School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) in Burundi
Burundi: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) was 0.608 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Burundi, 1971–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Burundi recorded 0.608 GPI for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in 2018. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 15.5% on the previous year and up 39.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Burundi peaked at 0.608 GPI in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.0558 GPI, in 1971.
That places Burundi 159th out of 177 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) in Burundi, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.0558 GPI | — |
| 1972 | 0.0728 GPI | +30.4% |
| 1973 | 0.1147 GPI | +57.7% |
| 1974 | 0.2205 GPI | +92.2% |
| 1975 | 0.1189 GPI | -46.1% |
| 1976 | 0.1199 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1979 | 0.193 GPI | +61.0% |
| 1980 | 0.2357 GPI | +22.1% |
| 1981 | 0.3116 GPI | +32.2% |
| 1982 | 0.3118 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1984 | 0.3509 GPI | +12.5% |
| 1985 | 0.3384 GPI | -3.6% |
| 1986 | 0.3056 GPI | -9.7% |
| 1987 | 0.3525 GPI | +15.3% |
| 1988 | 0.3161 GPI | -10.3% |
| 1989 | 0.3454 GPI | +9.3% |
| 1990 | 0.401 GPI | +16.1% |
| 1991 | 0.3465 GPI | -13.6% |
| 1992 | 0.3424 GPI | -1.2% |
| 1993 | 0.3423 GPI | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.393 GPI | +14.8% |
| 1999 | 0.4049 GPI | +3.0% |
| 2000 | 0.3557 GPI | -12.2% |
| 2001 | 0.3655 GPI | +2.8% |
| 2002 | 0.4303 GPI | +17.7% |
| 2004 | 0.3795 GPI | -11.8% |
| 2005 | 0.3793 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 0.4365 GPI | +15.1% |
| 2010 | 0.5427 GPI | +24.3% |
| 2012 | 0.4617 GPI | -14.9% |
| 2013 | 0.485 GPI | +5.1% |
| 2014 | 0.4449 GPI | -8.3% |
| 2015 | 0.3285 GPI | -26.2% |
| 2016 | 0.4895 GPI | +49.0% |
| 2017 | 0.5265 GPI | +7.6% |
| 2018 | 0.608 GPI | +15.5% |
Burundi compared with similar countries
- Burundi's 0.608 GPI is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.6061 GPI, 1.0× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Burundi's 0.608 GPI is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.7194 GPI, 85% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.128 GPI | 0.0558 GPI | 0.2205 GPI | 7 |
| 1980s | 0.3187 GPI | 0.2357 GPI | 0.3525 GPI | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.3717 GPI | 0.3423 GPI | 0.4049 GPI | 6 |
| 2000s | 0.3911 GPI | 0.3557 GPI | 0.4365 GPI | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.4858 GPI | 0.3285 GPI | 0.608 GPI | 8 |
Countries ranked near Burundi
More education data for Burundi
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 75.11 (2025)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 73.53 (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Burundi?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Burundi was 0.608 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 0.608 GPI in 2018.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0558 GPI in 1971.
- How does Burundi rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
- Burundi ranks 159th out of 177 countries with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burundi 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.