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Topic 04 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Burkina Faso: Education & Knowledge
How far does a country's schooling carry its children?
Burkina Faso is placed 138th of 171 countries on education & knowledge in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: Upper Secondary Completion Rate 16.04 (2025); Youth Literacy Rate 62.81 (2024).
Education & Knowledge
138th
of 171 countries placed
Placed from 4 of 4 key statistics
- 16.04Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2025Upper secondary completion rate (%)
- 62.81Youth Literacy Rate, 202415–24 year-olds who can read and write (%)
- 5.328Government Spending on Education, 2023Government expenditure on education (% of GDP)
- 34.29Out-of-School Rate, Primary, 2024Out-of-school rate, primary age (%)
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Burkina Faso on education & knowledge — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used — or, for a survey-based key, each country’s latest reading; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
Key 1 of 4
Upper Secondary Completion Rate
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Why it is a key: How far a schooling system carries the young people who get through primary — the only key here that measures anything past childhood.
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY-SA 4.0
16.04
Upper secondary completion rate (%)
Higher is better
Burkina Faso: 16.04. Across the 164 countries in this edition, values run from 2.13 (South Sudan) to 99.27 (South Korea); the world median is 64.87.
- World median
- 64.87
- Best in Western Africa
- 57.75 Nigeria
- Land neighbours
- Benin 18.29 · Côte d’Ivoire 16.89 · Ghana 47.22 · Mali 11.29 · Niger 4.95 · Togo 22.09
Each grey tick is one of 164 countries in the 2025 edition.
Key 2 of 4
Youth Literacy Rate
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Why it is a key: Whether 15- to 24-year-olds can read and write — the only key here that tests what a schooling system produced, rather than how many passed through it or what it cost.
Latest reading per country, 2014–2024 · Burkina Faso’s is from 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0
62.81
15–24 year-olds who can read and write (%)
Higher is better
Burkina Faso: 62.81. Across the 174 countries at their latest reading, values run from 36.7 (South Sudan) to 100 (Uzbekistan); the world median is 98.22.
- World median
- 98.22
- Best in Western Africa
- 98.32 Cabo Verde
- Land neighbours
- Benin 71.25 · Côte d’Ivoire 66.84 · Ghana 91.51 · Mali 50.33 · Niger 53.91 · Togo 90.36
Each grey tick is one of 174 countries at its latest reading, 2014–2024.
Key 3 of 4
Government Spending on Education
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Why it is a key: What a state chooses to spend on education, as a share of its economy — the input, where the other two keys measure reach.
2023 edition · data for 2023 · CC BY-SA 4.0
5.328
Government expenditure on education (% of GDP)
Higher is better
Burkina Faso: 5.328. Across the 123 countries in this edition, values run from 0 (Somalia) to 16.39 (Kiribati); the world median is 3.709.
- World median
- 3.709
- Best in Western Africa
- 6.163 Senegal
- Land neighbours
- Benin 3.23 · Côte d’Ivoire 3.394 · Mali 4.185 · Niger 4.074 · Togo 4.143
Each grey tick is one of 123 countries in the 2023 edition.
Key 4 of 4
Out-of-School Rate, Primary
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Why it is a key: Primary-age children who are not in school at all: the floor of an education system.
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY-SA 4.0
34.29
Out-of-school rate, primary age (%)
Lower is better
Burkina Faso: 34.29. Across the 121 countries in this edition, values run from 0.004 (United Arab Emirates) to 64.73 (South Sudan); the world median is 3.691.
- World median
- 3.691
- Best in Western Africa
- 0.639 Togo
- Land neighbours
- Côte d’Ivoire 12.6 · Ghana 4.767 · Niger 40.41 · Togo 0.639
Each grey tick is one of 121 countries in the 2024 edition.
02Over time
Which way Burkina Faso is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Upper Secondary Completion Rate
Upper secondary completion rate (%) · higher is better
Burkina FasoWorld median
Burkina Faso rose from 3.23 in 2000 to 16.04 in 2025; the world median went from 38 to 64.87.
