Education in Burkina Faso

2,594 indicators covering education for Burkina Faso.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Theoretical duration of lower secondary education 4 years 2025 unchanged 17th
Official entrance age to lower secondary education 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th
Start of the academic school year 2,024 2025 up 0.5% 53rd
Theoretical duration of pre-primary education 3 years 2025 unchanged 27th
Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years 2025 unchanged 56th
Theoretical duration of primary education 6 years 2025 unchanged 27th
Official entrance age to primary education 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd
Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male 130,920 2024 up 137.1% 80th
Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female 94,982 2024 up 263.9% 102nd
Teachers in primary education, male 45,820 2024 up 34.7% 42nd
Teachers in primary education, female 45,944 2024 up 89.2% 71st
Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female 50.1% 2024 up 20.2% 181st
Gross enrolment ratio, primary, both sexes 77.2% 2024 down 8.7% 208th
School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 4.68 years 2024 down 11.5% 178th
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 3.4% 2024 up 5.5% 137th
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 7.0% 2024 up 103.5% 124th
Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes 225,902 2024 up 177.8% 90th
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 96.6% 2024 down 0.2% 89th
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 93.0% 2024 down 3.7% 97th
Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 153,670 2024 up 112.8% 105th
Enrolment in secondary education, male 539,546 2024 up 18.1% 72nd
Enrolment in secondary education, female 649,886 2024 up 68.8% 62nd
Teachers in primary education, both sexes 91,764 2024 up 57.4% 61st
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 5.1% 2024 up 50.6% 133rd
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 94.9% 2024 down 1.8% 94th
Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes 1.19 million 2024 up 41.3% 65th
Enrolment in primary education, male 1.54 million 2024 up 14.8% 53rd
Enrolment in primary education, female 1.53 million 2024 up 22.0% 49th
School age population, upper secondary education, male 833,817 2025 up 40.5% 48th
School age population, upper secondary education, female 811,645 2025 up 39.7% 47th
School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 1.65 million 2025 up 40.1% 48th
School age population, secondary education, male 2.07 million 2025 up 39.4% 44th
School age population, secondary education, female 2.01 million 2025 up 39.0% 44th
School age population, secondary education, both sexes 4.09 million 2025 up 39.2% 44th
School age population, tertiary education, male 1.17 million 2025 up 36.8% 55th
School age population, tertiary education, female 1.15 million 2025 up 35.8% 55th
School age population, tertiary education, both sexes 2.32 million 2025 up 36.3% 56th
School age population, lower secondary education, male 1.24 million 2025 up 38.8% 39th
School age population, lower secondary education, female 1.20 million 2025 up 38.5% 39th
School age population, lower secondary education, both sexes 2.44 million 2025 up 38.6% 39th
School age population, last grade of primary education, male 329,842 2025 up 35.3% 45th
School age population, last grade of primary education, female 319,914 2025 up 34.9% 45th
School age population, last grade of primary education, both sexes 649,756 2025 up 35.1% 45th
School age population, primary education, male 2.03 million 2025 up 25.9% 42nd
School age population, primary education, female 1.97 million 2025 up 25.7% 41st
School age population, primary education, both sexes 4.00 million 2025 up 25.8% 41st
Population of the official entrance age to primary education, male 338,776 2025 up 14.9% 44th
Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female 328,507 2025 up 14.9% 44th
Population of the official entrance age to primary education, both 667,283 2025 up 14.9% 44th
School age population, one year before the official primary entry 333,245 2025 up 9.7% 44th
School age population, one year before the official primary entry 323,272 2025 up 9.7% 44th
School age population, one year before the official primary entry 656,517 2025 up 9.7% 44th
School age population, pre-primary education, male 995,523 2025 up 5.7% 39th
School age population, pre-primary education, female 966,247 2025 up 5.7% 39th
School age population, pre-primary education, both sexes 1.96 million 2025 up 5.7% 39th
Enrolment in primary education, both sexes 3.07 million 2024 up 18.3% 49th
Primary enrollment selected countries 65.71 2024 down 0.8% 193rd
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