Education in Burkina Faso 162 indicators covering education for Burkina Faso. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Population ages 15-64 56.1% 2025 up 8.1% 196th Population ages 0-14 41.2% 2025 down 9.5% 15th Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd School enrollment, primary 77.2% 2024 down 8.7% 197th Primary education, teachers 91,764 2024 up 57.4% 61st School enrollment, primary, female 78.3% 2024 down 5.8% 195th School enrollment, primary, male 76.1% 2024 down 11.5% 196th Labor force, total 9.91 million 2025 up 23.2% 58th Labor force, female 46.5% 2025 down 2.8% 79th School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 1.02 GPI 2021 up 9.6% 30th School enrollment, secondary 30.0% 2024 up 1.4% 194th Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 10.4 per 1,000 2024 up 8.3% 34th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 6.7 per 1,000 2024 down 10.7% 35th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 2.9 per 1,000 2024 down 45.3% 49th Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 4.7 per 1,000 2024 down 52.0% 33rd Secondary education, teachers 68,557 2024 up 120.6% 77th School enrollment, secondary, female 33.2% 2024 up 21.4% 192nd School enrollment, secondary, male 26.8% 2024 down 15.4% 195th School enrollment, tertiary 10.0% 2024 up 105.1% 160th School enrollment, primary, private 28.2% 2024 up 62.7% 41st School enrollment, preprimary 6.5% 2021 up 110.5% 189th School enrollment, tertiary, male 11.5% 2024 up 74.5% 152nd School enrollment, tertiary, female 8.5% 2024 up 169.6% 156th School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1.11 GPI 2021 up 41.7% 26th School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 0.7401 GPI 2024 up 54.5% 163rd Secondary education, teachers, female 12,609 2024 up 146.8% 109th Primary completion rate, female 57.4% 2024 down 6.1% 173rd Primary completion rate, male 46.8% 2024 down 19.5% 184th Government expenditure on education, total 5.3% 2023 up 30.5% 45th Secondary education, general pupils 1.25 million 2018 up 214.7% 57th Lower secondary completion rate, total 27.9% 2024 up 15.6% 176th School enrollment, preprimary, female 6.5% 2021 up 111.1% 186th School enrollment, preprimary, male 6.5% 2021 up 109.8% 186th Persistence to last grade of primary, total 31.0% 2022 down 55.1% 177th Government expenditure on education, total 20.3% 2023 up 25.6% 17th Secondary education, general pupils 49.3% 2018 up 19.0% 132nd Lower secondary completion rate, female 32.7% 2024 up 46.5% 171st Lower secondary completion rate, male 23.2% 2024 down 10.4% 182nd Children out of school 34.3% 2024 up 1.6% 12th Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th Primary education, pupils 3.07 million 2024 up 18.3% 49th Secondary education, duration 7 years 2025 unchanged 26th Secondary education, pupils 1.19 million 2024 up 41.3% 65th Persistence to last grade of primary, female 36.0% 2022 down 51.7% 159th Persistence to last grade of primary, male 26.5% 2022 down 58.7% 162nd Secondary education, vocational pupils 28,566 2018 up 11.5% 98th Number of under-five deaths, male 29,114 2024 down 27.7% 25th Number of under-five deaths, female 24,895 2024 down 29.0% 22nd Number of infant deaths, male 17,771 2024 down 24.9% 27th Number of infant deaths, female 13,991 2024 down 26.0% 26th Children out of school, female 33.7% 2024 down 4.4% 15th Children out of school, male 34.8% 2024 up 7.9% 10th Secondary education, vocational pupils 39.1% 2018 down 19.4% 113th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 111.1% 2018 up 23.5% 36th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 3.5% 2025 down 22.2% 131st Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 4.3% 2025 down 7.1% 118th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 2.8% 2025 down 36.0% 142nd Primary education, teachers 50.1% 2024 up 20.2% 170th Repeaters, primary, total 5.7% 2018 down 45.8% 56th Page 1 of 3 Next →