Education in Burkina Faso

2,594 indicators covering education for Burkina Faso.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Secondary education, pupils 1.19 million 2024 up 41.3% 65th
Gross enrolment ratio, primary, male 76.1% 2024 down 11.5% 206th
Gross enrolment ratio, primary, adjusted gender parity index 1.03 GPIA 2024 up 6.4% 19th
Gross enrolment ratio, primary, female 78.3% 2024 down 5.8% 205th
School life expectancy, primary, male 4.61 years 2024 down 14.2% 178th
School life expectancy, primary, female 4.76 years 2024 down 8.6% 174th
Share primary school age out of school vs gdp per capita 34.29 2024 up 1.6% 12th
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index 1.03 GPIA 2024 up 6.4% 21st
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
Enrolment in pre-primary education, female 75,598 2024 up 107.0% 104th
Enrolment in pre-primary education, male 78,072 2024 up 118.8% 102nd
Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes 105,439 2024 down 40.9% 40th
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
Teachers in secondary education, both sexes 68,557 2024 up 120.6% 77th
Gender gap education levels 66.29 2024 up 2.4% 174th
Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, both sexes 30.0% 2024 up 1.4% 204th
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, secondary, both sexes 2.21 years 2024 up 6.5% 202nd
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
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes 6.89 years 2024 down 6.4% 205th
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, both sexes 53.6% 2024 down 7.7% 207th
Teachers in primary education, female 39,386 number 2019 up 202.7% 73rd
Repeaters in primary education, all grades, female 52,688 2024 down 40.1% 37th
Repeaters in primary education, all grades, male 52,751 2024 down 41.6% 46th
Net enrollment rate primary gender parity index gpi 1.02 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
Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes 10,818 2024 up 162.5% 95th
Enrolment in pre-primary education, female 51,729 number 2019 up 149.6% 113th
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, both sexes 10.0% 2024 up 105.1% 161st
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female 55.8% 2024 down 0.8% 196th
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male 51.5% 2024 down 14.0% 203rd
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity 1.08 GPIA 2024 up 14.6% 9th
Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, female 33.2% 2024 up 21.4% 202nd
Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, adjusted gender parity index 1.19 GPIA 2024 up 38.1% 6th
Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, male 26.8% 2024 down 15.4% 205th
Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in private institutio 78.9% 2019 up 10.8% 32nd
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female 7.19 years 2024 up 1.0% 196th
School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes 0.5899 years 2024 up 112.3% 158th
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity 1.08 GPIA 2024 up 15.5% 8th
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male 6.59 years 2024 down 13.2% 204th
School life expectancy, secondary, male 1.98 years 2024 down 10.8% 204th
School life expectancy, secondary, female 2.44 years 2024 up 27.1% 197th
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index 1.19 GPIA 2024 up 37.5% 7th
Secondary education, vocational pupils 39.1% 2018 down 19.4% 113th
Outbound mobility ratio to East Asia and the Pacific, male (UIS) 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% 3rd
Outbound mobility ratio to East Asia, male (UIS estimate) 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% 3rd
Outbound mobility ratio to the Caribbean, male (UIS estimate) 0.0% 2022 2nd
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% 3rd