Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso: Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity was 1.02 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
1.02 GPI
Change on year
up 1.7%
World rank
22nd
of 188 countries
All-time high
1.02 GPI
in 2019
All-time low
0.6938 GPI
in 1999
Years of data
20
1999–2019

Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Burkina Faso, 1999–2019

00.250.50.7511999200920191999: 0.694 GPI2000: 0.71 GPI2001: 0.721 GPI2003: 0.746 GPI2004: 0.775 GPI2005: 0.791 GPI2006: 0.808 GPI2007: 0.827 GPI2008: 0.85 GPI2009: 0.868 GPI2010: 0.89 GPI2011: 0.908 GPI2012: 0.929 GPI2013: 0.953 GPI2014: 0.964 GPI2015: 0.977 GPI2016: 0.989 GPI2017: 0.999 GPI2018: 1 GPI2019: 1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Burkina Faso recorded 1.02 GPI for gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in 2019. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.

That represents a change of up 1.7% on the previous year and up 17.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Burkina Faso peaked at 1.02 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.6938 GPI, in 1999.

Burkina Faso ranks 22nd of 188 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.

Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Burkina Faso, year by year

Annual values for Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Burkina Faso, 1999 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1999 0.6938 GPI
2000 0.7098 GPI +2.3%
2001 0.7213 GPI +1.6%
2003 0.7455 GPI +3.4%
2004 0.775 GPI +4.0%
2005 0.7908 GPI +2.0%
2006 0.8079 GPI +2.2%
2007 0.8271 GPI +2.4%
2008 0.8504 GPI +2.8%
2009 0.8679 GPI +2.1%
2010 0.89 GPI +2.6%
2011 0.9077 GPI +2.0%
2012 0.9288 GPI +2.3%
2013 0.9532 GPI +2.6%
2014 0.9638 GPI +1.1%
2015 0.9766 GPI +1.3%
2016 0.9886 GPI +1.2%
2017 0.9994 GPI +1.1%
2018 1.01 GPI +0.7%
2019 1.02 GPI +1.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.6938 GPI 0.6938 GPI 0.6938 GPI 1
2000s 0.7884 GPI 0.7098 GPI 0.8679 GPI 9
2010s 0.9637 GPI 0.89 GPI 1.02 GPI 10

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Frequently asked questions

What is gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Burkina Faso?
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Burkina Faso was 1.02 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Burkina Faso?
The highest recorded value was 1.02 GPI in 2019.
What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Burkina Faso?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6938 GPI in 1999.
How does Burkina Faso rank for gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity?
Burkina Faso ranks 22nd out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
Is gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
Over the last ten years it is up 17.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
233 places, 4,500 data points, 1981–2020
Last refreshed

Ratio of female gross enrolment ratio for primary and lower secondary to male gross enrolment ratio for primary and lower secondary. 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.