Education in Burkina Faso

2,621 indicators covering education for Burkina Faso.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal 0.7003 GPIA 2024 up 24.8% 87th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe: Students from 0 2024 45th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 1.1% 2024 up 36.3% 96th
Repeaters in grade unknown of lower secondary general education, male 0 2024 7th
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 49.8% 2024 down 19.1% 106th
Adjusted gender parity index for completion rate, by location, wealth 0.765 2021 up 82.6% 82nd
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 0.9% 2024 up 61.1% 66th
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 2.2% 2023 up 135.2% 111th
Gross graduation ratio, primary, total 62.3% 2016 up 131.2% 94th
Capital expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in primary 2.4% 2016 down 93.9% 90th
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 13.8% 2024 up 43.0% 106th
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 18.7% 2024 up 38.1% 105th
Share of all students in post-secondary non-tertiary education 100.0% 2013 unchanged 1st
Initial government funding per tertiary student as a percentage of 309.2% 2016 up 48.0% 3rd
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 9.1% 2024 up 57.6% 107th
Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and 35.1% 2024 up 73.6% 55th
Female share of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and 35.1% 2024 up 73.6% 55th
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 42.6% 2024 down 17.6% 103rd
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 1.3% 2024 up 130.3% 10th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 0.6% 2024 16th
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 0.7% 2023 up 113.7% 109th
Initial government funding per tertiary student, constant PPP$ 7,422 2016 up 86.7% 50th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 14.7% 2019 up 251.6% 37th
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 36.0% 2024 down 14.7% 102nd
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 0.4864 GPIA 2024 up 14.1% 106th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 0.9% 2024 up 23.8% 30th
Mean years of schooling (ISCED 1 or higher), population 25+ years 2.27 2021 up 76.2% 122nd
Proportion of schools with access to computers for pedagogical 6.4% 2024 100th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 1.5% 2019 down 64.2% 60th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 16.3% 2019 down 62.4% 3rd
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 5.5% 2019 down 67.9% 36th
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 0.329 GPIA 2023 down 9.1% 101st
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 0.7229 GPIA 2024 up 5.4% 99th
Initial government funding per secondary student as a percentage of 16.3% 2016 down 20.9% 74th
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 0.0965 LPIA 2024 up 53.3% 104th
Gross graduation ratio, primary, female 64.6% 2016 up 181.1% 90th
Gross graduation ratio, primary, male 60.0% 2016 up 95.2% 92nd
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 8.7% 2024 up 85.8% 99th
Proportion of schools with access to basic drinking water, by 55.9% 2024 up 33.7% 93rd
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 12.1% 2024 up 44.4% 98th
All staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in 78.5% 2016 up 42.5% 59th
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 15.9% 2024 up 19.6% 98th
Proportion of upper secondary schools with access to adapted 47.3% 2024 up 153.2% 43rd
Cross country literacy rates 41.57 2023 up 20.1% 123rd
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 0.1169 LPIA 2023 up 68.3% 104th
Current expenditure other than staff compensation as a percentage of 19.1% 2016 up 288.1% 35th
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 0.2837 LPIA 2024 up 75.2% 98th
Percentage of teachers in secondary education vocational programmes 16.1% 2024 up 2.2% 102nd
Initial government funding per secondary student, constant PPP$ 391.24 2016 down 0.2% 102nd
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 10.7% 2024 97th
Government expenditure on upper secondary education, US$ 49.76 millions 2016 up 201.1% 86th
Percentage of primary schools providing life skills-based HIV and 1.7% 2024 down 29.5% 40th
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 8.0% 2024 97th
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 0.5498 GPIA 2024 up 55.4% 91st
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 0.0729 LPIA 2023 up 23.6% 102nd
Mean years of schooling (ISCED 1 or higher), population 25+ years 1.6 2021 up 80.8% 118th
Mean years of schooling (ISCED 1 or higher), population 25+ years 0.517 GPIA 2021 up 3.3% 119th
Mean years of schooling (ISCED 1 or higher), population 25+ years 3.1 2021 up 75.1% 120th
Proportion of schools with access to the internet for pedagogical 2.3% 2024 down 9.3% 94th
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 5.5% 2024 98th