School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 0.5279 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Burkina Faso, 1971–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Burkina Faso recorded 0.5279 GPI for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in 2019.
That represents a change of down 4.0% on the previous year and up 11.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Burkina Faso peaked at 0.5497 GPI in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.1177 GPI, in 1972.
That places Burkina Faso 167th out of 177 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.1768 GPI | — |
| 1972 | 0.1177 GPI | -33.4% |
| 1973 | 0.1573 GPI | +33.6% |
| 1974 | 0.2077 GPI | +32.0% |
| 1975 | 0.2556 GPI | +23.1% |
| 1976 | 0.2457 GPI | -3.9% |
| 1977 | 0.2654 GPI | +8.0% |
| 1978 | 0.2688 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1979 | 0.2483 GPI | -7.6% |
| 1980 | 0.2837 GPI | +14.2% |
| 1981 | 0.271 GPI | -4.5% |
| 1982 | 0.269 GPI | -0.7% |
| 1983 | 0.2831 GPI | +5.2% |
| 1984 | 0.282 GPI | -0.4% |
| 1985 | 0.2941 GPI | +4.3% |
| 1986 | 0.2984 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1987 | 0.3128 GPI | +4.8% |
| 1988 | 0.3154 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1989 | 0.3152 GPI | -0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.2972 GPI | -5.7% |
| 1991 | 0.3003 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 0.2913 GPI | -3.0% |
| 1993 | 0.2965 GPI | +1.8% |
| 1994 | 0.3198 GPI | +7.9% |
| 1995 | 0.2847 GPI | -11.0% |
| 1996 | 0.32 GPI | +12.4% |
| 1997 | 0.2958 GPI | -7.6% |
| 1999 | 0.2979 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 0.345 GPI | +15.8% |
| 2003 | 0.2929 GPI | -15.1% |
| 2005 | 0.4513 GPI | +54.1% |
| 2006 | 0.4386 GPI | -2.8% |
| 2007 | 0.4439 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 0.4903 GPI | +10.4% |
| 2009 | 0.4734 GPI | -3.4% |
| 2010 | 0.464 GPI | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 0.4811 GPI | +3.7% |
| 2012 | 0.4847 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 0.4807 GPI | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 0.4745 GPI | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 0.5084 GPI | +7.2% |
| 2016 | 0.4986 GPI | -1.9% |
| 2017 | 0.4971 GPI | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.5497 GPI | +10.6% |
| 2019 | 0.5279 GPI | -4.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.2159 GPI | 0.1177 GPI | 0.2688 GPI | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.2925 GPI | 0.269 GPI | 0.3154 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3004 GPI | 0.2847 GPI | 0.32 GPI | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.4194 GPI | 0.2929 GPI | 0.4903 GPI | 7 |
| 2010s | 0.4967 GPI | 0.464 GPI | 0.5497 GPI | 10 |
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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, gender parity index in Burkina Faso?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Burkina Faso was 0.5279 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5497 GPI in 2018.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1177 GPI in 1972.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
- Burkina Faso ranks 167th out of 177 countries with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.5%. 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, 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.