Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 20.4% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Burkina Faso, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Burkina Faso recorded 20.4% for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 10.1% on the previous year and up 63.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Burkina Faso peaked at 20.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 8.9%, in 2019.
That places Burkina Faso 93rd out of 168 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 15.0% | — |
| 2000 | 16.9% | +12.8% |
| 2001 | 19.7% | +16.3% |
| 2003 | 20.3% | +3.3% |
| 2004 | 19.7% | -2.9% |
| 2005 | 19.9% | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 19.3% | -2.6% |
| 2007 | 19.2% | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 18.1% | -5.7% |
| 2009 | 15.9% | -11.9% |
| 2010 | 15.2% | -4.5% |
| 2011 | 14.4% | -5.5% |
| 2012 | 14.1% | -2.3% |
| 2013 | 12.4% | -11.7% |
| 2014 | 12.5% | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 12.5% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 10.7% | -14.6% |
| 2017 | 10.1% | -5.4% |
| 2018 | 9.0% | -10.8% |
| 2019 | 8.9% | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 9.8% | +10.2% |
| 2021 | 11.7% | +19.5% |
| 2022 | 14.7% | +25.4% |
| 2023 | 18.6% | +26.3% |
| 2024 | 20.4% | +10.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 15.0% | 15.0% | 15.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 18.8% | 15.9% | 20.3% | 9 |
| 2010s | 12.0% | 8.9% | 15.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.0% | 9.8% | 20.4% | 5 |
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More education data for Burkina Faso
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 68,557 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 105,439 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 78,072 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 75,598 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.19 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 3.07 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 8.2 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1303 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Burkina Faso?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Burkina Faso was 20.4% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 20.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.9% in 2019.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Burkina Faso ranks 93rd out of 168 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 63.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Burkina Faso 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, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release