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 8.5% in 2019. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Burkina Faso, 1999–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Burkina Faso recorded 8.5% for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 20 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.2% on the previous year and down 59.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Burkina Faso peaked at 27.4% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 8.5%, in 2019.
That places Burkina Faso 115th out of 158 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 21.1% | — |
| 2000 | 23.1% | +9.6% |
| 2001 | 26.5% | +14.6% |
| 2003 | 27.4% | +3.3% |
| 2004 | 26.3% | -4.0% |
| 2005 | 26.4% | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 25.8% | -2.6% |
| 2007 | 25.4% | -1.3% |
| 2008 | 23.8% | -6.4% |
| 2009 | 20.9% | -12.1% |
| 2010 | 19.6% | -6.4% |
| 2011 | 17.9% | -8.8% |
| 2012 | 17.4% | -2.8% |
| 2013 | 15.2% | -12.1% |
| 2014 | 14.6% | -4.2% |
| 2015 | 14.6% | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 12.3% | -16.0% |
| 2017 | 11.0% | -9.9% |
| 2018 | 9.3% | -15.7% |
| 2019 | 8.5% | -8.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 21.1% | 21.1% | 21.1% | 1 |
| 2000s | 25.1% | 20.9% | 27.4% | 9 |
| 2010s | 14.0% | 8.5% | 19.6% | 10 |
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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 8.5% in 2019, 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 27.4% in 2003.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.5% in 2019.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Burkina Faso ranks 115th out of 158 countries with data for 2019.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is down 59.1%. 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 (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Total number of students enrolled in vocational programmes at the upper secondary education level, expressed as a percentage of the total number of students enrolled in all programmes (vocational and general) at the upper secondary level. Vocational education is designed for learners to acquire the knowledge, skills and competencies specific to a particular occupation or trade or class of occupations or trades. Vocational education may have work-based components (e.g. apprenticeships). Successful completion of such programmes leads to labour-market relevant vocational qualifications acknowledged as occupationally-oriented by the relevant national authorities and/or the labour market.