School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso: School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes was 0.1655 years in 2019. β—† Volatile

Latest (2019)
0.1655 years
Change on year
up 26.6%
World rank
184th
of 191 countries
All-time high
0.1655 years
in 2019
All-time low
0.0018 years
in 1981
Years of data
41
1971–2019

School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Burkina Faso, 1971–2019

00.050.10.151971199520191971: 0.002 years1972: 0.002 years1973: 0.003 years1974: 0.003 years1975: 0.003 years1976: 0.003 years1977: 0.004 years1978: 0.003 years1979: 0.004 years1980: 0.004 years1981: 0.002 years1982: 0.002 years1983: 0.003 years1984: 0.007 years1985: 0.011 years1986: 0.014 years1987: 0.018 years1988: 0.021 years1989: 0.022 years1990: 0.02 years1991: 0.023 years1992: 0.025 years1993: 0.026 years1994: 0.032 years1995: 0.031 years1996: 0.042 years1997: 0.05 years1998: 0.052 years1999: 0.055 years2007: 0.09 years2009: 0.084 years2010: 0.084 years2011: 0.093 years2012: 0.109 years2013: 0.121 years2014: 0.126 years2015: 0.124 years2016: 0.091 years2017: 0.11 years2018: 0.131 years2019: 0.166 years

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.

Analysis

Burkina Faso recorded 0.1655 years for school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in 2019. That is the highest value across all 41 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 26.6% on the previous year and up 96.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Burkina Faso peaked at 0.1655 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.0018 years, in 1981.

Burkina Faso ranks 184th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.0029 years 0.0021 years 0.0038 years 9
1980s 0.0104 years 0.0018 years 0.0223 years 10
1990s 0.0355 years 0.0195 years 0.0551 years 10
2000s 0.087 years 0.0841 years 0.0899 years 2
2010s 0.1155 years 0.0837 years 0.1655 years 10

Countries ranked near Burkina Faso

  1. 181 Myanmar 0.1703 years compare
  2. 182 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.1703 years compare
  3. 183 Syria 0.1695 years compare
  4. 185 Iraq 0.1329 years compare
  5. 186 Mozambique 0.1162 years compare
  6. 187 Central African Republic 0.0881 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places β†’

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All data for Burkina Faso β†’

Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Burkina Faso?
School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Burkina Faso was 0.1655 years in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes recorded in Burkina Faso?
The highest recorded value was 0.1655 years in 2019.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes recorded in Burkina Faso?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0018 years in 1981.
How does Burkina Faso rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes?
Burkina Faso ranks 184th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
Over the last ten years it is up 96.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
236 places, 7,887 data points, 1970–2020
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Number of years a person of school entrance age can expect to spend within the specified level of education. For a child of a certain age a, the school life expectancy is calculated as the sum of the age specific enrolment rates for the levels of education specified. The part of the enrolment that is not distributed by age is divided by the school-age population for the level of education they are enrolled in, and multiplied by the duration of that level of education. The result is then added to the sum of the age-specific enrolment rates. A relatively high SLE indicates greater probability for children to spend more years in education and higher overall retention within the education system. It must be noted that the expected number of years does not necessarily coincide with the expected number of grades of education completed, because of repetition. Since school life expectancy is an average based on participation in different levels of education, the expected number of years of schooling may be pulled down by the magnitude of children who never go to school. Those children who are in school may benefit from many more years of education than the average.