Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from was 0.9% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Burkina Faso, 2011–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Burkina Faso recorded 0.9% for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.3% on the previous year and up 23.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Burkina Faso peaked at 1.5% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.8%, in 2014.
That places Burkina Faso 30th out of 111 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1.3% | — |
| 2012 | 1.5% | +18.7% |
| 2013 | 1.1% | -24.2% |
| 2014 | 0.8% | -33.2% |
| 2015 | 1.1% | +41.3% |
| 2016 | 1.1% | +5.6% |
| 2017 | 0.8% | -28.2% |
| 2018 | 0.9% | +9.4% |
| 2019 | 0.9% | +5.8% |
| 2020 | 1.2% | +25.2% |
| 2021 | 1.3% | +8.4% |
| 2022 | 0.9% | -25.5% |
| 2024 | 0.9% | -1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1.0% | 0.8% | 1.5% | 9 |
| 2020s | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1.3% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
More education data for Burkina Faso
- 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)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.07 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 8.2 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Burkina Faso?
- Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Burkina Faso was 0.9% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 1.5% in 2012.
- What is the lowest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8% in 2014.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from?
- Burkina Faso ranks 30th out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Services programmes, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release