Burkina Faso vs SDG: Sub-saharan Africa: School age population, last grade of primary education, female

Burkina Faso
319,914
in 2025
SDG: Sub-saharan Africa
15.02 million
in 2024
Burkina Faso rank
45th
SDG: Sub-saharan Africa rank
48th

School age population, last grade of primary education, female over time

  • Burkina Faso
  • SDG: Sub-saharan Africa
05.0M10.0M15.0M197019972025

How they compare

SDG: Sub-saharan Africa currently reports 15.02 million against 319,914 in Burkina Faso, a difference of 14.70 million.

That makes SDG: Sub-saharan Africa's figure about 46.9 times Burkina Faso's.

Across all 55 years both countries report, SDG: Sub-saharan Africa has been ahead every year.

Burkina Faso ranks 45th and SDG: Sub-saharan Africa ranks 48th of 222 countries.

SDG: Sub-saharan Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Burkina Faso SDG: Sub-saharan Africa Difference Ahead
1970s 71,282 3.92 million 3.85 million SDG: Sub-saharan Africa
1980s 93,192 5.29 million 5.20 million SDG: Sub-saharan Africa
1990s 131,763 7.12 million 6.98 million SDG: Sub-saharan Africa
2000s 170,697 9.21 million 9.03 million SDG: Sub-saharan Africa
2010s 235,014 11.98 million 11.75 million SDG: Sub-saharan Africa
2020s 298,077 14.55 million 14.25 million SDG: Sub-saharan Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school age population, last grade of primary education, female, Burkina Faso or SDG: Sub-saharan Africa?
SDG: Sub-saharan Africa, at 15.02 million against 319,914 in Burkina Faso as of 2024.
What is the difference in school age population, last grade of primary education, female between Burkina Faso and SDG: Sub-saharan Africa?
14.70 million, with SDG: Sub-saharan Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and SDG: Sub-saharan Africa?
55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
How do Burkina Faso and SDG: Sub-saharan Africa rank globally for school age population, last grade of primary education, female?
Burkina Faso ranks 45th and SDG: Sub-saharan Africa ranks 48th of 222 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School age population, last grade of primary education, female (number). 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 SDG: Sub-saharan Africa: School age population, last grade of primary education, female. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 17 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/school-age-population-last-grade-of-primary-education-female-number-2/burkina-faso/sdg-sub-saharan-africa/

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-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/school-age-population-last-grade-of-primary-education-female-number-2/burkina-faso/sdg-sub-saharan-africa/">Burkina Faso vs SDG: Sub-saharan Africa: School age population, last grade of primary education, female</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
School age population, last grade of primary education, female (number)
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
443 places, 20,699 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release