Education in Burundi 148 indicators covering education for Burundi. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Population ages 15-64 53.5% 2025 up 5.4% 206th Population ages 0-14 44.0% 2025 down 6.5% 9th Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 down 14.3% 33rd Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 down 7.7% 30th School enrollment, primary 100.6% 2025 down 13.4% 101st Primary education, teachers 43,226 2025 down 9.9% 89th School enrollment, primary, female 101.6% 2025 down 13.8% 83rd School enrollment, primary, male 99.7% 2025 down 13.0% 111th Labor force, total 6.31 million 2025 up 35.6% 75th Labor force, female 51.6% 2025 down 0.3% 4th School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 1.01 GPI 2020 up 2.5% 36th School enrollment, secondary 23.1% 2025 down 47.4% 198th Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 8.1 per 1,000 2024 down 13.8% 53rd Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 7.4 per 1,000 2024 down 17.8% 26th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 8 per 1,000 2024 down 14.0% 9th Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 9.7 per 1,000 2024 down 22.4% 15th Secondary education, teachers 27,748 2025 up 49.5% 113th School enrollment, secondary, female 26.4% 2025 down 38.0% 195th School enrollment, secondary, male 19.9% 2025 down 56.1% 200th School enrollment, tertiary 6.4% 2025 up 21.4% 172nd School enrollment, primary, private 3.1% 2025 up 85.1% 166th School enrollment, preprimary 16.5% 2021 up 103.4% 173rd School enrollment, tertiary, male 6.7% 2025 down 15.3% 170th School enrollment, tertiary, female 6.1% 2025 up 131.7% 167th School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1.21 GPI 2020 up 69.5% 6th School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 0.9032 GPI 2025 up 173.6% 152nd Secondary education, teachers, female 7,258 2025 up 87.3% 125th Primary completion rate, female 51.3% 2020 down 0.3% 182nd Primary completion rate, male 44.0% 2020 down 18.0% 186th Government expenditure on education, total 4.5% 2025 down 29.3% 79th Secondary education, general pupils 606,024 2018 up 162.8% 86th Lower secondary completion rate, total 28.0% 2020 up 71.1% 175th School enrollment, preprimary, female 16.7% 2021 up 103.7% 171st School enrollment, preprimary, male 16.2% 2021 up 103.0% 171st Persistence to last grade of primary, total 49.7% 2019 down 11.5% 167th Government expenditure on education, total 10.3% 2025 down 62.6% 145th Secondary education, general pupils 53.3% 2018 up 29.0% 10th Lower secondary completion rate, female 31.6% 2020 up 134.1% 173rd Lower secondary completion rate, male 24.4% 2020 up 26.9% 179th Children out of school 26.5% 2025 up 138.5% 21st Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th Primary education, pupils 2.52 million 2025 up 21.4% 59th Secondary education, duration 7 years 2025 unchanged 26th Secondary education, pupils 590,027 2025 down 11.2% 100th Persistence to last grade of primary, female 53.7% 2019 down 12.1% 152nd Persistence to last grade of primary, male 45.7% 2019 down 11.8% 154th Secondary education, vocational pupils 68,831 2018 up 445.0% 82nd Number of under-five deaths, male 11,833 2024 down 31.5% 42nd Number of under-five deaths, female 9,740 2024 down 33.0% 41st Number of infant deaths, male 7,931 2024 down 29.6% 43rd Number of infant deaths, female 6,140 2024 down 30.4% 45th Children out of school, female 24.9% 2025 up 161.3% 24th Children out of school, male 28.0% 2025 up 121.3% 19th Secondary education, vocational pupils 47.7% 2018 up 7.8% 45th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 128.1% 2018 up 0.8% 19th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 0.9% 2025 down 36.4% 182nd Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 1.0% 2025 down 42.9% 179th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 0.8% 2025 down 26.4% 182nd Primary education, teachers 55.2% 2025 up 7.1% 160th Repeaters, primary, total 25.7% 2018 down 23.8% 3rd Page 1 of 3 Next →