Burkina Faso vs Nigeria: Lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index
Burkina Faso
0.8932 index
in 2025
Nigeria
0.9133 index
in 2025
Burkina Faso rank
148th
Nigeria rank
147th
Lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index over time
- Burkina Faso
- Nigeria
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 0.9133 index against 0.8932 index in Burkina Faso, a difference of 0.0201 index.
Across all 45 years both countries report, Nigeria has been ahead every year.
Burkina Faso ranks 148th and Nigeria ranks 147th of 164 countries.
Nigeria has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burkina Faso | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.3672 index | 0.7846 index | 0.4174 index | Nigeria |
| 1990s | 0.5185 index | 0.8229 index | 0.3044 index | Nigeria |
| 2000s | 0.615 index | 0.8595 index | 0.2446 index | Nigeria |
| 2010s | 0.7121 index | 0.8907 index | 0.1786 index | Nigeria |
| 2020s | 0.8746 index | 0.9116 index | 0.037 index | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index, Burkina Faso or Nigeria?
- Nigeria, at 0.9133 index against 0.8932 index in Burkina Faso as of 2025.
- What is the difference in lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index between Burkina Faso and Nigeria?
- 0.0201 index, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Nigeria?
- 45 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2025.
- How do Burkina Faso and Nigeria rank globally for lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index?
- Burkina Faso ranks 148th and Nigeria ranks 147th of 164 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equal lower secondary school completion rates between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and values above 1 favor girls.