Primary completion (UIS) in Burkina Faso
In Burkina Faso, 60.3% of children had completed primary school by the expected age in 2021.
Burkina Faso, 2021
60.3%
Change from 2010
+29.4percentage points
Primary completion (UIS) in Burkina Faso over time
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% of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Burkina Faso |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 60.3% |
| 2010 | 30.9% |
| 2006 | 29.7% |
| 2003 | 25.8% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 30.9% in 2010, a change of +29.4 percentage points.
- Since 2003, when it was 25.8%, the figure has changed by +34.4 percentage points.
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All statistics for Burkina Faso
Lower secondary completion
34.4%
2021 · UNESCO UIS
Primary school completion rate
52.0%
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ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate
24.9%
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Upper secondary completion
16.2%
2021 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school children
34.3%
2024 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school adolescents
59.3%
2024 · UNESCO UIS