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

Burkina Faso: Total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, gender parity index was 1.04 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
1.04 GPI
Change on year
up 4.3%
World rank
47th
of 142 countries
All-time high
1.04 GPI
in 2019
All-time low
0.5968 GPI
in 1999
Years of data
18
1999–2019

Total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, gender parity index in Burkina Faso, 1999–2019

00.250.50.7511999200920191999: 0.597 GPI2001: 0.616 GPI2003: 0.666 GPI2004: 0.664 GPI2005: 0.68 GPI2006: 0.681 GPI2007: 0.68 GPI2008: 0.695 GPI2009: 0.714 GPI2010: 0.752 GPI2011: 0.762 GPI2012: 0.793 GPI2013: 0.841 GPI2015: 0.897 GPI2016: 0.931 GPI2017: 0.969 GPI2018: 0.999 GPI2019: 1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2019, total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, gender parity index in Burkina Faso stood at 1.04 GPI. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.

The figure is up 4.3% on the previous year and up 45.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, gender parity index in Burkina Faso peaked at 1.04 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.5968 GPI, in 1999.

Burkina Faso ranks 47th of 142 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.

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

Annual values for Total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Burkina Faso, 1999 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1999 0.5968 GPI
2001 0.6162 GPI +3.2%
2003 0.6658 GPI +8.1%
2004 0.6635 GPI -0.3%
2005 0.6804 GPI +2.5%
2006 0.6806 GPI +0.0%
2007 0.6803 GPI -0.0%
2008 0.6951 GPI +2.2%
2009 0.7141 GPI +2.7%
2010 0.7515 GPI +5.2%
2011 0.7622 GPI +1.4%
2012 0.7935 GPI +4.1%
2013 0.841 GPI +6.0%
2015 0.8972 GPI +6.7%
2016 0.9309 GPI +3.8%
2017 0.9687 GPI +4.1%
2018 0.9991 GPI +3.1%
2019 1.04 GPI +4.3%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.5968 GPI 0.5968 GPI 0.5968 GPI 1
2000s 0.6745 GPI 0.6162 GPI 0.7141 GPI 8
2010s 0.8874 GPI 0.7515 GPI 1.04 GPI 9

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  5. 49 Australia 1.04 GPI compare
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Frequently asked questions

What is total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, gender parity index in Burkina Faso?
Total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, gender parity index in Burkina Faso was 1.04 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, gender parity index recorded in Burkina Faso?
The highest recorded value was 1.04 GPI in 2019.
What is the lowest total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, gender parity index recorded in Burkina Faso?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5968 GPI in 1999.
How does Burkina Faso rank for total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, gender parity index?
Burkina Faso ranks 47th out of 142 countries with data for 2019.
Is total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
Over the last ten years it is up 45.9%. 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, upper secondary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
187 places, 3,033 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

Ratio of female total net enrolment rate for upper secondary to the male total net enrolment rate for upper 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. For more information, consult the UIS website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/