Gross school enrollment in primary education fell 2.02% to 92.6% in Burkina Faso in 2020, according to World Bank.
Historically, gross school enrollment in primary education in Burkina Faso reached an all time high of 96.1% in 2018 and an all time low of 12.2% in 1971. When compared to Burkina Faso's main peers, gross school enrollment in primary education in Ghana amounted to 103%, 100% in Ivory Coast, 78.7% in Mali and 69.4% in Niger in 2020.
Burkina Faso has been ranked 113th within the group of 128 countries we follow in terms of gross school enrollment in primary education, 37 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
Gross School Enrollment (Primary Education) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
Algeria | % | 116% | 114% | 112% | 110% | 109% | ... | |||||||||||||||
Benin | % | ... | 132% | 131% | 127% | 122% | 117% | |||||||||||||||
Burkina Faso | % | 88.4% | 91.1% | 93.7% | 96.1% | 94.5% | ||||||||||||||||
Chad | % | 91.6% | 86.8% | 78.6% | 89.7% | 89.2% | ... | |||||||||||||||
Ghana | % | ... | 108% | 107% | 106% | 104% | 105% | ... | ||||||||||||||
Guinea | % | 86.7% | 91.5% | 97.7% | 99.3% | 96.9% | ... | |||||||||||||||
Ivory Coast | % | ... | ... | ... | 90.7% | 95.9% | 98.4% | 99.8% | 100% | |||||||||||||
Liberia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 95.3% | 89.5% | 85.1% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||
Libya | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||
Mali | % | 75.7% | 77.2% | 80.2% | 75.6% | ... | ... | |||||||||||||||
Mauritania | % | 105% | 96.8% | 96.7% | 99.9% | 100% | ... | |||||||||||||||
Niger | % | 71.6% | 73.4% | 74.7% | 67.4% | 66.4% | ||||||||||||||||
Togo | % | 128% | 125% | 124% | 124% | 124% |