School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.6945 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.6945 GPIA
Change on year
up 10.0%
World rank
169th
of 191 countries
All-time high
0.6945 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.1129 GPIA
in 1972
Years of data
50
1971–2024
School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Burkina Faso, 1971–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Burkina Faso recorded 0.6945 GPIA for school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in 2024. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 10.0% on the previous year and up 47.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Burkina Faso peaked at 0.6945 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.1129 GPIA, in 1972.
Burkina Faso ranks 169th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.1712 GPIA | — |
| 1972 | 0.1129 GPIA | -34.1% |
| 1973 | 0.15 GPIA | +32.8% |
| 1974 | 0.1991 GPIA | +32.7% |
| 1975 | 0.2464 GPIA | +23.8% |
| 1976 | 0.238 GPIA | -3.4% |
| 1977 | 0.259 GPIA | +8.8% |
| 1978 | 0.264 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 1979 | 0.245 GPIA | -7.2% |
| 1980 | 0.2807 GPIA | +14.6% |
| 1981 | 0.2687 GPIA | -4.3% |
| 1982 | 0.2676 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 1983 | 0.2825 GPIA | +5.5% |
| 1984 | 0.2822 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1985 | 0.2946 GPIA | +4.4% |
| 1986 | 0.2985 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 0.3125 GPIA | +4.7% |
| 1988 | 0.3142 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1989 | 0.3133 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1990 | 0.2944 GPIA | -6.0% |
| 1991 | 0.2966 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 0.2865 GPIA | -3.4% |
| 1993 | 0.2909 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 1994 | 0.3134 GPIA | +7.7% |
| 1995 | 0.279 GPIA | -11.0% |
| 1996 | 0.3134 GPIA | +12.3% |
| 1997 | 0.2898 GPIA | -7.5% |
| 1999 | 0.2939 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 0.3446 GPIA | +17.3% |
| 2003 | 0.2937 GPIA | -14.8% |
| 2005 | 0.4544 GPIA | +54.7% |
| 2006 | 0.4429 GPIA | -2.5% |
| 2007 | 0.4499 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 0.4933 GPIA | +9.7% |
| 2009 | 0.4757 GPIA | -3.6% |
| 2010 | 0.4649 GPIA | -2.3% |
| 2011 | 0.4803 GPIA | +3.3% |
| 2012 | 0.482 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.4773 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 0.4699 GPIA | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 0.5034 GPIA | +7.1% |
| 2016 | 0.4929 GPIA | -2.1% |
| 2017 | 0.492 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.5444 GPIA | +10.6% |
| 2019 | 0.5225 GPIA | -4.0% |
| 2020 | 0.5169 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 0.553 GPIA | +7.0% |
| 2022 | 0.589 GPIA | +6.5% |
| 2023 | 0.6314 GPIA | +7.2% |
| 2024 | 0.6945 GPIA | +10.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.2095 GPIA | 0.1129 GPIA | 0.264 GPIA | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.2915 GPIA | 0.2676 GPIA | 0.3142 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2953 GPIA | 0.279 GPIA | 0.3134 GPIA | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.4221 GPIA | 0.2937 GPIA | 0.4933 GPIA | 7 |
| 2010s | 0.493 GPIA | 0.4649 GPIA | 0.5444 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.597 GPIA | 0.5169 GPIA | 0.6945 GPIA | 5 |
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More education data for Burkina Faso
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.53 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 7.97 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), per capita 0.0651 units per person (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.54 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 8.42 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), per capita 0.0652 units per person (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.19 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.3332 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 91,764 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 9.59 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Burkina Faso?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Burkina Faso was 0.6945 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6945 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1129 GPIA in 1972.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index?
- Burkina Faso ranks 169th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 47.8%. 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, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release