Burkina Faso: Over-age students, primary, male (% of male enrollment)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2018, Burkina Faso's over-age students, primary, male (% of male enrollment) rose 0.06 percentage points on 2017 (from 15.44% to 15.51%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1983 to 2017), the average change was −0.13 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.77 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 12.73 percentage points in 2010 and the biggest yearly fall was 4.92 percentage points in 2016. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2009 to 2018 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 3% of the movement over 10 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 2018, Burkina Faso had the 16th highest value of the 75 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 2018 ranking

• Suriname — 13th of 75: 17.71%
• Togo — 14th of 75: 17.4%
• Colombia — 15th of 75: 16.84%
• Ghana — 17th of 75: 15.5%
• El Salvador — 18th of 75: 14.96%
• Morocco — 19th of 75: 14.92%

What this measures

Over-age students are the percentage of those enrolled who are older than the official school-age range for primary education.

All 41 values

Over-age students, primary, male (% of male enrollment) in nearby economies

• Benin — 8.42% (2018)
• Burundi — 17.72% (2018)
• Cabo Verde — 12.33% (2018)
• Cameroon — 12.72% (2017)
• Chad — 14.53% (2016)
• Côte d'Ivoire — 7.7% (2018)
• Equatorial Guinea — 23.94% (2015)
• Eritrea — 26.72% (2018)
• Eswatini — 31.01% (2017)
• Ethiopia

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 over-age students, primary, male (% of male enrollment)?

15.51% in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1971?

It is up 3.09 percentage points from 12.42% in 1971. The highest value was 22.78% in 2010 and the lowest 8.05% in 2007.

How does Burkina Faso rank?

16th highest of 75 economies with data for 2018.

Is the latest change in over-age students, primary, male (% of male enrollment) unusual for Burkina Faso?

In 2018, Burkina Faso's over-age students, primary, male (% of male enrollment) rose 0.06 percentage points on 2017 (from 15.44% to 15.51%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1983 to 2017), the average change was −0.13 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.77 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.PRM.OENR.MA.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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