Over-age students, primary, female in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Over-age students, primary, female was 16.1% in 2018. ▲ Rising
Over-age students, primary, female in Burkina Faso, 1971–2018
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of female enrollment.
Analysis
In 2018, over-age students, primary, female in Burkina Faso stood at 16.1%.
That represents a change of down 0.9% on the previous year and up 111.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, over-age students, primary, female in Burkina Faso peaked at 21.8% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 7.3%, in 2007.
That places Burkina Faso 29th out of 191 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 41 years of available data.
Over-age students, primary, female in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | % of female enrollment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 11.7% | — |
| 1972 | 11.6% | -0.4% |
| 1977 | 12.8% | +10.0% |
| 1978 | 13.7% | +7.3% |
| 1979 | 13.3% | -3.4% |
| 1980 | 13.6% | +2.2% |
| 1981 | 13.3% | -1.8% |
| 1982 | 12.9% | -2.9% |
| 1983 | 12.6% | -2.8% |
| 1984 | 13.4% | +6.9% |
| 1985 | 11.8% | -12.3% |
| 1986 | 11.2% | -5.1% |
| 1987 | 13.2% | +18.3% |
| 1988 | 12.2% | -8.1% |
| 1989 | 12.2% | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 13.3% | +8.9% |
| 1992 | 13.3% | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 12.4% | -6.6% |
| 1994 | 12.4% | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 12.2% | -1.4% |
| 1998 | 16.8% | +37.7% |
| 1999 | 14.7% | -12.5% |
| 2000 | 11.3% | -23.3% |
| 2001 | 9.8% | -13.1% |
| 2002 | 9.5% | -2.6% |
| 2003 | 10.7% | +12.9% |
| 2004 | 8.5% | -20.7% |
| 2005 | 7.7% | -9.5% |
| 2006 | 7.5% | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 7.3% | -3.0% |
| 2008 | 7.6% | +4.1% |
| 2009 | 9.4% | +23.6% |
| 2010 | 21.8% | +132.4% |
| 2011 | 20.0% | -8.4% |
| 2012 | 20.4% | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 21.1% | +3.4% |
| 2014 | 21.6% | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 20.6% | -4.6% |
| 2016 | 15.6% | -24.4% |
| 2017 | 16.2% | +4.2% |
| 2018 | 16.1% | -0.9% |
Burkina Faso compared with similar countries
- Burkina Faso's 16.1% is below the median for low income countries, which is 16.5%, 97% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Burkina Faso's 16.1% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 15.0%, 1.1× the median. (46 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Over-age students, primary, female in Burkina Faso changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +132.4% | 9.4% | 21.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 12.6% | 11.6% | 13.7% | 5 |
| 1980s | 12.6% | 11.2% | 13.6% | 10 |
| 1990s | 13.6% | 12.2% | 16.8% | 7 |
| 2000s | 8.9% | 7.3% | 11.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.3% | 15.6% | 21.8% | 9 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
More education data for Burkina Faso
- 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)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is over-age students, primary, female in Burkina Faso?
- Over-age students, primary, female in Burkina Faso was 16.1% in 2018, according to Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest over-age students, primary, female recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 21.8% in 2010.
- What is the lowest over-age students, primary, female recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.3% in 2007.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for over-age students, primary, female?
- Burkina Faso ranks 29th out of 191 countries with data for 2018.
- Is over-age students, primary, female rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 111.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
- The figures come from Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Over-age students, primary, female (% of female enrollment). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Over-age students are the percentage of those enrolled who are older than the official school-age range for primary education.