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
Education Snapshot Back to Top
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
Programs Back to Top
Network/Convening/Conference
Accelerated Education
Project/Program
Comprehensive scholarship programme
Project/Program
Food for Education
Project/Program
Joint Programme ("Menyumenyeshe")
Project/Program
Literacy Boost
Project/Program
My Education, My Future (MEMF)
Research Project/Report/Study
Strengthening Monitoring and Reporting of Attacks on Education
Research Project/Report/Study
The Effect of COVID-19 on Education in Africa and its Implications for the Use of Technology: A Survey of the Experiences and Opinions of Educators and Technology Specialists