Burundi's lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) was 28% in 2020, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 11.64 percentage points from 16.37% in 2010.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 28% | 2020 |
| Five years earlier | 34.59% | 2015 |
| Ten years earlier | 16.37% | 2010 |
| Highest | 40.83% | 2016 |
| Lowest | 0.82% | 1972 |
| Average since 2011 | 29.34% | 2011–2020 |
| First recorded | 0.93% | 1971 |
What the numbers say
In 2020, Burundi's lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) rose 0.71 percentage points on 2019 (from 27.29% to 28%).
Across the 28 yearly changes before that (1972 to 2019), the average change was +0.64 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.05 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 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 7.21 percentage points in 2015 and the biggest yearly fall was 7.98 percentage points in 2018. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2011 to 2020 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 22% 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
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| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Burundi | 28% | 2020 |
| World | 77.89% | 2024 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 44.36% | 2023 |
| Low income | 38.61% | 2023 |
Closest to Burundi in the 2020 ranking
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 2nd of 5: 55.9%
- Mauritania — 3rd of 5: 49.76%
- Guinea — 4th of 5: 34.46%
What this measures
Lower secondary education completion rate is measured as the gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary education (general and pre-vocational). It is calculated as the number of new entrants in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education.
Limitations: The data do not account for students who drop out during the final year of Lower secondary education. Therefore, this rate serves as a proxy and should be considered an upper estimate of the actual Lower secondary completion rate. There are many reasons why the primary completion rate can exceed 100 percent. The numerator may include late entrants and overage children who have repeated one or more grades of primary education as well as children who entered school early, while the denominator is the number of children at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 34 values
| Year | Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 28 |
| 2019 | 27.29 |
| 2018 | 30.63 |
| 2017 | 38.61 |
| 2016 | 40.83 |
| 2015 | 34.59 |
| 2014 | 27.38 |
| 2013 | 23.5 |
| 2012 | 20.13 |
| 2011 | 22.46 |
| 2010 |
Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in nearby economies
- Benin — 27.87% (2022)
- Botswana — 91.44% (2022)
- Burkina Faso — 27.88% (2024)
- Cabo Verde — 83.04% (2022)
- Cameroon — 34.98% (2023)
- Central African Republic — 8.89% (2016)
- Chad — 18.42% (2021)
- Comoros — 44.14% (2024)
- Congo, Dem. Rep.
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 lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)?
- 28% in 2020, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1971?
- It is up 27.07 percentage points from 0.93% in 1971. The highest value was 40.83% in 2016 and the lowest 0.82% in 1972.
- Is the latest change in lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) unusual for Burundi?
- In 2020, Burundi's lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) rose 0.71 percentage points on 2019 (from 27.29% to 28%). Across the 28 yearly changes before that (1972 to 2019), the average change was +0.64 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.05 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 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.SEC.CMPT.LO.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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