Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Burundi
Burundi: Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index was 1.07 index in 2025. ▲ Rising
Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Burundi, 1980–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
In 2025, net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Burundi stood at 1.07 index.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Burundi peaked at 1.09 index in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.5514 index, in 1984.
Burundi ranks 19th of 163 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.5642 index | 0.5514 index | 0.5841 index | 7 |
| 1990s | 0.7254 index | 0.7254 index | 0.7254 index | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.8928 index | 0.8928 index | 0.8928 index | 1 |
| 2010s | 1.04 index | 0.9365 index | 1.09 index | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.08 index | 1.07 index | 1.09 index | 2 |
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More education data for Burundi
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 53.5% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 44.0% (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 100.6% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers 43,226 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 4.79 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 101.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Burundi?
- Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Burundi was 1.07 index in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 1.09 index in 2013.
- What is the lowest net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5514 index in 1984.
- How does Burundi rank for net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index?
- Burundi ranks 19th out of 163 countries with data for 2025.
- Is net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.1%. 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 (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equal net enrollment rates in lower secondary school between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and above 1 favor girls.