School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 1.09 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Burkina Faso, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Burkina Faso recorded 1.09 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 13.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Burkina Faso peaked at 1.09 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.6888 GPIA, in 1999.
That places Burkina Faso 7th out of 200 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 0.6888 GPIA | — |
| 2000 | 0.7048 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 0.7157 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 0.7403 GPIA | +3.4% |
| 2004 | 0.7668 GPIA | +3.6% |
| 2005 | 0.7818 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 0.7984 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 0.8174 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 2008 | 0.8397 GPIA | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 0.8562 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 0.8774 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 0.8947 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 0.9165 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 0.9424 GPIA | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 0.9559 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 0.9687 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 0.9824 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 0.9952 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 1 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 1.02 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 1.04 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 1.06 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 1.07 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 1.09 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 1.09 GPIA | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6888 GPIA | 0.6888 GPIA | 0.6888 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.7801 GPIA | 0.7048 GPIA | 0.8562 GPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.9558 GPIA | 0.8774 GPIA | 1.02 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.07 GPIA | 1.04 GPIA | 1.09 GPIA | 5 |
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 school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Burkina Faso?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Burkina Faso was 1.09 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 1.09 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6888 GPIA in 1999.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- Burkina Faso ranks 7th out of 200 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.5%. 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, published as part of School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release