School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity was 1.03 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
1.03 GPI
Change on year
up 1.8%
World rank
16th
of 188 countries
All-time high
1.03 GPI
in 2019
All-time low
0.6918 GPI
in 1999
Years of data
20
1999–2019

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Burkina Faso, 1999–2019

00.250.50.7511999200920191999: 0.692 GPI2000: 0.708 GPI2001: 0.719 GPI2003: 0.744 GPI2004: 0.771 GPI2005: 0.786 GPI2006: 0.803 GPI2007: 0.822 GPI2008: 0.845 GPI2009: 0.862 GPI2010: 0.885 GPI2011: 0.903 GPI2012: 0.925 GPI2013: 0.951 GPI2014: 0.964 GPI2015: 0.977 GPI2016: 0.99 GPI2017: 1 GPI2018: 1 GPI2019: 1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2019, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Burkina Faso stood at 1.03 GPI. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.8% on the previous year and up 19.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Burkina Faso peaked at 1.03 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.6918 GPI, in 1999.

That places Burkina Faso 16th out of 188 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.

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

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Burkina Faso, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Burkina Faso, 1999 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1999 0.6918 GPI
2000 0.7079 GPI +2.3%
2001 0.7191 GPI +1.6%
2003 0.7436 GPI +3.4%
2004 0.7707 GPI +3.6%
2005 0.7864 GPI +2.0%
2006 0.8034 GPI +2.2%
2007 0.8224 GPI +2.4%
2008 0.8451 GPI +2.8%
2009 0.8625 GPI +2.1%
2010 0.8847 GPI +2.6%
2011 0.9028 GPI +2.0%
2012 0.9249 GPI +2.4%
2013 0.951 GPI +2.8%
2014 0.9643 GPI +1.4%
2015 0.9773 GPI +1.4%
2016 0.9904 GPI +1.3%
2017 1 GPI +1.2%
2018 1.01 GPI +0.8%
2019 1.03 GPI +1.8%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.6918 GPI 0.6918 GPI 0.6918 GPI 1
2000s 0.7846 GPI 0.7079 GPI 0.8625 GPI 9
2010s 0.9638 GPI 0.8847 GPI 1.03 GPI 10

Countries ranked near Burkina Faso

  1. 13 Seychelles 1.04 GPI compare
  2. 14 Albania 1.03 GPI compare
  3. 15 Tanzania 1.03 GPI compare
  4. 17 Hong Kong 1.03 GPI compare
  5. 18 India 1.03 GPI compare
  6. 19 Vietnam 1.03 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Burkina Faso?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Burkina Faso was 1.03 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Burkina Faso?
The highest recorded value was 1.03 GPI in 2019.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Burkina Faso?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6918 GPI in 1999.
How does Burkina Faso rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity?
Burkina Faso ranks 16th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
Over the last ten years it is up 19.3%. 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 School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
School life expectancy, 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, 4,492 data points, 1981–2020
Last refreshed

Ratio of female school life expectancy to the male school life expectancy. 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.