Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15-19 with primary schooling. in Burundi
Burundi: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15-19 with primary schooling. was 48.1% in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15-19 with primary schooling. in Burundi, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/. Measured in Incomplete and Completed Primary.
Analysis
Burundi recorded 48.1% for barro-lee: percentage of population age 15-19 with primary schooling. in 2010.
That represents a change of down 13.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of population age 15-19 with primary schooling. in Burundi peaked at 55.9% in 1995 and was at its lowest, 21.7%, in 1960.
That places Burundi 21st out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15-19 with primary schooling. in Burundi, year by year
| Year | Incomplete and Completed Primary | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 21.7% | — |
| 1965 | 25.0% | +15.2% |
| 1970 | 30.8% | +23.3% |
| 1975 | 34.8% | +13.1% |
| 1980 | 34.0% | -2.3% |
| 1985 | 31.8% | -6.6% |
| 1990 | 39.6% | +24.5% |
| 1995 | 55.9% | +41.2% |
| 2000 | 55.6% | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 47.6% | -14.3% |
| 2010 | 48.1% | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 23.3% | 21.7% | 25.0% | 2 |
| 1970s | 32.8% | 30.8% | 34.8% | 2 |
| 1980s | 32.9% | 31.8% | 34.0% | 2 |
| 1990s | 47.7% | 39.6% | 55.9% | 2 |
| 2000s | 51.6% | 47.6% | 55.6% | 2 |
| 2010s | 48.1% | 48.1% | 48.1% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Burundi
More education data for Burundi
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 27,748 (2025)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 646,726 (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 115,798 (2025)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 117,464 (2025)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 590,027 (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 2.52 million (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 4.06 % change on previous year (2020)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0007 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1748 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of population age 15-19 with primary schooling. in Burundi?
- Barro-lee: percentage of population age 15-19 with primary schooling. in Burundi was 48.1% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of population age 15-19 with primary schooling. recorded in Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 55.9% in 1995.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of population age 15-19 with primary schooling. recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.7% in 1960.
- How does Burundi rank for barro-lee: percentage of population age 15-19 with primary schooling.?
- Burundi ranks 21st out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of population age 15-19 with primary schooling. rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.5%. 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: Percentage of population age 15-19 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 11 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
Percentage of population age 15-19 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)