Burkina Faso vs WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income): School life expectancy, secondary, both sexes

Burkina Faso
2.21 years
in 2024
WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)
2.82 years
in 2024
Burkina Faso rank
202nd
WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) rank
199th

School life expectancy, secondary, both sexes over time

  • Burkina Faso
  • WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)
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How they compare

WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) currently reports 2.82 years against 2.21 years in Burkina Faso, a difference of 0.61 years.

That makes WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)'s figure about 1.3 times Burkina Faso's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 49 shared years of data; in 1971 it was WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) ahead.

Burkina Faso ranks 202nd and WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) ranks 199th of 214 countries.

WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Burkina Faso WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) Difference Ahead
1970s 0.1201 years 0.904 years 0.7839 years WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)
1980s 0.2849 years 1.34 years 1.05 years WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)
1990s 0.5526 years 1.44 years 0.8857 years WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)
2000s 0.9786 years 1.87 years 0.8914 years WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)
2010s 2.28 years 2.56 years 0.282 years WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)
2020s 2.55 years 2.79 years 0.2353 years WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, secondary, both sexes, Burkina Faso or WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)?
WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income), at 2.82 years against 2.21 years in Burkina Faso as of 2024.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, secondary, both sexes between Burkina Faso and WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)?
0.61 years, with WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)?
49 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2024.
How do Burkina Faso and WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) rank globally for school life expectancy, secondary, both sexes?
Burkina Faso ranks 202nd and WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) ranks 199th of 214 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, secondary, both sexes (years). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
School life expectancy, secondary, both sexes (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
435 places, 16,501 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release