School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male was 7.98 years in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
7.98 years
Change on year
down 3.2%
World rank
157th
of 188 countries
All-time high
8.25 years
in 2018
All-time low
3.79 years
in 1999
Years of data
20
1999–2019

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

024681999200920191999: 3.8 years2000: 3.8 years2001: 3.9 years2003: 4.2 years2004: 4.4 years2005: 4.7 years2006: 5 years2007: 5.4 years2008: 5.9 years2009: 6.2 years2010: 6.5 years2011: 6.8 years2012: 7 years2013: 7.1 years2014: 7.3 years2015: 7.6 years2016: 7.7 years2017: 8 years2018: 8.2 years2019: 8 years

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.

Analysis

In 2019, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in Burkina Faso stood at 7.98 years.

The figure is down 3.2% on the previous year and up 29.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in Burkina Faso peaked at 8.25 years in 2018 and was at its lowest, 3.79 years, in 1999.

That places Burkina Faso 157th out of 188 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

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

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

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male (years) in Burkina Faso, 1999 to 2019.
Year years Change
1999 3.79 years
2000 3.81 years +0.5%
2001 3.88 years +1.7%
2003 4.18 years +7.8%
2004 4.4 years +5.2%
2005 4.71 years +7.1%
2006 4.98 years +5.7%
2007 5.36 years +7.6%
2008 5.86 years +9.3%
2009 6.18 years +5.5%
2010 6.54 years +5.8%
2011 6.83 years +4.4%
2012 7.04 years +3.1%
2013 7.13 years +1.3%
2014 7.25 years +1.7%
2015 7.61 years +4.9%
2016 7.74 years +1.7%
2017 7.99 years +3.3%
2018 8.25 years +3.2%
2019 7.98 years -3.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 3.79 years 3.79 years 3.79 years 1
2000s 4.82 years 3.81 years 6.18 years 9
2010s 7.44 years 6.54 years 8.25 years 10

Countries ranked near Burkina Faso

  1. 154 Kenya 8.02 years compare
  2. 155 Bangladesh 8.02 years compare
  3. 156 Serbia 7.99 years compare
  4. 158 Romania 7.97 years compare
  5. 159 Türkiye 7.96 years compare
  6. 160 Hungary 7.95 years compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in Burkina Faso?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in Burkina Faso was 7.98 years in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male recorded in Burkina Faso?
The highest recorded value was 8.25 years in 2018.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male recorded in Burkina Faso?
The lowest recorded value was 3.79 years in 1999.
How does Burkina Faso rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male?
Burkina Faso ranks 157th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
Over the last ten years it is up 29.1%. 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, male (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
233 places, 4,493 data points, 1981–2020
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Number of years a person of school entrance age can expect to spend within the specified levels 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.