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
| Rank | Entry | Value | Period |
|---|
| 1 | Workforce in agriculture | ≈85% | latest descriptor |
| 2 | Agriculture share of GDP | 31.6% | 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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