Burundi

Background Information

Region

Sub-Saharan Africa

World Bank income group

Low income

Percent of population aged 10-24

32% (UNFPA, 2020)

Total primary school age population (both sexes)

1,931,018 (UIS, 2020)

Total secondary school age population (both sexes)

1,716,014 (UIS, 2020)

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)

56

Source: UN Human Development Reports, 2018

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

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

No data available

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

Source: UIS, 2018

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

  • Primary 35%

    (2019)

  • Lower secondary 82%

    (2017)

  • Upper secondary 100%

    (2018)

Source: UIS

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

  • Female 6%

  • Male 4%

Female: UIS, 2014

Male: UIS, 2014

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

  • Female 54%

  • Male 29%

Female: UIS, 2014

Male: UIS, 2014

Completion rate

Primary school age

  • Female 57%

  • Male 50%

Female: UIS, 2017

Male: UIS, 2017

Lower secondary school age

  • Female 26%

  • Male 29%

Female: UIS, 2017

Male: UIS, 2017

Upper secondary school age

  • Female 7%

  • Male 9%

Female: UIS, 2017

Male: UIS, 2017

Out-of-school rate

Primary school

  • Female 17%

  • Male 17%

Female: UIS, 2017

Male: UIS, 2017

Lower secondary school

  • Female 27%

  • Male 30%

Female: UIS, 2017

Male: UIS, 2017

Upper secondary school

  • Female 50%

  • Male 50%

Female: UIS, 2017

Male: UIS, 2017

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