Burundi: Children out of school, primary, male

Key figures

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 58.2% in 2009 and the biggest yearly fall was 50.2% in 2008. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

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

How it compares

See how every economy compares in the full ranking.

Closest to Burundi in the 2025 ranking

• Kazakhstan — 2nd of 5: 59,076
• Gambia, The — 3rd of 5: 52,251
• Lao PDR — 4th of 5: 41,792

What this measures

Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school.

Limitations: Due to different data sources for enrollment and population data, the number may not capture the actual number of children not attending in primary school.

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

All 34 values

Children out of school, primary, male in nearby economies

• Benin — 77,007 (2022)
• Burkina Faso — 703,431 (2024)
• Cabo Verde — 10,087 (2022)
• Cameroon — 55,869 (2019)
• Chad — 335,149 (2024)
• Comoros — 11,077 (2024)
• Congo, Rep. — 87,114 (2023)
• Côte d'Ivoire — 313,204 (2024)
• Equatorial Guinea — 65,892 (2015)
• Eritrea — 83,559 (2022)
• Eswatini

More education data for Burundi

• 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 — 2.52 million (2025)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 100.63% (2025)
• School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 101.6% (2025)
• School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 99.67% (2025)
• School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 1.01 (2020)
• Primary education, pupils (% female)

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Questions people ask

What is Burundi's children out of school, primary, male?

352,121 in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1973?

It is up 58.19% from 222,587 in 1973 (0.89% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 352,121 in 2025 and the lowest 42,190 in 2008.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, 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..

Source

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