Education in Burkina Faso 577 indicators covering education for Burkina Faso. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Average years of schooling among adults 2.27 years 2023 up 81.9% 190th Average years of schooling vs. expected years of schooling 2.27 years 2023 up 81.9% 190th Average years of schooling vs. GDP per capita 2.27 years 2023 up 81.9% 190th Share enrolled in private institutions at the pre-primary education level 79.4% 2024 down 1.1% 30th Average years of schooling, males vs. females 3.1 years 2023 up 80.4% 189th Expected years of schooling, males vs. females 8.72 years 2023 up 9.9% 182nd Primary completion rate, male 46.8% 2024 down 19.5% 184th Primary completion rate, female 57.4% 2024 down 6.1% 173rd Duration of compulsory education 10 years 2025 unchanged 86th Official entrance age to compulsory education 6 years 2025 unchanged 21st 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 Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, both sexes 68.6% 2019 up 37.6% 180th School life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes 8.85 years 2019 up 45.3% 175th School enrollment, preprimary, male 6.5% 2021 up 109.8% 186th School enrollment, preprimary, female 6.5% 2021 up 111.1% 186th Persistence to last grade of primary, total 31.0% 2022 down 55.1% 177th School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes 0.4084 years 2019 up 108.3% 157th 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 Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 105,485 number 2019 up 151.7% 113th Share of children in primary school age who are in school 65.7% 2024 down 0.8% 197th Secondary education, duration 7 years 2025 unchanged 26th Primary education, pupils 3.07 million 2024 up 18.3% 49th Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th Secondary education, pupils 1.19 million 2024 up 41.3% 65th Share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. GDP per capita 34.3% 2024 up 1.6% 13th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male 68.4% 2019 up 27.4% 178th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female 68.8% 2019 up 49.8% 172nd School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male 8.83 years 2019 up 34.1% 171st School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index 1.01 GPI 2019 up 18.6% 82nd School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female 8.88 years 2019 up 59.1% 166th Persistence to last grade of primary, male 26.5% 2022 down 58.7% 162nd Persistence to last grade of primary, female 36.0% 2022 down 51.7% 159th Secondary education, vocational pupils 28,566 2018 up 11.5% 98th Gender gap in primary, secondary and tertiary education 66.3% 2024 up 2.4% 175th 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 School life expectancy, tertiary, male 0.5337 years 2019 up 100.9% 145th School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index 0.5279 GPI 2019 up 11.5% 167th School life expectancy, tertiary, female 0.2818 years 2019 up 124.0% 158th Teachers in primary education, female 39,386 number 2019 up 202.7% 73rd Net enrollment rates in primary education, adjusted gender parity index 1.02 index 2024 up 6.4% 34th Children out of school, female 33.7% 2024 down 4.4% 15th Children out of school, male 34.8% 2024 up 7.9% 10th Enrolment in pre-primary education, female 51,729 number 2019 up 149.6% 113th Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in private institutio 78.9% 2019 up 10.8% 32nd Secondary education, vocational pupils 39.1% 2018 down 19.4% 113th Share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational p 2.7% 2018 down 50.2% 152nd School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes 9.26 years 2019 up 47.3% 163rd Productivity vs. educational attainment 3.08 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour 2023 up 17.2% 126th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 111.1% 2018 up 23.5% 36th Vocational and Technical enrolment (% of total secondary enrolment), f 3.4% 2024 up 5.5% 131st Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 3.5% 2025 down 22.2% 131st ← Previous Page 2 of 10 Next →