School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes (years) (tertiary both) in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes (years) (tertiary both) was 0.4084 years in 2019. ◆ Volatile
School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Burkina Faso, 1971–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2019, school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Burkina Faso stood at 0.4084 years. That is the highest value across all 46 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.5% on the previous year and up 108.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Burkina Faso peaked at 0.4084 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.0019 years, in 1971.
That places Burkina Faso 157th out of 183 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, tertiary, both sexes (years) (tertiary both) in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.0019 years | — |
| 1972 | 0.0024 years | +25.0% |
| 1973 | 0.0027 years | +17.0% |
| 1974 | 0.0043 years | +56.4% |
| 1975 | 0.0051 years | +17.7% |
| 1976 | 0.0101 years | +99.4% |
| 1977 | 0.0092 years | -9.1% |
| 1978 | 0.0111 years | +21.5% |
| 1979 | 0.0115 years | +2.9% |
| 1980 | 0.0107 years | -7.0% |
| 1981 | 0.0139 years | +30.6% |
| 1982 | 0.0213 years | +53.1% |
| 1983 | 0.025 years | +17.6% |
| 1984 | 0.027 years | +7.7% |
| 1985 | 0.0297 years | +9.9% |
| 1986 | 0.0306 years | +3.1% |
| 1987 | 0.0319 years | +4.4% |
| 1988 | 0.0339 years | +6.2% |
| 1989 | 0.0377 years | +11.2% |
| 1990 | 0.0378 years | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 0.035 years | -7.3% |
| 1992 | 0.0465 years | +32.7% |
| 1993 | 0.0541 years | +16.3% |
| 1994 | 0.0527 years | -2.6% |
| 1995 | 0.0549 years | +4.1% |
| 1996 | 0.0527 years | -4.0% |
| 1997 | 0.0485 years | -8.1% |
| 1999 | 0.05 years | +3.1% |
| 2001 | 0.0578 years | +15.8% |
| 2002 | 0.0706 years | +22.1% |
| 2003 | 0.0801 years | +13.4% |
| 2005 | 0.1154 years | +44.1% |
| 2006 | 0.1385 years | +20.1% |
| 2007 | 0.1549 years | +11.8% |
| 2008 | 0.1681 years | +8.5% |
| 2009 | 0.1961 years | +16.6% |
| 2010 | 0.2076 years | +5.9% |
| 2011 | 0.2399 years | +15.5% |
| 2012 | 0.261 years | +8.8% |
| 2013 | 0.2724 years | +4.4% |
| 2014 | 0.2946 years | +8.1% |
| 2015 | 0.2936 years | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 0.3212 years | +9.4% |
| 2017 | 0.3503 years | +9.1% |
| 2018 | 0.3766 years | +7.5% |
| 2019 | 0.4084 years | +8.5% |
Burkina Faso compared with similar countries
- Burkina Faso's 0.4084 years is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.3014 years, 1.4× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Burkina Faso's 0.4084 years is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.4497 years, 91% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes (years) (tertiary both) in Burkina Faso changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | +99.4% | 0.0051 years | 0.0101 years |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0065 years | 0.0019 years | 0.0115 years | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.0262 years | 0.0107 years | 0.0377 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.048 years | 0.035 years | 0.0549 years | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.1227 years | 0.0578 years | 0.1961 years | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.3026 years | 0.2076 years | 0.4084 years | 10 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
More education data for Burkina Faso
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 66.29 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 65.71 (2024)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Burkina Faso?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Burkina Faso was 0.4084 years in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4084 years in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0019 years in 1971.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes?
- Burkina Faso ranks 157th out of 183 countries with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 108.3%. 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, tertiary, both sexes (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.