Every year’s figures
Year Burkina Faso World median 2025 16.04 64.9 2024 15.44 65.0 2023 14.72 64.2 2022 14.01 63.6 2021 13.16 62.9 2020 12.21 62.2 2019 11.17 61.5 2018 10.09 60.9 2017 9.15 60.5 2016 8.32 60.1 2015 7.57 58.9 2014 6.90 57.0 2013 6.33 54.7 2012 5.84 52.4 2011 5.35 50.9 2010 4.89 49.5 2009 4.47 48.5 2008 4.11 47.4 2007 3.83 46.2 2006 3.63 45.0 2005 3.53 43.8 2004 3.44 42.9 2003 3.37 41.6 2002 3.33 40.3 2001 3.28 39.0 2000 3.23 38.0 Government Spending on Education
Government expenditure on education (% of GDP) · higher is better
Burkina FasoWorld median
Burkina Faso rose from 3.941 in 2005 to 5.328 in 2023; the world median went from 4.056 to 3.709.
Every year’s figures
Year Burkina Faso World median 2023 5.328 3.7092 2022 5.295 4.0570 2021 5.249 4.2611 2020 5.211 4.4056 2019 5.456 4.1407 2018 5.489 4.2159 2017 5.628 4.1401 2016 — 4.2342 2015 3.670 4.2386 2014 4.053 4.2005 2013 4.083 4.3493 2012 3.603 4.0348 2011 3.985 3.9987 2010 3.502 4.1396 2009 — 4.6638 2008 — 4.4226 2007 4.080 4.1717 2006 3.982 4.0593 2005 3.941 4.0557 2004 — 3.9745 2003 — 4.1595 2002 — 4.0173 2001 — 4.1002 2000 — 3.8861 Out-of-School Rate, Primary
Out-of-school rate, primary age (%) · lower is better
Burkina FasoWorld median
Burkina Faso fell from 65.05 in 2000 to 34.29 in 2024; the world median went from 8.642 to 3.691.
Every year’s figures
Year Burkina Faso World median 2024 34.3 3.691 2023 42.0 3.393 2022 32.2 3.002 2021 29.1 3.330 2020 28.5 2.678 2019 25.8 2.758 2018 24.4 2.439 2017 26.4 2.907 2016 27.2 2.954 2015 32.5 3.052 2014 33.8 3.904 2013 34.7 3.413 2012 35.6 3.408 2011 36.5 3.626 2010 41.0 3.491 2009 37.6 3.577 2008 40.5 3.878 2007 46.5 4.029 2006 51.7 4.338 2005 55.3 4.571 2004 60.1 3.791 2003 62.4 4.412 2002 64.8 4.144 2001 63.9 4.051 2000 65.0 8.642
03In context
Burkina Faso beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 171 countries on education & knowledge, never a place within the region.
Burkina Faso and the countries it borders
The standing is each country’s place among all 171 placed on the topic; the other columns are the publishers’ own values, read at the edition the standing used.
| Country | Standing | Upper Secondary Completion RateUpper secondary completion rate (%) | Youth Literacy Rate15–24 year-olds who can read and write (%) | Government Spending on EducationGovernment expenditure on education (% of GDP) | Out-of-School Rate, PrimaryOut-of-school rate, primary age (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Togo | 102nd | 22.09 | 90.36 | 4.143 | 0.639 |
 Ghana | 122nd | 47.22 | 91.51 | — | 4.767 |
| Burkina Faso | 138th | 16.04 | 62.81 | 5.328 | 34.29 |
 Mali | 139th | 11.29 | 50.33 | 4.185 | — |
 Benin | =146th | 18.29 | 71.25 | 3.23 | — |
 Côte d’Ivoire | =146th | 16.89 | 66.84 | 3.394 | 12.6 |
 Niger | 158th | 4.95 | 53.91 | 4.074 | 40.41 |
“—” means the publisher gives no reading for that country in that edition. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed.
Across Western Africa
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 171.
Placed either side on education & knowledge
The countries immediately above and below Burkina Faso in the topic’s list.
Madagascar135th
Cameroon136th
Gabon137th- Burkina Faso138th
- Mali139th
Laos140th
Comoros141st
04Context, no vote
Where Burkina Faso is ahead of the world, and behind
18 more statistics filed under education & knowledge, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Behind the world median16
Statistics on which Burkina Faso does worse than the middle country measured.
