Burundi

Background Information

Region

Sub-Saharan Africa

World Bank income group

Low income

Percent of population aged 10-24

34% (UNFPA, 2023)

Total primary school age population (both sexes)

2,321,785 (UIS, 2022)

Total secondary school age population (both sexes)

1,785,951 (UIS, 2022)

Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 18 (% of women aged 20-24)

19%

Source: UNSDG , 2017

Adolescent birth rate (per 1,000 women ages 15-19)

58

Source: UN Human Development Reports , 2015

Percentage of women who ever experienced physical violence since age 15 (% of women 15-49)

36%

Source: DHS , 2017

Percentage of married women employed in the last 12 months (% of married or in-union women 15-49)

94%

Source: DHS , 2017

Education Snapshot Back to Top

Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in legal frameworks

No data available

Percentage of upper secondary schools providing life skills-based HIV and sexuality education within the formal curriculum or as part of extra-curricular activities Percentage of schools

100%

Source: UNESCO , 2017

Proportion of schools with access to single-sex basic sanitation facilities Percentage of schools

  • Primary 35%

    (2019)

  • Lower secondary 82%

    (2017)

  • Upper secondary 100%

    (2018)

Source: UIS

Women as a percentage of teachers in tertiary education Women as a percentage

Source: UIS , 2018

Men as a percentage of teachers in pre-primary education Men as a percentage

Source: UIS , 2022

Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure % GDP spent on education

Source: UIS , 2022

Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading

  • Female 4%

  • Male 5%

Female: UIS, 2014

Male: UIS, 2019

Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in mathematics

  • Female 14%

  • Male 24%

Female: UIS, 2019

Male: UIS, 2019

Experiencing bullying in the last 12 months in lower secondary education

No data available

Youth not in education, employment or training

  • Female 11%

  • Male 12%

Female: ILO, 2020

Male: ILO, 2020

Completion rate

Primary school age

  • Female 54%

  • Male 46%

Female: UIS, 2017

Male: UIS, 2017

Lower secondary school age

  • Female 19%

  • Male 26%

Female: UIS, 2017

Male: UIS, 2017

Upper secondary school age

  • Female 3%

  • Male 4%

Female: UIS, 2017

Male: UIS, 2017

Out-of-school rate

Primary school

  • Female 18%

  • Male 18%

Female: UIS, 2017

Male: UIS, 2017

Lower secondary school

  • Female 27%

  • Male 30%

Female: UIS, 2017

Male: UIS, 2017

Upper secondary school

  • Female 54%

  • Male 53%

Female: UIS, 2017

Male: UIS, 2017

Legal Frameworks Back to Top

Presence of legislation on child protection, to prevent corporal punishment in schools

3

Limited protection from violence in educational institutions

Source: HerAtlas , 2019

Presence of legislation protecting the right to education without discrimination based on sex/gender

4

Enshrines right to education, only for a group of persons, without discrimination based on sex/gender

Source: HerAtlas , 2019

Presence of legislation to protect and facilitate education of pregnant adolescent girls

5

Protection of the right to education of pregnant and/or parenting girls

Source: HerAtlas , 2019

Existence of processes to support coordinated action on gender equality in and through education by ministries, civil society, youth organizations and other actors

Data coming soon!

Existence of systematic processes to review and update curricula and learning resources, with a view to eradicating gender stereotypes and promoting gender equality

Data coming soon!

Training on gender-responsive pedagogies is embedded in teacher training programmes

Data coming soon!

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