Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Burundi
Burundi: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 36.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Burundi, 2000–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Burundi stood at 36.5%. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
The figure is up 26.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Burundi peaked at 36.5% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 16.6%, in 2020.
Burundi ranks 50th of 168 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Burundi, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 20.3% | — |
| 2001 | 20.3% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 22.1% | +8.8% |
| 2003 | 20.6% | -6.6% |
| 2004 | 23.3% | +12.7% |
| 2005 | 20.7% | -11.1% |
| 2006 | 19.0% | -8.1% |
| 2007 | 20.0% | +5.0% |
| 2009 | 19.1% | -4.4% |
| 2010 | 19.0% | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 20.3% | +6.7% |
| 2012 | 17.4% | -14.4% |
| 2013 | 23.1% | +32.8% |
| 2014 | 26.5% | +14.8% |
| 2015 | 28.8% | +8.6% |
| 2016 | 27.8% | -3.4% |
| 2017 | 25.4% | -8.7% |
| 2018 | 23.5% | -7.4% |
| 2019 | 21.9% | -6.9% |
| 2020 | 16.6% | -24.0% |
| 2025 | 36.5% | +119.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 20.6% | 19.0% | 23.3% | 9 |
| 2010s | 23.4% | 17.4% | 28.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 26.6% | 16.6% | 36.5% | 2 |
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More education data for Burundi
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 254,088 (2025)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 10.89 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 233,262 (2025)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 4.58 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 83,195 (2025)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 4.36 % change on previous year (2018)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 23,880 (2025)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 19,346 (2025)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 39,547 (2025)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 14.3 % change on previous year (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Burundi?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Burundi was 36.5% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 36.5% in 2025.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.6% in 2020.
- How does Burundi rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Burundi ranks 50th out of 168 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.8%. 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 Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release