Burkina Faso's persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort) was 26.53% in 2022, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 37.77 percentage points from 64.3% in 2012.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 26.53% | 2022 |
| Five years earlier | 64.4% | 2017 |
| Ten years earlier | 64.3% | 2012 |
| Highest | 76.79% | 1994 |
| Lowest | 26.53% | 2022 |
| Average since 2013 | 53.72% | 2013–2022 |
| First recorded | 50.57% | 1971 |
What the numbers say
In 2022, Burkina Faso's persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort) fell 13.41 percentage points on 2021 (from 39.94% to 26.53%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1980 to 2021), the average change was −0.61 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 6.06 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 8.83 percentage points in 2002 and the biggest yearly fall was 15.36 percentage points in 2021. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2013 to 2022 the straight-line trend is downward, about 3.62 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 75% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2022, Burkina Faso had the 21st highest value of the 20 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 26.53% | 2022 |
| World | 77.64% | 2023 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 59.98% | 2023 |
| Low income | 56.18% | 2023 |
Closest to Burkina Faso in the 2022 ranking
What this measures
Persistence to last grade of primary is the percentage of children enrolled in the first grade of primary school who eventually reach the last grade of primary education. The estimate is based on the reconstructed cohort method.
Limitations: The estimates have limitations in capturing real trend in that an observed rate will be applied to the underlying indicators such as repetition rate and promotion rate throughout the cohort life, and re-entrants, grade skipping, migration or transfers during a school year are not adequately captured.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 44 values
| Year | Persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort) |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 26.53 |
| 2021 | 39.94 |
| 2020 | 55.3 |
| 2019 | 48.48 |
| 2018 | 50.45 |
| 2017 | 64.4 |
| 2016 | 60.81 |
| 2015 | 64.19 |
| 2014 | 62.23 |
| 2013 | 64.89 |
| 2012 |
Persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort) in nearby economies
- Benin — 53.9% (2021)
- Burundi — 45.73% (2019)
- Cabo Verde — 94.62% (2021)
- Cameroon — 60.99% (2023)
- Chad — 71.52% (2017)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 72.63% (2020)
- Côte d'Ivoire — 63.8% (2021)
- Eritrea — 80.15% (2017)
- Eswatini — 80.16% (2018)
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)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Burkina Faso's persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort)?
- 26.53% in 2022, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1971?
- It is down 24.04 percentage points from 50.57% in 1971. The highest value was 76.79% in 1994 and the lowest 26.53% in 2022.
- How does Burkina Faso rank?
- 21st highest of 20 economies with data for 2022.
- Is the latest change in persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort) unusual for Burkina Faso?
- In 2022, Burkina Faso's persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort) fell 13.41 percentage points on 2021 (from 39.94% to 26.53%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1980 to 2021), the average change was −0.61 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 6.06 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.PRM.PRSL.MA.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API. 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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