Education in Senegal 157 indicators covering education for Senegal. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Population ages 15-64 58.6% 2025 up 8.3% 177th Population ages 0-14 37.7% 2025 down 10.9% 35th Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd School enrollment, primary 85.3% 2024 up 2.0% 184th Primary education, teachers 72,089 2024 up 20.6% 71st School enrollment, primary, female 96.1% 2024 up 6.2% 145th School enrollment, primary, male 75.5% 2024 down 5.6% 197th Labor force, total 6.13 million 2025 up 60.3% 76th Labor force, female 36.6% 2025 down 3.8% 151st School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 1.16 GPI 2021 up 3.8% 1st School enrollment, secondary 44.1% 2023 down 10.2% 179th Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 4.2 per 1,000 2024 down 35.4% 112th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 4.1 per 1,000 2024 down 37.9% 78th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 4.3 per 1,000 2024 down 27.1% 30th Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 4.2 per 1,000 2024 down 43.2% 39th Secondary education, teachers 55,703 2023 up 41.6% 85th School enrollment, secondary, female 50.2% 2023 up 4.0% 168th School enrollment, secondary, male 38.3% 2023 down 23.1% 187th School enrollment, tertiary 15.3% 2024 up 40.9% 141st School enrollment, primary, private 18.9% 2024 up 25.4% 72nd School enrollment, preprimary 17.6% 2021 up 30.0% 171st School enrollment, tertiary, male 14.5% 2024 up 5.4% 142nd School enrollment, tertiary, female 16.2% 2024 up 100.9% 142nd School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1.2 GPI 2021 up 30.7% 7th School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.11 GPI 2024 up 88.3% 122nd Secondary education, teachers, female 10,170 2023 up 52.8% 115th Primary completion rate, female 73.9% 2024 up 14.7% 153rd Primary completion rate, male 52.7% 2024 down 6.9% 179th Government expenditure on education, total 6.2% 2023 up 8.4% 25th Secondary education, general pupils 1.06 million 2018 up 90.2% 62nd Lower secondary completion rate, total 38.7% 2024 down 6.2% 167th School enrollment, preprimary, female 18.8% 2021 up 30.5% 169th School enrollment, preprimary, male 16.4% 2021 up 29.5% 170th Persistence to last grade of primary, total 63.5% 2023 down 3.1% 156th Government expenditure on education, total 20.9% 2025 down 12.1% 12th Secondary education, general pupils 52.0% 2018 up 18.6% 29th Lower secondary completion rate, female 45.6% 2024 up 10.9% 162nd Lower secondary completion rate, male 32.3% 2024 down 22.0% 171st Children out of school 24.5% 2024 up 1.3% 23rd Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th Primary education, pupils 2.35 million 2024 up 24.5% 64th Secondary education, duration 7 years 2025 unchanged 26th Secondary education, pupils 1.28 million 2023 up 25.2% 64th Persistence to last grade of primary, female 67.9% 2023 down 0.0% 135th Persistence to last grade of primary, male 58.6% 2023 down 7.1% 145th Secondary education, vocational pupils 25,162 2018 up 4.7% 103rd Number of under-five deaths, male 10,887 2024 down 26.5% 44th Number of under-five deaths, female 8,421 2024 down 28.5% 45th Number of infant deaths, male 8,802 2024 down 18.8% 42nd Number of infant deaths, female 6,604 2024 down 18.2% 42nd Children out of school, female 15.4% 2024 down 26.3% 37th Children out of school, male 32.9% 2024 up 19.6% 13th Secondary education, vocational pupils 48.5% 2018 up 7.1% 41st Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 94.7% 2018 down 3.9% 151st Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 2.7% 2025 down 59.5% 157th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 3.1% 2025 down 57.5% 152nd Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 2.5% 2025 down 60.7% 156th Primary education, teachers 34.5% 2024 up 6.4% 189th Repeaters, primary, total 3.6% 2018 down 53.3% 72nd Page 1 of 3 Next →