Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school was 7.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Burkina Faso, 2009–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Burkina Faso stood at 7.5%. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.2% on the previous year and up 105.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Burkina Faso peaked at 7.5% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2.0%, in 2009.
Burkina Faso ranks 173rd of 178 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.0% | 2.0% | 2.0% | 1 |
| 2010s | 3.6% | 2.7% | 5.1% | 8 |
| 2020s | 6.6% | 5.9% | 7.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
More education data for Burkina Faso
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 41.2% (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 56.1% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 77.2% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 91,764 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 4.11 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 78.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Burkina Faso?
- Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Burkina Faso was 7.5% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 7.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.0% in 2009.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school?
- Burkina Faso ranks 173rd out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 105.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burkina Faso 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 children enrolled in pre-primary school. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The share of children of pre-primary school age (typically 3–5 years old) who are enrolled in pre-primary education.