Harmonized test scores — all countries

Harmonized test scores — Burkina Faso

Harmonized test scores in Burkina Faso in 2020 — 404 score. Ranked 99 in the world out of 172. Since 2010, the indicator has risen by 0.5%.

2020 404 score +0% vs 2018
World rank 99of 172
Period maximum 404 score2017
Period minimum 402 score2010

Trend over time

2010–2020 · score, 300–625

Harmonized test scores — Burkina Faso, 2010–2020401402403404201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202010: 402 score2017: 404 score2018: 404 score2020: 404 score
Change over the period: +2 (+0.47%) Average annual rate: 0.05 %

Comparison, 2020

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso 404 score
World computed 403 score
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 351 score
Western Africa computed 330 score
Low-income countries computed 348 score
Harmonized test scores — Burkina Faso, by year Burkina Faso All countries CSV XLSX
Year score Change Change, %
2020 404
2018 404 −0 −0.09%
2017 404
2010 402

About the indicator

School test results brought by the World Bank to a single scale: a score of 300 corresponds to minimal attainment, 625 to advanced attainment. The point of the harmonization is that countries take part in different international assessments — PISA, TIMSS, regional ones — and their results are not directly comparable. The indicator answers a question that enrollment does not ask: what children have learned during the years they spent in school.

Important: The estimates are released once every few years and rest on the latest assessment available for a country, so the years differ from country to country. The gap between enrollment and results is wide: enrollment can be universal while results stand at the level of three years of schooling.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.