Which has higher children out of school, primary, female, Burkina Faso or Tanzania?

Tanzania, at 822,227 against 659,756 in Burkina Faso as of 2024.

How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Tanzania?

38 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as Children out of school, primary, female. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Burkina Faso vs Tanzania: Children out of school, primary, female

Burkina Faso

659,756

in 2024

Tanzania

822,227

in 2024

Burkina Faso rank

13th

Tanzania rank

12th

Children out of school, primary, female over time

Burkina Faso
Tanzania

How they compare

Tanzania currently reports 822,227 against 659,756 in Burkina Faso, a difference of 162,471.

That makes Tanzania's figure about 1.2 times Burkina Faso's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 38 shared years of data; in 1981 it was Tanzania ahead.

Burkina Faso ranks 13th and Tanzania ranks 12th of 177 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Burkina Faso averaged higher in 1 and Tanzania in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Burkina Faso	Tanzania	Difference	Ahead
1980s	527,454	943,685	416,232	Tanzania
1990s	658,065	1.40 million	741,168	Tanzania
2000s	675,709	674,202	1,507	Burkina Faso
2010s	505,778	717,546	211,769	Tanzania
2020s	625,794	679,707	53,913	Tanzania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher children out of school, primary, female, Burkina Faso or Tanzania?: Tanzania, at 822,227 against 659,756 in Burkina Faso as of 2024.
What is the difference in children out of school, primary, female between Burkina Faso and Tanzania?: 162,471, with Tanzania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Tanzania?: 38 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2024.
How do Burkina Faso and Tanzania rank globally for children out of school, primary, female?: Burkina Faso ranks 13th and Tanzania ranks 12th of 177 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as Children out of school, primary, female. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Burkina Faso vs Tanzania: Children out of school, primary, female. Statizoid, drawing on Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Retrieved 17 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/children-out-of-school-primary-female/burkina-faso/tanzania/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/children-out-of-school-primary-female/burkina-faso/tanzania/">Burkina Faso vs Tanzania: Children out of school, primary, female</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Children out of school, primary, female
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 182 places, 3,681 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed: 17 September 2026

Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school.