Education in Burkina Faso

2,606 indicators covering education for Burkina Faso.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 91,764 2024 up 57.4% 61st
Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 1st
Duration of pre primary education 3 2025 unchanged 27th
Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 2025 unchanged 56th
Population ages 15-64 56.1% 2025 up 8.1% 198th
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
Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 77.17 2024 down 8.7% 208th
School enrollment, primary 77.2% 2024 down 8.7% 197th
Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0039 units per person 2024 up 21.9% 144th
Primary education, teachers 91,764 2024 up 57.4% 61st
Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 4.11 2024 down 26.5% 23rd
Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 5.1% 19th
School enrollment, primary, female 78.3% 2024 down 5.8% 195th
School enrollment, primary, male 76.1% 2024 down 11.5% 196th
Womens educational attainment vs fertility, annual growth rate -2.08 % change on previous year 2023 down 25.6% 201st
Fertility rate vs share of women between 25 and 29 years old with no e 4.19 2023 down 26.5% 22nd
Womens educational attainment vs fertility 4.19 2023 down 26.5% 22nd
Labor force, total, per capita 0.4118 units per person 2025 down 3.9% 126th
Labor force, total 9.91 million 2025 up 23.2% 58th
Labor force, female 46.5% 2025 down 2.8% 79th
Primary secondary enrollment completion rates 77.17 2024 down 8.7% 203rd
School completion, annual growth rate 2.25 % change on previous year 2025 down 70.9% 10th
School completion, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 36.0% 59th
Labor force, total, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 47.2% 17th
School completion 72.16 2025 up 49.4% 138th
Labor force, total, annual growth rate 3.26 % change on previous year 2025 up 13.7% 21st
Primary education, teachers, annual growth rate 9.59 % change on previous year 2024 up 7.1% 19th
Secondary education, teachers, gaps filled 68,557 2024 up 120.6% 77th
School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 1.02 GPI 2021 up 9.6% 30th
Human capital composite index -2.25 standard deviations from the yearly mean 2024 down 39.1% 198th
School enrollment, secondary 30.0% 2024 up 1.4% 194th
Precentage enrolled in private institutions at the primary education 28.18 2024 up 62.7% 44th
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
Primary education, teachers, per square kilometre 0.3061 units per square kilometre 2023 up 56.5% 122nd
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth 18.71 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 36.9% 156th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth 44.23 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 15.0% 37th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth 37.06 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 22.6% 3rd
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth 81.61 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 23.8% 57th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth 18.26 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 39.6% 108th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth 0.1279 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 96.7% 26th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 38 - Projected education 50.55 Percentage of population aged 15 years or over 2040 down 15.5% 3rd
Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, annual growth rate 6.82 % change on previous year 2024 up 349.2% 10th
Secondary education, teachers, per capita 0.0029 units per person 2024 up 70.8% 172nd
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
Secondary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 up 32.9% 20th
Secondary education, teachers, female, gaps filled 12,609 2024 up 146.8% 109th
School enrollment, primary, private 28.2% 2024 up 62.7% 41st
Official entrance age to upper secondary education 16 years 2020 unchanged 12th
Population of the official entrance age to primary education, male 314,837 number 2020 up 29.6% 44th
Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female 304,053 number 2020 up 29.7% 44th
Population of the official entrance age to primary education, both 618,890 number 2020 up 29.7% 44th
School age population, tertiary education, male 948,662 number 2019 up 39.4% 55th