Academic Freedom IndexV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 0.6190.5620.619▼ Worsened since 2015
Burkina Faso: 0.562 · world median 0.619 · Academic freedom index (0–1). V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.019 to 0.978; higher is better.
Position 101st of 176 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Harmonized Test ScoresWorld Bank Group · 2020 · world median 414.32403.65414.32▲ Improved since 2010
Burkina Faso: 403.65 · world median 414.32 · Harmonized test score (TIMSS-equivalent points; 300 = minimum, 625 = advanced attainment). World Bank Group, 2020 edition, data for 2020.
Published values in that edition run from 304.92 to 575.27; higher is better.
Position 99th of 172 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Inbound Mobility Rate, TertiaryUIS · 2024 · world median 5.4941.8945.494▼ Worsened since 2014
Burkina Faso: 1.894 · world median 5.494 · Inbound mobility rate, tertiary (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 87.12; higher is better.
Position 57th of 75 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Learning PovertyWorld Bank Group and UNESCO Institute for Statistics · 2023 · world median 34.0273.8634.02No earlier reading
Burkina Faso: 73.86 · world median 34.02 · 10-year-olds who cannot read and understand a simple text (%). World Bank Group and UNESCO Institute for Statistics, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 2.331 to 98.5; lower is better.
Position 32nd of 125 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = worst. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Primary Completion RateUIS · 2025 · world median 97.4372.1697.43▲ Improved since 2015
Burkina Faso: 72.16 · world median 97.43 · Primary completion rate (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 7.94 to 100; higher is better.
Position 138th of 165 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Researchers per Million InhabitantsUIS · 2024 · world median 701.9546.58701.95No earlier reading
Burkina Faso: 46.58 · world median 701.95 · Researchers per million inhabitants (full-time equivalent). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1.446 to 18,130; higher is better.
Position 127th of 145 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Learning-Adjusted Years of SchoolWorld Bank Group · 2020 · world median 7.9414.5337.941▲ Improved since 2010
Burkina Faso: 4.533 · world median 7.941 · Learning-adjusted years of school (0–14). World Bank Group, 2020 edition, data for 2020.
Published values in that edition run from 2.207 to 12.81; higher is better.
Position 154th of 172 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Research and Development SpendingUIS · 2023 · world median 0.8140.0980.814▼ Worsened since 2014
Burkina Faso: 0.098 · world median 0.814 · Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (% of GDP). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.006 to 6.346; higher is better.
Position 78th of 84 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Expected Years of SchoolingUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 13.348.73313.34▲ Improved since 2013
Burkina Faso: 8.733 · world median 13.34 · Expected years of schooling. UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 5.635 to 21.69; higher is better.
Position 181st of 195 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Tertiary Enrolment RatioUIS · 2024 · world median 52.7710.0452.77▲ Improved since 2014
Burkina Faso: 10.04 · world median 52.77 · Gross enrolment ratio, tertiary (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 2.566 to 141.86; higher is better.
Position 89th of 95 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Adult Literacy RateUIS · 2024 · world median 93.9941.5793.99No earlier reading
Burkina Faso: 41.57 · world median 93.99 · Adults 15+ who can read and write (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 26.83 to 100; higher is better.
Position 165th of 172 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Secondary School EnrolmentUIS · 2024 · world median 93.1929.9993.19No real change since 2014
Burkina Faso: 29.99 · world median 93.19 · Gross secondary enrolment ratio (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 19.87 to 158.55; higher is better.
Position 107th of 109 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Pre-Primary Net Enrolment RateUIS · 2024 · world median 65.937.53965.93No real change since 2014
Burkina Faso: 7.539 · world median 65.93 · Net enrolment rate, pre-primary (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1.779 to 99.85; higher is better.
Position 118th of 120 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Mean Years of SchoolingUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 9.9332.2679.933No real change since 2013
Burkina Faso: 2.267 · world median 9.933 · Mean years of schooling (adults 25+). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 1.412 to 14.3; higher is better.
Position 190th of 193 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
School Life ExpectancyUIS · 2024 · world median 14.597.47814.59▼ Worsened since 2014
Burkina Faso: 7.478 · world median 14.59 · School life expectancy, primary to tertiary (years). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 7.478 to 21.01; higher is better.
