Educational attainment rate, completed Master's … Master s female in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Educational attainment rate, completed Master's … Master s female was 0.4% in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent in Burkina Faso, 2014–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Burkina Faso recorded 0.4% for educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent in 2024.
That represents a change of down 32.0% on the previous year and down 40.9% over five years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent in Burkina Faso peaked at 0.6% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2014.
That places Burkina Faso 78th out of 78 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Educational attainment rate, completed Master's … Master s female in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.0% | — |
| 2018 | 0.5% | — |
| 2019 | 0.6% | +20.5% |
| 2022 | 0.3% | -45.2% |
| 2023 | 0.5% | +58.7% |
| 2024 | 0.4% | -32.0% |
Burkina Faso compared with similar countries
- Burkina Faso's 0.4% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.1%, 33% of the median. (7 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.0% | 0.6% | 3 |
| 2020s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
More education data for Burkina Faso
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 66.29 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 65.71 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 68,557 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 105,439 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 78,072 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 75,598 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.19 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 3.07 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 8.2 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent in Burkina Faso?
- Educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent in Burkina Faso was 0.4% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6% in 2019.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2014.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent?
- Burkina Faso ranks 78th out of 78 countries with data for 2024.
- Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent education or higher, population 25+ years, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release