School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Burundi
Burundi: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 0.608 GPI in 2018. β² Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Burundi, 1971β2018
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.
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 |
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More education data for Burundi
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 43,226 (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 53.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 44.0% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 100.6% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.003 units per person (2025)
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.