Position 77th of 77 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Upper Secondary AttainmentUIS · 2023 · world median 65.765.2665.76No real change since 2014
Burkina Faso: 5.26 · world median 65.76 · Adults 25+ who completed upper secondary or higher (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 5.26 to 97.89; higher is better.
Position 95th of 95 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
No better end2
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Outbound Mobility Ratio, TertiaryUIS · 2023 · world median 5.2793.8455.279Moved since 2013
Burkina Faso: 3.845 · world median 5.279 · Outbound mobility ratio, tertiary (% of tertiary enrolment at home). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.333 to 1,724.
Female Share of ResearchersUIS · 2024 · world median 38.1717.5438.17No earlier reading
Burkina Faso: 17.54 · world median 38.17 · Researchers who are women (% of headcount; 50 = parity). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 76.54.
No current reading for Burkina Faso
Government Funding per Primary Student (last 2015), PISA Mathematics Performance, PISA Reading Performance and PISA Science Performance. Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
05Country Index 2026
Education & Knowledge among Burkina Faso’s 16 topics
Education & Knowledge is Burkina Faso’s 10th best-placed topic of 16. Strongest first; each marker sits at the position divided by that topic’s field, so fields of different sizes compare fairly.
- Environment & Sustainability16th of 1813/3 keys
- Work & Labourjoint 95th of 1824/4 keys
- Digital & Technologyjoint 108th of 1983/3 keys
- Governance & Institutionsjoint 118th of 1944/4 keys
- Food & Agriculture116th of 1754/4 keys
- Risk & Resilience131st of 1923/3 keys
- Energy133rd of 1932/3 keys
- Gender & Equality130th of 1834/4 keys
- Poverty & Inequalityjoint 126th of 1592/2 keys
- Education & Knowledge138th of 1714/4 keys
- Health & Wellbeing163rd of 2004/4 keys
- Economy & Innovation150th of 1764/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties173rd of 1983/3 keys
- Peace & Security158th of 1774/4 keys
- Development & Human Capital180th of 1963/3 keys
- Mobility & Trade147th of 1472/3 keys
06The top of the list
Who leads on education & knowledge
The three countries placed highest of 171, and the leaders Burkina Faso can most readily be measured against.
1
South KoreaEastern Asia
1st of 171 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Unknown author · CC BY-SA 2.0, greyscale
2
UzbekistanCentral Asia
2nd of 171 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Jean-Pierre Dalbéra · CC BY 2.0, greyscale
3
PolandEastern Europe
3rd of 171 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Ralf Lotys (Sicherlich) · CC BY 3.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Africa
Mauritius=36th4/4 keysHighest in Western Africa
Cabo Verde65th2/4 keysThis page
Burkina Faso138th4/4 keys
Positions out of 171 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Questions
Burkina Faso on education & knowledge: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Burkina Faso rank on education & knowledge?
Burkina Faso is placed 138th of 171 countries on Education & Knowledge in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics (Upper Secondary Completion Rate, Youth Literacy Rate, Government Spending on Education and Out-of-School Rate, Primary). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest Upper Secondary Completion Rate figure for Burkina Faso?
16.04 in 2025 (upper secondary completion rate (%)), according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). The world median in the same edition was 64.87.
What is the latest Youth Literacy Rate figure for Burkina Faso?
62.81 in 2024 (15–24 year-olds who can read and write (%)), according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). The world median in the same edition was 98.22.
How does Burkina Faso compare with Ghana on education & knowledge?
Ghana is placed 122nd of 171, and Burkina Faso 138th. Upper Secondary Completion Rate: Ghana 47.22, Burkina Faso 16.04; Youth Literacy Rate: Ghana 91.51, Burkina Faso 62.81; Out-of-School Rate, Primary: Ghana 4.767, Burkina Faso 34.29.
How have Burkina Faso’s education & knowledge figures changed?
Upper Secondary Completion Rate rose from 3.23 in 2000 to 16.04 in 2025; Government Spending on Education rose from 3.941 in 2005 to 5.328 in 2023; Out-of-School Rate, Primary fell from 65.05 in 2000 to 34.29 in 2024.
