Share of all students in upper … upper both sexes vocational in Burundi
Burundi: Share of all students in upper … upper both sexes vocational 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 … upper both sexes vocational 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% |
Burundi compared with similar countries
- Burundi's 36.5% is above the median for low income countries, which is 16.2%, 2.3× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Burundi's 36.5% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 9.8%, 3.7× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of all students in upper … upper both sexes vocational in Burundi changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | +119.5% | 16.6% | 36.5% |
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 |
Countries ranked near Burundi
More education data for Burundi
- 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)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0007 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1748 units per person (2025)
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