Share of primary school teachers who are women in Burundi
Burundi: Share of primary school teachers who are women was 55.2% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of primary school teachers who are women in Burundi, 1971–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of primary school teachers who are women in Burundi is 55.2%, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of up 7.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of primary school teachers who are women in Burundi peaked at 55.5% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 25.6%, in 1971.
That places Burundi 171st out of 212 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 44 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 38.3% | 25.6% | 45.5% | 8 |
| 1980s | 47.4% | 46.5% | 48.2% | 9 |
| 1990s | 48.6% | 46.1% | 53.7% | 6 |
| 2000s | 54.2% | 52.8% | 55.5% | 9 |
| 2010s | 52.3% | 50.3% | 54.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 52.9% | 50.6% | 55.2% | 2 |
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More education data for Burundi
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 53.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 44.0% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 100.6% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers 43,226 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 4.79 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 101.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of primary school teachers who are women in Burundi?
- Share of primary school teachers who are women in Burundi was 55.2% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of primary school teachers who are women recorded in Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 55.5% in 2005.
- What is the lowest share of primary school teachers who are women recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.6% in 1971.
- How does Burundi rank for share of primary school teachers who are women?
- Burundi ranks 171st out of 212 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of primary school teachers who are women rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burundi data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of primary school teachers who are women. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female teachers among all teachers at the primary education level during a given school year.