Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Burundi
Burundi: Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index was 1.02 index in 2025. ▲ Rising
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Burundi, 1971–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
The most recent figure for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Burundi is 1.02 index, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of down 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Burundi peaked at 1.03 index in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.4921 index, in 1971.
That places Burundi 36th out of 215 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Burundi, year by year
| Year | index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.4921 index | — |
| 1972 | 0.5071 index | +3.1% |
| 1973 | 0.5579 index | +10.0% |
| 1974 | 0.5951 index | +6.7% |
| 1975 | 0.6054 index | +1.7% |
| 1976 | 0.6285 index | +3.8% |
| 1977 | 0.6399 index | +1.8% |
| 1978 | 0.6289 index | -1.7% |
| 1979 | 0.6489 index | +3.2% |
| 1980 | 0.6427 index | -1.0% |
| 1981 | 0.6468 index | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 0.6216 index | -3.9% |
| 1983 | 0.6406 index | +3.1% |
| 1984 | 0.663 index | +3.5% |
| 1985 | 0.6876 index | +3.7% |
| 1986 | 0.7121 index | +3.6% |
| 1987 | 0.7383 index | +3.7% |
| 1988 | 0.7771 index | +5.2% |
| 1989 | 0.8021 index | +3.2% |
| 1990 | 0.8063 index | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 0.8407 index | +4.3% |
| 1992 | 0.8188 index | -2.6% |
| 1993 | 0.8111 index | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 0.8 index | -1.4% |
| 1996 | 0.8468 index | +5.9% |
| 1997 | 0.8424 index | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 0.8166 index | -3.1% |
| 1999 | 0.7922 index | -3.0% |
| 2000 | 0.7977 index | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 0.7965 index | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 0.7835 index | -1.6% |
| 2003 | 0.805 index | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 0.8303 index | +3.2% |
| 2005 | 0.8567 index | +3.2% |
| 2006 | 0.9081 index | +6.0% |
| 2007 | 0.9276 index | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 0.9463 index | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 0.9653 index | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 0.9853 index | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 1 index | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 1.01 index | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 1.02 index | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 1.03 index | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 1.03 index | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 1.02 index | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 1.01 index | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 1 index | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 1.01 index | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 1 index | -0.4% |
| 2025 | 1.02 index | +1.2% |
Burundi compared with similar countries
- Burundi's 1.02 index is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.9495 index, 1.1× the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Burundi's 1.02 index is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.9709 index, 1.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.5893 index | 0.4921 index | 0.6489 index | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.6932 index | 0.6216 index | 0.8021 index | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8194 index | 0.7922 index | 0.8468 index | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.8617 index | 0.7835 index | 0.9653 index | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.01 index | 0.9853 index | 1.03 index | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.01 index | 1 index | 1.02 index | 2 |
Countries ranked near Burundi
More health data for Burundi
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.03 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 1.1 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 929.4 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 8,143 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 26 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 0.736 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0759 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 0.7548 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Burundi?
- Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Burundi was 1.02 index in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 1.03 index in 2014.
- What is the lowest primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4921 index in 1971.
- How does Burundi rank for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index?
- Burundi ranks 36th out of 215 countries with data for 2025.
- Is primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burundi data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equality in the expected number of years a child of school entrance age is likely to spend in primary school between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and above 1 favor girls.