School life expectancy, tertiary, female in Burundi
Burundi: School life expectancy, tertiary, female was 0.1536 years in 2018. ◆ Volatile
School life expectancy, tertiary, female in Burundi, 1971–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
Burundi recorded 0.1536 years for school life expectancy, tertiary, female in 2018. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is up 13.5% on the previous year and up 105.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, female in Burundi peaked at 0.1536 years in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.0009 years, in 1971.
Burundi ranks 168th of 177 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
School life expectancy, tertiary, female in Burundi, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.0009 years | — |
| 1972 | 0.0012 years | +30.1% |
| 1973 | 0.0017 years | +43.0% |
| 1974 | 0.0044 years | +155.5% |
| 1975 | 0.0027 years | -39.6% |
| 1976 | 0.0032 years | +20.6% |
| 1979 | 0.0074 years | +129.5% |
| 1980 | 0.0088 years | +18.7% |
| 1981 | 0.0111 years | +27.0% |
| 1982 | 0.0121 years | +8.5% |
| 1984 | 0.015 years | +24.0% |
| 1985 | 0.0151 years | +0.7% |
| 1986 | 0.0153 years | +1.2% |
| 1987 | 0.0165 years | +8.2% |
| 1988 | 0.018 years | +9.1% |
| 1989 | 0.0192 years | +6.8% |
| 1990 | 0.0203 years | +5.5% |
| 1991 | 0.0205 years | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 0.022 years | +7.3% |
| 1993 | 0.0248 years | +12.7% |
| 1998 | 0.0269 years | +8.6% |
| 1999 | 0.0303 years | +12.7% |
| 2000 | 0.0323 years | +6.5% |
| 2001 | 0.0323 years | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 0.0568 years | +76.2% |
| 2004 | 0.0674 years | +18.6% |
| 2005 | 0.0679 years | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 0.0747 years | +10.0% |
| 2010 | 0.1146 years | +53.5% |
| 2012 | 0.0971 years | -15.3% |
| 2013 | 0.1236 years | +27.3% |
| 2014 | 0.1403 years | +13.5% |
| 2015 | 0.1273 years | -9.3% |
| 2016 | 0.1212 years | -4.8% |
| 2017 | 0.1353 years | +11.6% |
| 2018 | 0.1536 years | +13.5% |
Burundi compared with similar countries
- Burundi's 0.1536 years is below the median for low income countries, which is 0.2366 years, 65% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Burundi's 0.1536 years is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.381 years, 40% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where School life expectancy, tertiary, female in Burundi 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | +155.5% | 0.0017 years | 0.0044 years |
| 1979 | +129.5% | 0.0032 years | 0.0074 years |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0031 years | 0.0009 years | 0.0074 years | 7 |
| 1980s | 0.0146 years | 0.0088 years | 0.0192 years | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.0241 years | 0.0203 years | 0.0303 years | 6 |
| 2000s | 0.0552 years | 0.0323 years | 0.0747 years | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.1266 years | 0.0971 years | 0.1536 years | 8 |
Countries ranked near Burundi
More education data for Burundi
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 27,748 (2025)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 646,726 (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 115,798 (2025)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 117,464 (2025)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 590,027 (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 2.52 million (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 4.06 % change on previous year (2020)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0007 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1748 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, female in Burundi?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, female in Burundi was 0.1536 years in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, female recorded in Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1536 years in 2018.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, female recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0009 years in 1971.
- How does Burundi rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, female?
- Burundi ranks 168th out of 177 countries with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, female rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 105.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Burundi data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, tertiary, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 36 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
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.