. This ranked 8th globally.
How does 1999 compare to 1998 for Burkina Faso's labor force participation?▾
Burkina Faso's labor force participation went from 82.50% in 1998 to 82.29% in 1999, a 0.3% decrease.
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