Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity was 0.5354 modelled data in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
0.5354 modelled data
Change on year
up 1.1%
World rank
159th
of 164 countries
All-time high
0.5354 modelled data
in 2025
All-time low
0.2688 modelled data
in 1981
Years of data
45
1981–2025
Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity in Burkina Faso, 1981–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in modelled data.
Analysis
Burkina Faso recorded 0.5354 modelled data for completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity in 2025. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 9.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity in Burkina Faso peaked at 0.5354 modelled data in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.2688 modelled data, in 1981.
Burkina Faso ranks 159th of 164 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | modelled data | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 0.2688 modelled data | — |
| 1982 | 0.2834 modelled data | +5.4% |
| 1983 | 0.2967 modelled data | +4.7% |
| 1984 | 0.3215 modelled data | +8.3% |
| 1985 | 0.3467 modelled data | +7.8% |
| 1986 | 0.3746 modelled data | +8.1% |
| 1987 | 0.394 modelled data | +5.2% |
| 1988 | 0.4101 modelled data | +4.1% |
| 1989 | 0.4137 modelled data | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 0.4107 modelled data | -0.7% |
| 1991 | 0.4124 modelled data | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 0.4126 modelled data | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.4079 modelled data | -1.1% |
| 1994 | 0.4118 modelled data | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 0.4193 modelled data | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 0.4332 modelled data | +3.3% |
| 1997 | 0.4495 modelled data | +3.8% |
| 1998 | 0.4656 modelled data | +3.6% |
| 1999 | 0.4814 modelled data | +3.4% |
| 2000 | 0.4934 modelled data | +2.5% |
| 2001 | 0.5005 modelled data | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 0.5059 modelled data | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 0.5203 modelled data | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 0.5208 modelled data | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 0.5168 modelled data | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 0.4984 modelled data | -3.6% |
| 2007 | 0.4785 modelled data | -4.0% |
| 2008 | 0.4676 modelled data | -2.3% |
| 2009 | 0.4654 modelled data | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 0.4618 modelled data | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 0.4567 modelled data | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 0.4563 modelled data | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 0.4593 modelled data | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 0.4752 modelled data | +3.5% |
| 2015 | 0.4902 modelled data | +3.2% |
| 2016 | 0.5032 modelled data | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 0.5123 modelled data | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 0.5131 modelled data | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.5122 modelled data | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 0.5131 modelled data | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.5138 modelled data | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.5201 modelled data | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 0.5276 modelled data | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 0.5296 modelled data | +0.4% |
| 2025 | 0.5354 modelled data | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.3455 modelled data | 0.2688 modelled data | 0.4137 modelled data | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.4305 modelled data | 0.4079 modelled data | 0.4814 modelled data | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4968 modelled data | 0.4654 modelled data | 0.5208 modelled data | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.484 modelled data | 0.4563 modelled data | 0.5131 modelled data | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5233 modelled data | 0.5131 modelled data | 0.5354 modelled data | 6 |
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More education data for Burkina Faso
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of lower secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 91,764 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity in Burkina Faso?
- Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity in Burkina Faso was 0.5354 modelled data in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5354 modelled data in 2025.
- What is the lowest completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2688 modelled data in 1981.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity?
- Burkina Faso ranks 159th out of 164 countries with data for 2025.
- Is completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) (modelled data). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release