Education in Burkina Faso

2,612 indicators covering education for Burkina Faso.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Administration of a nationally-representative learning assessment at 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Administration of a nationally representative learning assessment in 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Administration of a nationally representative learning assessment in 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Trained teachers in preprimary education, male 66.1% 2024 down 13.6% 64th
Repeaters in Grade 2 of lower secondary general education, both sexes 42,803 number 2019 up 116.5% 15th
Government expenditure on pre-primary education, constant US$ 3.55 millions 2016 up 442.6% 119th
Pupil-trained teacher ratio in upper secondary education 19.28 headcount basis 2024 down 51.9% 31st
Repetition rate in lower secondary general education (all grades) 17.6% 2023 down 34.7% 11th
Out-of-school rate for children one year before the official primary 1 GPIA 2024 up 0.3% 55th
Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity 28.5% 2024 down 10.7% 127th
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 7 programmes, both sexes 26,609 2024 down 20.0% 74th
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 7 programmes, female 9,832 2024 down 8.4% 85th
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 7 programmes, male 16,777 2024 down 25.5% 67th
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 6 programmes, both sexes 193,214 2024 up 347.8% 66th
Proportion of upper secondary schools with access to electricity 44.9% 2024 up 53.0% 124th
Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in private 49.4% 2024 down 2.3% 70th
Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in private 1.0% 2024 down 4.4% 70th
Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in private 50.6% 2024 up 2.3% 100th
Government expenditure on primary education, US$ 251.29 millions 2015 up 45.7% 95th
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 6 programmes, male 109,793 2024 up 278.9% 52nd
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 6 programmes, female 83,421 2024 up 488.9% 77th
Repetition rate in lower secondary general education (all grades) 17.6% 2023 down 29.3% 20th
Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, both sexes 227,633 number 2019 up 132.8% 11th
Proportion of lower secondary schools with access to electricity 44.5% 2024 down 3.8% 113th
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in 65.3% 2024 up 12.2% 65th
Pupil-qualified teacher ratio in primary education 36.75 headcount basis 2024 down 30.3% 25th
Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes 91.0% 2024 up 7.9% 74th
Government expenditure on secondary education, US$ 123.21 millions 2016 up 310.7% 111th
Adolescents out of school, female 55.5% 2024 up 20.5% 8th
Proportion of youth not in education, employment or training, by sex 21.6% 2024 down 47.2% 27th
Adolescents out of school, male 63.0% 2024 up 42.1% 5th
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in 66.2% 2024 up 14.4% 63rd
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in 65.2% 2024 up 11.7% 60th
Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, male 86.7% 2024 up 4.6% 80th
Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female 95.2% 2024 up 6.1% 72nd
Theoretical duration of early childhood education 3 years 2019 unchanged 101st
Proportion of qualified teachers in primary education, adjusted 1.09 GPIA 2024 up 1.2% 12th
Official entrance age to early childhood education 3 years 2019 down 25.0% 36th
Repeaters in Grade 5 of primary education, both sexes 23,724 number 2019 down 18.6% 29th
Proportion of primary schools with single-sex basic sanitation 48.5% 2024 down 34.6% 93rd
Proportion of upper secondary schools with single-sex basic 18.2% 2024 down 65.1% 91st
Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal 2.7% 2024 down 1.7% 55th
Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water 74.5% 2024 up 14.9% 100th
Proportion of lower secondary schools with single-sex basic 18.7% 2024 down 64.1% 88th
Proportion of primary schools with basic handwashing facilities 40.0% 2024 up 117.4% 104th
Pupil-qualified teacher ratio in pre-primary education 76.45 headcount basis 2024 up 147.9% 4th
Proportion of lower secondary schools with access to basic drinking 55.9% 2024 up 33.7% 99th
Proportion of upper secondary schools with access to basic drinking 56.0% 2024 up 34.1% 103rd
Percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes 25.4% 2024 down 64.9% 85th
Repeaters in Grade 1 of lower secondary general education, female 34,147 number 2019 up 156.3% 9th
Percentage of qualified teachers in lower secondary education, both 76.5% 2024 down 21.8% 61st
Pupil-qualified teacher ratio in lower secondary 25.65 headcount basis 2024 up 0.6% 16th
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 2.5% 22nd
Percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, female 17.3% 2024 down 79.1% 85th
Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, female 44.5% 2024 down 17.5% 154th
Percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, male 66.1% 2024 up 284.9% 58th
Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity 1.17 GPIA 2024 up 20.6% 7th
Percentage of enrolment in secondary education in private 54.2% 2024 up 8.2% 23rd
Percentage of enrolment in secondary education in private 1.2% 2024 up 15.2% 23rd
Percentage of enrolment in secondary education in private 45.8% 2024 down 8.3% 146th