School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index was 0.9784 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Burkina Faso, 1971–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Burkina Faso recorded 0.9784 GPI for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in 2019. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
The figure is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 17.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Burkina Faso peaked at 0.9784 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.5632 GPI, in 1971.
Burkina Faso ranks 136th of 175 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.5632 GPI | — |
| 1972 | 0.574 GPI | +1.9% |
| 1973 | 0.5821 GPI | +1.4% |
| 1974 | 0.5853 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1975 | 0.5913 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1976 | 0.5835 GPI | -1.3% |
| 1977 | 0.5713 GPI | -2.1% |
| 1979 | 0.5805 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1980 | 0.597 GPI | +2.8% |
| 1981 | 0.5835 GPI | -2.3% |
| 1982 | 0.5864 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1983 | 0.5803 GPI | -1.0% |
| 1984 | 0.5822 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1985 | 0.5838 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1986 | 0.5792 GPI | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 0.6266 GPI | +8.2% |
| 1999 | 0.6744 GPI | +7.6% |
| 2003 | 0.7213 GPI | +7.0% |
| 2005 | 0.7601 GPI | +5.4% |
| 2006 | 0.7736 GPI | +1.8% |
| 2007 | 0.79 GPI | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 0.82 GPI | +3.8% |
| 2009 | 0.8332 GPI | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 0.8525 GPI | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 0.8627 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 0.8849 GPI | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 0.9064 GPI | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 0.9234 GPI | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 0.9354 GPI | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 0.9439 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 0.954 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 0.9643 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 0.9784 GPI | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.5789 GPI | 0.5632 GPI | 0.5913 GPI | 8 |
| 1980s | 0.5846 GPI | 0.5792 GPI | 0.597 GPI | 7 |
| 1990s | 0.6505 GPI | 0.6266 GPI | 0.6744 GPI | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.783 GPI | 0.7213 GPI | 0.8332 GPI | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.9206 GPI | 0.8525 GPI | 0.9784 GPI | 10 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
- 133 Uzbekistan 0.9845 GPI compare
- 134 Syrian Arab Republic 0.9811 GPI compare
- 135 San Marino 0.9802 GPI compare
- 137 Guatemala 0.9731 GPI compare
- 138 Congo 0.9724 GPI compare
- 139 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.9688 GPI compare
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 to tertiary, gender parity index in Burkina Faso?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Burkina Faso was 0.9784 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9784 GPI in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5632 GPI in 1971.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index?
- Burkina Faso ranks 136th out of 175 countries with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.4%. 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 to tertiary, 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.