Total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index in Burundi

Burundi: Total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index was 1.04 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
1.04 GPI
Change on year
up 0.5%
World rank
21st
of 189 countries
All-time high
1.04 GPI
in 2019
All-time low
0.5918 GPI
in 1973
Years of data
26
1973–2019

Total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index in Burundi, 1973–2019

00.250.50.7511973199620191973: 0.592 GPI1978: 0.665 GPI1980: 0.672 GPI1981: 0.67 GPI1982: 0.635 GPI1983: 0.652 GPI1984: 0.677 GPI1985: 0.706 GPI1986: 0.74 GPI1987: 0.778 GPI1988: 0.826 GPI1993: 0.853 GPI2000: 0.832 GPI2001: 0.825 GPI2002: 0.813 GPI2003: 0.836 GPI2004: 0.892 GPI2005: 0.907 GPI2006: 0.965 GPI2007: 0.976 GPI2008: 0.989 GPI2009: 1 GPI2010: 1 GPI2017: 1 GPI2018: 1 GPI2019: 1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

The most recent figure for total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index in Burundi is 1.04 GPI, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 2.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index in Burundi peaked at 1.04 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.5918 GPI, in 1973.

Burundi ranks 21st of 189 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.

Total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index in Burundi, year by year

Annual values for Total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index (GPI) in Burundi, 1973 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1973 0.5918 GPI
1978 0.6649 GPI +12.4%
1980 0.6718 GPI +1.1%
1981 0.6703 GPI -0.2%
1982 0.6345 GPI -5.3%
1983 0.6515 GPI +2.7%
1984 0.6769 GPI +3.9%
1985 0.706 GPI +4.3%
1986 0.7402 GPI +4.8%
1987 0.7783 GPI +5.2%
1988 0.8257 GPI +6.1%
1993 0.8532 GPI +3.3%
2000 0.8316 GPI -2.5%
2001 0.8248 GPI -0.8%
2002 0.8127 GPI -1.5%
2003 0.8358 GPI +2.8%
2004 0.892 GPI +6.7%
2005 0.9073 GPI +1.7%
2006 0.9651 GPI +6.4%
2007 0.976 GPI +1.1%
2008 0.9885 GPI +1.3%
2009 1.01 GPI +2.7%
2010 1.02 GPI +0.7%
2017 1.03 GPI +1.2%
2018 1.03 GPI -0.4%
2019 1.04 GPI +0.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.6283 GPI 0.5918 GPI 0.6649 GPI 2
1980s 0.7061 GPI 0.6345 GPI 0.8257 GPI 9
1990s 0.8532 GPI 0.8532 GPI 0.8532 GPI 1
2000s 0.9049 GPI 0.8127 GPI 1.01 GPI 10
2010s 1.03 GPI 1.02 GPI 1.04 GPI 4

Countries ranked near Burundi

  1. 18 Timor-Leste 1.04 GPI compare
  2. 19 Malawi 1.04 GPI compare
  3. 20 Suriname 1.04 GPI compare
  4. 22 Saint Lucia 1.03 GPI compare
  5. 23 Croatia 1.03 GPI compare
  6. 24 Qatar 1.03 GPI compare

See the full ranking of 189 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index in Burundi?
Total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index in Burundi was 1.04 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index recorded in Burundi?
The highest recorded value was 1.04 GPI in 2019.
What is the lowest total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index recorded in Burundi?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5918 GPI in 1973.
How does Burundi rank for total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index?
Burundi ranks 21st out of 189 countries with data for 2019.
Is total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Burundi?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.0%. 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 Total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
189 places, 4,343 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

Ratio of female total net enrolment rate for primary to the male total net enrolment rate for primary. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females.