Upper secondary completion in Burkina Faso

In Burkina Faso, 16.2% of young people had completed upper secondary school by the expected age in 2021.

Measure: Completion rate, upper secondary education Unit: % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age Data: 2003 to 2021 Source: UNESCO UIS
Burkina Faso, 2021 16.2% % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age
Change from 2017 +2.4percentage points 2017: 13.8%

Upper secondary completion in Burkina Faso over time

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% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Completion rate, upper secondary education (% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age), 2003 to 2021
Period Burkina Faso
2021 16.2%
2017 13.8%
2010 3.9%
2006 2.7%
2003 4.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 13.8% in 2017, a change of +2.4 percentage points.
  • Since 2003, when it was 4.8%, the figure has changed by +11.4 percentage points.

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Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
CR.3 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2003 to 2021 for Burkina Faso
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org