Burkina Faso - Ratio of young literate females to males
Literacy rate, youth (ages 15-24), gender parity index (GPI)
Literacy rate, youth (ages 15-24), gender parity index (GPI) in Burkina Faso was 0.853 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 43 years was 0.853 in 2018, while its lowest value was 0.298 in 1975.
Definition: Gender parity index for youth literacy rate is the ratio of females to males ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1975 | 0.298 |
| 1991 | 0.529 |
| 1996 | 0.549 |
| 2003 | 0.646 |
| 2005 | 0.656 |
| 2006 | 0.666 |
| 2007 | 0.709 |
| 2014 | 0.772 |
| 2018 | 0.853 |
Classification
Topic: Education Indicators
Sub-Topic: Outcomes
