Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 25-29, total in Burundi
Burundi: Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 25-29, total was 3 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 25-29, total in Burundi, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25-29, total in Burundi is 3, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 21.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25-29, total in Burundi peaked at 3 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.79, in 1960.
That places Burundi 133rd out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 25-29, total in Burundi, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.79 | — |
| 1965 | 1.08 | +36.7% |
| 1970 | 1.11 | +2.8% |
| 1975 | 1.49 | +34.2% |
| 1980 | 1.51 | +1.3% |
| 1985 | 1.64 | +8.6% |
| 1990 | 1.67 | +1.8% |
| 1995 | 1.52 | -9.0% |
| 2000 | 2.47 | +62.5% |
| 2005 | 2.99 | +21.1% |
| 2010 | 3 | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.935 | 0.79 | 1.08 | 2 |
| 1970s | 1.3 | 1.11 | 1.49 | 2 |
| 1980s | 1.57 | 1.51 | 1.64 | 2 |
| 1990s | 1.59 | 1.52 | 1.67 | 2 |
| 2000s | 2.73 | 2.47 | 2.99 | 2 |
| 2010s | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
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More education data for Burundi
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 254,088 (2025)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 10.89 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 233,262 (2025)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 4.58 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 83,195 (2025)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 4.36 % change on previous year (2018)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 23,880 (2025)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 19,346 (2025)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 39,547 (2025)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 14.3 % change on previous year (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25-29, total in Burundi?
- Barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25-29, total in Burundi was 3 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25-29, total recorded in Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 3 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25-29, total recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.79 in 1960.
- How does Burundi rank for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25-29, total?
- Burundi ranks 133rd out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25-29, total rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burundi data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 25-29, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of primary schooling, 25-29, total is the average years of primary education completed among people age 25-29.