Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index in Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso: Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index was 1.08 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
1.08 GPI
Change on year
up 2.7%
World rank
6th
of 135 countries
All-time high
1.08 GPI
in 2019
All-time low
0.524 GPI
in 1983
Years of data
20
1983–2019

Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index in Burkina Faso, 1983–2019

00.250.50.7511983200120191983: 0.524 GPI1989: 0.569 GPI1999: 0.648 GPI2001: 0.693 GPI2003: 0.714 GPI2004: 0.706 GPI2005: 0.73 GPI2006: 0.737 GPI2007: 0.751 GPI2008: 0.773 GPI2009: 0.787 GPI2010: 0.847 GPI2011: 0.865 GPI2012: 0.901 GPI2013: 0.945 GPI2015: 1 GPI2016: 1 GPI2017: 1 GPI2018: 1.1 GPI2019: 1.1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2019, total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index in Burkina Faso stood at 1.08 GPI. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.

The figure is up 2.7% on the previous year and up 37.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index in Burkina Faso peaked at 1.08 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.524 GPI, in 1983.

Burkina Faso ranks 6th of 135 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

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

Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index in Burkina Faso, year by year

Annual values for Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Burkina Faso, 1983 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1983 0.524 GPI
1989 0.5695 GPI +8.7%
1999 0.648 GPI +13.8%
2001 0.6929 GPI +6.9%
2003 0.7144 GPI +3.1%
2004 0.7062 GPI -1.1%
2005 0.7296 GPI +3.3%
2006 0.7366 GPI +1.0%
2007 0.7515 GPI +2.0%
2008 0.7729 GPI +2.9%
2009 0.7874 GPI +1.9%
2010 0.8474 GPI +7.6%
2011 0.8653 GPI +2.1%
2012 0.9014 GPI +4.2%
2013 0.9451 GPI +4.9%
2015 1 GPI +6.2%
2016 1.03 GPI +2.6%
2017 1.04 GPI +1.4%
2018 1.05 GPI +0.8%
2019 1.08 GPI +2.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 0.5467 GPI 0.524 GPI 0.5695 GPI 2
1990s 0.648 GPI 0.648 GPI 0.648 GPI 1
2000s 0.7364 GPI 0.6929 GPI 0.7874 GPI 8
2010s 0.9748 GPI 0.8474 GPI 1.08 GPI 9

Countries ranked near Burkina Faso

  1. 3 Lesotho 1.1 GPI compare
  2. 4 Puerto Rico 1.1 GPI compare
  3. 5 Suriname 1.09 GPI compare
  4. 7 Burundi 1.08 GPI compare
  5. 8 Mauritania 1.08 GPI compare
  6. 9 Bahrain 1.07 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index in Burkina Faso?
Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index in Burkina Faso was 1.08 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index recorded in Burkina Faso?
The highest recorded value was 1.08 GPI in 2019.
What is the lowest total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index recorded in Burkina Faso?
The lowest recorded value was 0.524 GPI in 1983.
How does Burkina Faso rank for total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index?
Burkina Faso ranks 6th out of 135 countries with data for 2019.
Is total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
Over the last ten years it is up 37.4%. 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 Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
180 places, 3,032 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

Ratio of female total net enrolment rate for lower secondary to the male total net enrolment rate for 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.