Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Burkina Faso

Gross tertiary enrolment in Burkina Faso was 10.0% in 2024.

Measure: Tertiary education enrolment (gross) Unit: % of the population in the five years after secondary school age Data: 1971 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Burkina Faso, 2024 10.0% % of the population in the five years after secondary school age
Change from 2023 −0.1percentage points 2023: 10.1%
World, 2024 43.6% Official aggregate

Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Burkina Faso over time

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% of the population in the five years after secondary school age. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Tertiary education enrolment (gross) (% of the population in the five years after secondary school age), 2001 to 2024
Period Burkina FasoWorld
2024 10.0% 43.6%
2023 10.1% 43.2%
2022 9.7% 42.0%
2021 9.3% 41.1%
2020 7.6% 39.7%
2019 6.9% 38.7%
2018 6.3% 37.9%
2017 5.8% 37.5%
2016 5.4% 37.1%
2015 4.9% 36.6%
2014 4.9% 35.6%
2013 4.6% 33.1%
2012 4.3% 32.3%
2011 3.9% 31.1%
2010 3.3% 29.6%
2009 3.3% 28.3%
2008 2.9% 27.4%
2007 2.4% 26.3%
2006 2.3% 25.7%
2005 2.1% 24.3%
2004 – 23.6%
2003 1.5% 22.8%
2002 1.3% 21.6%
2001 1.1% 20.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.1 percentage points from 10.1% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 4.9%, the figure has changed by +5.1 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 43.6%.

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Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SE.TER.ENRR · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1971 to 2024 for Burkina Faso
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UNESCO Institute for Statistics