Agriculture’s Shares of Employment and GDP in Burundi

Agricultural employment and GDP shares; percent, latest available.

What the Data Shows

Agricultural employment versus GDP share in Burundi covers latest available on a % of workforce / % of GDP basis. The comparison uses 2 observations from Burundi national estimates. Agriculture employs roughly 85% of the workforce but produces 31.6% of GDP. The workforce figure is an approximate 80–90% descriptor, while the GDP share is a 2024 observation.

Data table

Unit: % of workforce (~80-90%) · Period: latest descriptor

RankEntryValuePeriod
1Workforce in agriculture≈85%latest descriptor
2Agriculture share of GDP31.6%2024

Sources

Source 1: Population and the 2024 census

Publisher: Burundi national estimates and census programme

Dataset/table: Population and the 2024 census

Units: million persons

Date checked: 2026-07-19

Evidence: Supports the published values, periods and status labels used for agricultural employment versus gdp share in Burundi.

Source 2: Growth and sector structure

Publisher: World Bank on Burundi national accounts

Dataset/table: Growth and sector structure

Units: % per year / % of GDP

Date checked: 2026-07-19

Evidence: Supports the published values, periods and status labels used for agricultural employment versus gdp share in Burundi.

Data notes & caveats

This is a structural comparison, not a composition. The 85% workforce value should display with an approximation mark.

Methodology

The brief pairs the source’s approximate agricultural-employment midpoint with the 2024 agriculture share of GDP and labels both denominators explicitly.

Source consistency notes

All directly compared values are kept on the source, period and unit basis stated in their rows; mixed-status or mixed-denominator support metrics are explicitly separated.

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