Burkina Faso vs GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024: School age population, tertiary education, both sexes

Burkina Faso
2.32 million
in 2025
GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024
115.48 million
in 2024
Burkina Faso rank
56th
GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 rank
57th

School age population, tertiary education, both sexes over time

  • Burkina Faso
  • GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024
025.0M50.0M75.0M100.0M125.0M197019972025

How they compare

GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 currently reports 115.48 million against 2.32 million in Burkina Faso, a difference of 113.16 million.

That makes GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024's figure about 49.7 times Burkina Faso's.

Across all 55 years both countries report, GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 has been ahead every year.

Burkina Faso ranks 56th and GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 57th of 221 countries.

GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Burkina Faso GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 Difference Ahead
1970s 494,699 27.95 million 27.46 million GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024
1980s 660,231 37.00 million 36.34 million GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024
1990s 861,288 50.01 million 49.15 million GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024
2000s 1.27 million 67.19 million 65.92 million GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024
2010s 1.70 million 88.83 million 87.13 million GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024
2020s 2.11 million 110.43 million 108.32 million GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school age population, tertiary education, both sexes, Burkina Faso or GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024?
GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024, at 115.48 million against 2.32 million in Burkina Faso as of 2024.
What is the difference in school age population, tertiary education, both sexes between Burkina Faso and GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024?
113.16 million, with GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024?
55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
How do Burkina Faso and GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 rank globally for school age population, tertiary education, both sexes?
Burkina Faso ranks 56th and GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 57th of 221 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School age population, tertiary education, both sexes (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
School age population, tertiary education, both sexes (number)
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
442 places, 20,404 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release