School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 1.01 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Burkina Faso, 1971–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
In 2019, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Burkina Faso stood at 1.01 GPI. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.9% on the previous year and up 18.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Burkina Faso peaked at 1.01 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.5643 GPI, in 1971.
That places Burkina Faso 82nd out of 193 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.5643 GPI | — |
| 1972 | 0.5757 GPI | +2.0% |
| 1973 | 0.5839 GPI | +1.4% |
| 1974 | 0.5876 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 0.5936 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1976 | 0.5879 GPI | -1.0% |
| 1977 | 0.5746 GPI | -2.3% |
| 1979 | 0.5848 GPI | +1.8% |
| 1980 | 0.6004 GPI | +2.7% |
| 1981 | 0.5877 GPI | -2.1% |
| 1982 | 0.5925 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1983 | 0.5864 GPI | -1.0% |
| 1984 | 0.5884 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1985 | 0.5896 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1986 | 0.5844 GPI | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 0.6337 GPI | +8.4% |
| 1999 | 0.6815 GPI | +7.5% |
| 2000 | 0.6974 GPI | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 0.708 GPI | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 0.7332 GPI | +3.6% |
| 2004 | 0.761 GPI | +3.8% |
| 2005 | 0.7753 GPI | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 0.7931 GPI | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 0.8109 GPI | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 0.832 GPI | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 0.8477 GPI | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 0.8683 GPI | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 0.8843 GPI | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 0.9064 GPI | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 0.9303 GPI | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 0.9464 GPI | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 0.9557 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 0.9667 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 0.9787 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 0.9868 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 1.01 GPI | +1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.5816 GPI | 0.5643 GPI | 0.5936 GPI | 8 |
| 1980s | 0.5899 GPI | 0.5844 GPI | 0.6004 GPI | 7 |
| 1990s | 0.6576 GPI | 0.6337 GPI | 0.6815 GPI | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.7732 GPI | 0.6974 GPI | 0.8477 GPI | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.9429 GPI | 0.8683 GPI | 1.01 GPI | 10 |
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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 secondary, gender parity index in Burkina Faso?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Burkina Faso was 1.01 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 1.01 GPI in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5643 GPI in 1971.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- Burkina Faso ranks 82nd out of 193 countries with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.6%. 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, published as part of School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Ratio of female school life expectancy to the male school life expectancy. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females.