Burkina Faso: Government expenditure per student, tertiary (% of GDP per capita)

Key figures

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 228.25 percentage points in 2016 and the biggest yearly fall was 108.13 percentage points in 2014. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2007 to 2016 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 3% of the movement over 8 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2016, Burkina Faso had the 1st highest value of the 30 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Burkina Faso in the 2016 ranking

• Aruba — 2nd of 30: 100.24%
• Sweden — 3rd of 30: 43.25%
• Norway — 4th of 30: 39.82%

What this measures

Government expenditure per student is the average general government expenditure (current, capital, and transfers) per student in the given level of education, expressed as a percentage of GDP per capita.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a median.

All 10 values

Government expenditure per student, tertiary (% of GDP per capita) in nearby economies

• Benin — 77.72% (2015)
• Cabo Verde — 38.32% (2017)
• Côte d'Ivoire — 150.17% (2017)
• Madagascar — 0.04% (2016)
• Mali — 166.92% (2017)
• Mauritius — 9.58% (2017)
• Niger — 275.25% (2017)
• Rwanda — 97.66% (2018)
• Senegal

More education data for Burkina Faso

• Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 12 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
• Primary education, pupils — 3.07 million (2024)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 77.17% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 78.3% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 76.06% (2024)
• Primary education, teachers — 91,764 (2024)
• Primary education, teachers (% female)

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Questions people ask

What is Burkina Faso's government expenditure per student, tertiary (% of GDP per capita)?

351.47% in 2016, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2005?

It is up 147.59 percentage points from 203.88% in 2005. The highest value was 351.47% in 2016 and the lowest 121.2% in 2014.

How does Burkina Faso rank?

1st highest of 30 economies with data for 2016.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.XPD.TERT.PC.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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