Female share of graduates in other fields than Science, Technology in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Female share of graduates in other fields than Science, Technology was 45.0% in 2018. ▲ Rising
Female share of graduates in other fields than Science, Technology in Burkina Faso, 2011–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of March 2020. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for female share of graduates in other fields than science, technology in Burkina Faso is 45.0%, measured in 2018. That is the highest value across all 7 years on record.
The figure is up 22.3% on the previous year and up 46.9% over ten years.
Burkina Faso ranks 86th of 92 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Female share of graduates in other fields than Science, Technology in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 30.7% | — |
| 2012 | 35.1% | +14.5% |
| 2014 | 34.7% | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 38.4% | +10.7% |
| 2016 | 37.5% | -2.4% |
| 2017 | 36.8% | -1.7% |
| 2018 | 45.0% | +22.3% |
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More education data for Burkina Faso
- 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)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1303 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is female share of graduates in other fields than science, technology in Burkina Faso?
- Female share of graduates in other fields than science, technology in Burkina Faso was 45.0% in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of March 2020.
- What is the highest female share of graduates in other fields than science, technology recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 45.0% in 2018.
- What is the lowest female share of graduates in other fields than science, technology recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 30.7% in 2011.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for female share of graduates in other fields than science, technology?
- Burkina Faso ranks 86th out of 92 countries with data for 2018.
- Is female share of graduates in other fields than science, technology rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 46.9%. 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 (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of March 2020, published as part of Female share of graduates in other fields than Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics programmes, tertiary (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Female share of graduates in the given field of education, tertiary is the number of female graduates expressed as a percentage of the total number of graduates in the given field of education from tertiary education.