Burundi: Secondary education, pupils (% female)

Key figures

Over five years it is up 7.79 percentage points from 44.91% in 2013. Since 1971 it is up 32.71 percentage points from 19.98% in 1971. The World Bank has no value for 10 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

In 2018, Burundi's secondary education, pupils (% female) rose 1.49 percentage points on 2017 (from 51.2% to 52.69%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1976 to 2017), the average change was +0.53 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.45 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 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 4.58 percentage points in 1982 and the biggest yearly fall was 3.88 percentage points in 1983. 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 the straight-line trend is upward, about 1.31 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 97% 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 2018, Burundi had the 3rd highest value of the 71 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 Burundi in the 2018 ranking

• Rwanda — 1st of 71: 53.16%
• Bangladesh — 3rd of 71: 52.64%
• Cabo Verde — 4th of 71: 52.22%
• Bhutan — 5th of 71: 52.01%

What this measures

Female pupils as a percentage of total pupils at secondary level includes enrollments in public and private schools.

Limitations: The percentage of female enrollment is limited in assessing gender parity, because it's affected by the gender composition of population. Ratio of female to male in enrollment rate provides a population adjusted measure of gender parity.

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

All 38 values

Secondary education, pupils (% female) in nearby economies

• Angola — 39.52% (2016)
• Benin — 42.41% (2016)
• Burkina Faso — 49.07% (2018)
• Cabo Verde — 52.22% (2018)
• Cameroon — 45.9% (2016)
• Central African Republic — 40.13% (2017)
• Chad — 31.27% (2016)
• Comoros — 50.79% (2018)
• Congo, Dem. Rep. — 38.8% (2015)
• Côte d'Ivoire — 43.48% (2018)
• Eritrea

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 secondary education, pupils (% female)?

52.69% in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1971?

It is up 32.71 percentage points from 19.98% in 1971. The highest value was 52.69% in 2018 and the lowest 19.98% in 1971.

How does Burundi rank?

3rd highest of 71 economies with data for 2018.

Is the latest change in secondary education, pupils (% female) unusual for Burundi?

In 2018, Burundi's secondary education, pupils (% female) rose 1.49 percentage points on 2017 (from 51.2% to 52.69%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1976 to 2017), the average change was +0.53 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.45 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 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.ENRL.FE.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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