School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female was 8.88 years in 2019. ◆ Volatile
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Burkina Faso, 1971–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Burkina Faso is 8.88 years, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 59.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Burkina Faso peaked at 8.88 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.5923 years, in 1971.
That places Burkina Faso 166th out of 193 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.5923 years | — |
| 1972 | 0.624 years | +5.4% |
| 1973 | 0.6473 years | +3.7% |
| 1974 | 0.6827 years | +5.5% |
| 1975 | 0.7173 years | +5.1% |
| 1976 | 0.7369 years | +2.7% |
| 1977 | 0.7606 years | +3.2% |
| 1979 | 0.839 years | +10.3% |
| 1980 | 0.9132 years | +8.8% |
| 1981 | 0.9601 years | +5.1% |
| 1982 | 1.05 years | +9.4% |
| 1983 | 1.13 years | +7.8% |
| 1984 | 1.21 years | +6.8% |
| 1985 | 1.34 years | +10.8% |
| 1986 | 1.48 years | +10.4% |
| 1994 | 2.19 years | +48.3% |
| 1999 | 2.74 years | +24.9% |
| 2000 | 2.82 years | +2.8% |
| 2001 | 2.93 years | +4.0% |
| 2003 | 3.24 years | +10.5% |
| 2004 | 3.55 years | +9.7% |
| 2005 | 3.91 years | +10.2% |
| 2006 | 4.18 years | +6.8% |
| 2007 | 4.61 years | +10.3% |
| 2008 | 5.17 years | +12.2% |
| 2009 | 5.58 years | +8.0% |
| 2010 | 6.04 years | +8.2% |
| 2011 | 6.42 years | +6.4% |
| 2012 | 6.79 years | +5.8% |
| 2013 | 7.13 years | +5.0% |
| 2014 | 7.36 years | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 7.78 years | +5.7% |
| 2016 | 8.06 years | +3.6% |
| 2017 | 8.46 years | +5.0% |
| 2018 | 8.84 years | +4.4% |
| 2019 | 8.88 years | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7 years | 0.5923 years | 0.839 years | 8 |
| 1980s | 1.15 years | 0.9132 years | 1.48 years | 7 |
| 1990s | 2.47 years | 2.19 years | 2.74 years | 2 |
| 2000s | 4 years | 2.82 years | 5.58 years | 9 |
| 2010s | 7.58 years | 6.04 years | 8.88 years | 10 |
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More education data for Burkina Faso
- 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)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Burkina Faso?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Burkina Faso was 8.88 years in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 8.88 years in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5923 years in 1971.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female?
- Burkina Faso ranks 166th out of 193 countries with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 59.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- 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 secondary, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of years a person of school entrance age can expect to spend within the specified level of education. For a child of a certain age a, the school life expectancy is calculated as the sum of the age specific enrolment rates for the levels of education specified. The part of the enrolment that is not distributed by age is divided by the school-age population for the level of education they are enrolled in, and multiplied by the duration of that level of education. The result is then added to the sum of the age-specific enrolment rates. A relatively high SLE indicates greater probability for children to spend more years in education and higher overall retention within the education system. It must be noted that the expected number of years does not necessarily coincide with the expected number of grades of education completed, because of repetition. Since school life expectancy is an average based on participation in different levels of education, the expected number of years of schooling may be pulled down by the magnitude of children who never go to school. Those children who are in school may benefit from many more years of education than the average.