Education in Burkina Faso 2,601 indicators covering education for Burkina Faso. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank School life expectancy, pre-primary, male 0.2329 years 2024 up 99.3% 191st School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index 0.9988 GPIA 2024 down 5.1% 112th Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 83.4% 2024 down 2.2% 174th Teachers in pre-primary education, male 1,313 2024 up 227.4% 54th Teachers in pre-primary education, female 6,594 2024 up 183.2% 96th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index 0.9784 GPI 2019 up 17.4% 136th Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female 1,038 2024 up 191.6% 116th Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female 9.6% 2024 up 11.1% 165th Teachers in tertiary education programmes, male 9,780 2024 up 159.8% 70th World population level education 4.14 million 2100 up 31.0% 92nd Total number of people aged 15 with no education in millions by contin 3.97 million 2100 down 25.1% 6th Share of the population with no formal education with projections 6.4 2100 down 27.4% 3rd Projections of the number of children per woman by education scenario 0.808 2100 down 10.7% 185th Repeaters, primary, male 5.8% 2018 down 45.4% 58th Repeaters, primary, female 5.6% 2018 down 46.1% 48th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female 7.68 years 2024 up 5.2% 167th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity 1.05 GPIA 2024 up 14.7% 91st School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 7.29 years 2024 down 8.6% 178th Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 85.5% 2019 up 21.1% 160th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, female 57.4% 2024 down 6.1% 177th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, male 46.8% 2024 down 19.5% 189th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, adjusted 1.18 GPIA 2024 up 12.9% 6th Teachers in pre-primary education, female 4,302 number 2019 up 253.5% 110th Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, both sexes 16.1% 2023 up 91.4% 82nd Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male 19.9% 2023 up 37.0% 85th Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity 0.5044 GPIA 2023 up 260.3% 60th School enrollment, secondary, private 41.2% 2024 up 6.3% 22nd Survival rate to the last grade of primary education,adjusted gender 1.26 GPIA 2022 up 11.1% 1st School enrollment, primary 78.6% 2018 up 31.1% 163rd Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 1.04 GPIA 2024 up 3.5% 71st Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, male 26.5% 2022 down 58.7% 162nd Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, female 36.0% 2022 down 51.7% 159th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, female 22.4% 2019 down 44.0% 21st Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, male 21.3% 2019 down 33.9% 21st Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, both sexes 29.8% 2023 up 3.4% 84th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general 27.9% 2024 up 15.6% 181st Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female 22.0% 2023 up 16.1% 82nd Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male 39.3% 2023 down 3.7% 88th Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index 0.5607 GPIA 2023 up 19.3% 79th Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female 10.1% 2023 up 383.2% 81st Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, both sexes 41.6% 2023 up 20.1% 84th Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, female 35.7% 2023 up 36.3% 83rd Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male 48.7% 2023 up 9.7% 85th Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, both sexes 62.8% 2022 up 68.9% 90th Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, adjusted gender parity 0.7339 GPIA 2023 up 24.4% 74th Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male 65.5% 2022 up 39.2% 92nd Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity 0.93 GPIA 2022 up 60.6% 79th Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, both sexes 55.1% 2019 up 39.1% 165th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in South 41 2023 up 1,950.0% 68th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in 1,324 2023 up 29.3% 15th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 318 2023 up 1,035.7% 109th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 1,546 2023 up 325.9% 26th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 0 2023 down 100.0% 159th Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying 5,576 2023 up 80.3% 106th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in North 2,279 2023 up 39.3% 92nd Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 0 2023 — 146th Trained teachers in primary education 91.0% 2024 up 7.9% 77th Theoretical duration of upper secondary education 3 years 2020 unchanged 52nd Theoretical duration of lower secondary education 4 years 2020 unchanged 18th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.1% 2023 up 216.9% 53rd ← Previous Page 6 of 44 Next →