Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Burundi
Burundi: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 41.2% 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
The most recent figure for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Burundi is 41.2%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
That represents a change of up 56.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Burundi peaked at 41.2% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 17.9%, in 2012.
That places Burundi 50th out of 168 countries with data for 2025, putting it 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 | 21.6% | — |
| 2001 | 21.7% | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 25.2% | +16.1% |
| 2003 | 18.9% | -24.8% |
| 2004 | 21.1% | +11.8% |
| 2005 | 19.4% | -8.2% |
| 2006 | 18.0% | -7.5% |
| 2007 | 19.0% | +5.9% |
| 2009 | 18.7% | -2.0% |
| 2010 | 19.1% | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 22.2% | +16.0% |
| 2012 | 17.9% | -19.6% |
| 2013 | 22.5% | +26.1% |
| 2014 | 24.8% | +10.0% |
| 2015 | 26.4% | +6.6% |
| 2016 | 26.5% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 24.8% | -6.3% |
| 2018 | 24.1% | -2.9% |
| 2019 | 23.0% | -4.7% |
| 2020 | 18.3% | -20.2% |
| 2025 | 41.2% | +124.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 20.4% | 18.0% | 25.2% | 9 |
| 2010s | 23.1% | 17.9% | 26.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 29.8% | 18.3% | 41.2% | 2 |
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More education data for Burundi
- 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)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (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 41.2% 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 41.2% in 2025.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.9% in 2012.
- 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 56.1%. 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, 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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About this data
February 2026 Data Release