Tertiary education, academic staff in Burundi
Burundi: Tertiary education, academic staff was 14.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Tertiary education, academic staff in Burundi, 1971–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % female.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tertiary education, academic staff in Burundi is 14.5%, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 14.3% on the previous year and up 27.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tertiary education, academic staff in Burundi peaked at 20.7% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 6.6%, in 1986.
Burundi ranks 153rd of 170 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Tertiary education, academic staff in Burundi, year by year
| Year | % female | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 6.9% | — |
| 1979 | 8.5% | +23.4% |
| 1980 | 11.3% | +32.9% |
| 1986 | 6.6% | -41.0% |
| 1991 | 8.3% | +24.4% |
| 1992 | 11.1% | +34.8% |
| 1993 | 11.0% | -1.4% |
| 2001 | 9.5% | -13.7% |
| 2003 | 14.4% | +51.9% |
| 2004 | 14.5% | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 14.5% | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 12.1% | -16.7% |
| 2012 | 12.3% | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 12.3% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 12.3% | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 11.4% | -7.0% |
| 2016 | 20.7% | +80.9% |
| 2017 | 12.5% | -39.3% |
| 2018 | 14.4% | +14.9% |
| 2023 | 12.7% | -11.9% |
| 2025 | 14.5% | +14.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 7.7% | 6.9% | 8.5% | 2 |
| 1980s | 8.9% | 6.6% | 11.3% | 2 |
| 1990s | 10.1% | 8.3% | 11.1% | 3 |
| 2000s | 13.2% | 9.5% | 14.5% | 4 |
| 2010s | 13.5% | 11.4% | 20.7% | 8 |
| 2020s | 13.6% | 12.7% | 14.5% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Burundi
- 150 Yemen 17.1% compare
- 151 Djibouti 16.5% compare
- 152 Sierra Leone 14.6% compare
- 154 Côte d'Ivoire 14.0% compare
- 155 Eritrea 13.8% compare
- 156 Afghanistan 13.7% compare
More education data for Burundi
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 43,226 (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 53.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 44.0% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 100.63 (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 100.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tertiary education, academic staff in Burundi?
- Tertiary education, academic staff in Burundi was 14.5% in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest tertiary education, academic staff recorded in Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 20.7% in 2016.
- What is the lowest tertiary education, academic staff recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.6% in 1986.
- How does Burundi rank for tertiary education, academic staff?
- Burundi ranks 153rd out of 170 countries with data for 2025.
- Is tertiary education, academic staff rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burundi data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Tertiary education, academic staff (% female). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Tertiary education, academic staff (% female) is the share of female academic staff in tertiary education.