Which education & knowledge statistics are missing for Burkina Faso?
No current reading is published for Burkina Faso on Government Funding per Primary Student, PISA Mathematics Performance, PISA Reading Performance and PISA Science Performance. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
08Keep reading
Explore further
Burkina Faso, topic by topic
- Governance & Institutions=118th of 194
- Economy & Innovation150th of 176
- Work & Labour=95th of 182
- Health & Wellbeing163rd of 200
- Development & Human Capital180th of 196
- Environment & Sustainability16th of 181
- Gender & Equality130th of 183
- Democracy & Civil Liberties173rd of 198
- Peace & Security158th of 177
- Risk & Resilience131st of 192
- Mobility & Trade147th of 147
- Food & Agriculture116th of 175
- Poverty & Inequality=126th of 159
- Energy133rd of 193
- Digital & Technology=108th of 198
- The full Burkina Faso profile
Nearby, on education & knowledge
The key statistics, for every country
09Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
How much children actually learn is only partly covered. International test scores exist for a limited group of countries, and they are published here as context rather than used as a key, because a key must describe most of the world. Universities, research and adult literacy also appear as context.
How the Education & Knowledge standing is decided, step by step
A standing is a place in a list, not a mark out of anything. This one is part of the Country Index 2026, and it is worked out like this.
- A few key indicators decide it; the rest are context. 4 indicators on this topic are keys and 22 are charted alongside them without a vote. That split is the point: if every statistic voted, importing five more of one kind would quietly change what the topic is about.
- Each key is read at one edition. ⚠ The keys behind this standing do not all describe the same year — they run from 2023 to 2025, because publishers release on their own schedules. Read the standing as “how this country places now”, not as a snapshot of one year.
- Every country’s published value is turned into a place within that one key’s own field, and then expressed as a share of that field — how far down this key’s list the country sits, rather than how many countries are above it. Keys where a higher published number is worse (terrorism, hunger, disaster risk) are turned round first, so the good end is always the same end.
- Dividing by the field first is the whole reason this works. A place carries the size of its list inside it: 22nd of 44 and 108th of 215 are the same showing, and averaging the numbers 22 and 108 says loudly that they are not. Fields on this site run from about 44 countries to about 215, so averaging raw places would reward a country for happening to be measured in small ones. Dividing each place by its own field removes the size and leaves only the showing.
- The shares are averaged, plainly. One key, one vote — no key is weighted above another, because any weighting would be this site’s opinion presented as a measurement. Countries are then put in order by that average, and the average itself is never published. It is our arithmetic with nothing anchoring it, so printing it would invite it to be read as a measurement somebody made. The position it produces, the band, and the keys it was built from are all published instead — every one of them checkable against the tables on this page.
- A country needs 2 of this topic’s 4 keys — half, rounded up, and never fewer than 2. A standing built from one reading, printed beside one built from four, is two different things sharing a column heading. 171 countries clear the bar here.
- A key has to earn its vote every edition. It must measure at least 120 countries (below that it starts measuring who was surveyed rather than the world), it must not have more than 10% of its field tied at either end, and it must not repeat another key in the same topic — Spearman correlation above 0.92 counts as repeating. A topic needs at least 2 surviving keys to place anyone at all; this one has 4.
- A standing is relative, and the grouping is ours. It says where a country places against the others measured alongside it, so it moves when they move. The publishers listed on this page did not agree to be read together, and each measures its subject its own way: the underlying numbers are theirs, the ordering on top is this site’s — the same method as the rest of the Country Index, applied to one subject instead of all of them.
The key statistics and their licences
- Upper Secondary Completion Rate — UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Youth Literacy Rate — UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Government Spending on Education — UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Out-of-School Rate, Primary — UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), CC BY-SA 4.0
The other 18 statistics on this page come from 5 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Burkina Faso’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Burkina Faso (banner) — qiv derivative work: JamesA, CC BY-SA 2.0
- South Korea — Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Uzbekistan — Jean-Pierre Dalbéra, CC BY 2.0
- Poland — Ralf Lotys (Sicherlich), CC BY 3.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Burkina Faso: Education & Knowledge — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/burkina-faso/education