Over-age students, primary, female in Burundi
Burundi: Over-age students, primary, female was 16.4% in 2018. ▲ Rising
Over-age students, primary, female in Burundi, 1970–2018
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of female enrollment.
Analysis
Burundi recorded 16.4% for over-age students, primary, female in 2018.
The figure is down 1.3% on the previous year and down 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, over-age students, primary, female in Burundi peaked at 27.0% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1970.
That places Burundi 28th out of 191 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Over-age students, primary, female in Burundi, year by year
| Year | % of female enrollment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.0% | — |
| 1971 | 0.0% | — |
| 1972 | 0.0% | — |
| 1973 | 11.1% | — |
| 1978 | 19.2% | +72.5% |
| 1980 | 21.8% | +13.5% |
| 1981 | 21.7% | -0.0% |
| 1982 | 22.1% | +1.7% |
| 1983 | 19.1% | -13.9% |
| 1984 | 16.6% | -12.8% |
| 1985 | 14.8% | -11.1% |
| 1986 | 16.2% | +10.0% |
| 1987 | 16.4% | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 18.1% | +10.3% |
| 1993 | 21.2% | +17.6% |
| 2000 | 22.4% | +5.6% |
| 2001 | 13.1% | -41.5% |
| 2002 | 18.5% | +41.2% |
| 2003 | 20.1% | +8.5% |
| 2004 | 21.9% | +8.9% |
| 2005 | 22.1% | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 20.4% | -7.3% |
| 2007 | 20.9% | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 16.6% | -20.6% |
| 2009 | 26.2% | +58.0% |
| 2010 | 27.0% | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 16.6% | -38.5% |
| 2018 | 16.4% | -1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6.1% | 0.0% | 19.2% | 5 |
| 1980s | 18.5% | 14.8% | 22.1% | 9 |
| 1990s | 21.2% | 21.2% | 21.2% | 1 |
| 2000s | 20.2% | 13.1% | 26.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 20.0% | 16.4% | 27.0% | 3 |
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More education data for Burundi
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 27,748 (2025)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 646,726 (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 115,798 (2025)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 117,464 (2025)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 590,027 (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 2.52 million (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 4.06 % change on previous year (2020)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0007 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1748 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is over-age students, primary, female in Burundi?
- Over-age students, primary, female in Burundi was 16.4% 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 Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 27.0% in 2010.
- What is the lowest over-age students, primary, female recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1970.
- How does Burundi rank for over-age students, primary, female?
- Burundi ranks 28th out of 191 countries with data for 2018.
- Is over-age students, primary, female rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burundi 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.