Over-age students, primary, male in Burundi
Burundi: Over-age students, primary, male was 17.7% in 2018. ▲ Rising
Over-age students, primary, male in Burundi, 1970–2018
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of male enrollment.
Analysis
In 2018, over-age students, primary, male in Burundi stood at 17.7%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 14.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, over-age students, primary, male in Burundi peaked at 29.5% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1970.
Burundi ranks 29th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Over-age students, primary, male in Burundi, year by year
| Year | % of male enrollment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.0% | — |
| 1971 | 0.0% | — |
| 1972 | 0.0% | — |
| 1973 | 17.4% | — |
| 1978 | 24.0% | +38.4% |
| 1980 | 25.6% | +6.6% |
| 1981 | 25.2% | -1.5% |
| 1982 | 25.0% | -1.0% |
| 1983 | 22.2% | -11.2% |
| 1984 | 20.3% | -8.4% |
| 1985 | 18.8% | -7.4% |
| 1986 | 20.8% | +10.2% |
| 1987 | 21.4% | +3.2% |
| 1988 | 23.2% | +8.1% |
| 1993 | 24.4% | +5.2% |
| 2000 | 26.0% | +6.7% |
| 2001 | 16.3% | -37.2% |
| 2002 | 21.6% | +32.2% |
| 2003 | 23.4% | +8.3% |
| 2004 | 27.5% | +17.4% |
| 2005 | 26.8% | -2.2% |
| 2006 | 25.4% | -5.6% |
| 2007 | 24.8% | -2.1% |
| 2008 | 20.6% | -17.0% |
| 2009 | 29.5% | +43.3% |
| 2010 | 29.4% | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 17.8% | -39.3% |
| 2018 | 17.7% | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 8.3% | 0.0% | 24.0% | 5 |
| 1980s | 22.5% | 18.8% | 25.6% | 9 |
| 1990s | 24.4% | 24.4% | 24.4% | 1 |
| 2000s | 24.2% | 16.3% | 29.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 21.7% | 17.7% | 29.4% | 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, male in Burundi?
- Over-age students, primary, male in Burundi was 17.7% in 2018, according to Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest over-age students, primary, male recorded in Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 29.5% in 2009.
- What is the lowest over-age students, primary, male recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1970.
- How does Burundi rank for over-age students, primary, male?
- Burundi ranks 29th out of 191 countries with data for 2018.
- Is over-age students, primary, male rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.0%. 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, male (% of male 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.