Education in Senegal

157 indicators covering education for Senegal.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Persistence to grade 5, total 78.2% 2023 up 0.7% 121st
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 1,978 2024 down 33.0% 43rd
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 1,946 2024 down 4.3% 44th
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 1,681 2024 down 14.0% 60th
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 1,518 2024 down 9.3% 72nd
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 100.2% 2018 down 1.0% 105th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 89.4% 2018 down 6.9% 167th
Share of the population with no formal education with projections 6.0% 2100 down 25.6% 5th
Number of adults with no formal education by region 2.60 million people 2100 down 23.5% 12th
Population by level of education 12.42 million people 2100 up 18.2% 51st
Repeaters, primary, female 3.5% 2018 down 53.8% 64th
Repeaters, primary, male 3.7% 2018 down 52.7% 73rd
School enrollment, secondary, private 21.5% 2023 up 2.5% 61st
School enrollment, primary 75.4% 2017 up 8.7% 168th
Trained teachers in primary education 77.1% 2024 up 10.2% 105th
Over-age students, primary 10.4% 2017 down 35.9% 65th
Secondary education, teachers 18.3% 2023 up 7.9% 184th
School enrollment, primary, female 79.6% 2017 up 14.0% 142nd
School enrollment, primary, male 71.3% 2017 up 3.5% 154th
Over-age students, primary, male 9.3% 2017 down 44.3% 73rd
Over-age students, primary, female 11.4% 2017 down 27.9% 49th
Compulsory education, duration 11 years 2025 unchanged 62nd
Progression to secondary school 73.0% 2016 down 7.2% 151st
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary 76.5% 2017 up 8.9% 166th
Trained teachers in primary education, female 70.4% 2024 up 7.0% 108th
Trained teachers in primary education, male 80.6% 2024 up 12.0% 92nd
Primary education, pupils 52.5% 2018 up 4.7% 1st
Tertiary education, academic staff 12.4% 2024 up 63.2% 159th
Persistence to grade 5, female 81.0% 2023 up 2.2% 108th
Persistence to grade 5, male 75.1% 2023 down 1.3% 115th
Preprimary education, duration 3 years 2025 unchanged 104th
Progression to secondary school, male 75.3% 2016 down 7.8% 140th
Progression to secondary school, female 71.0% 2016 down 5.6% 144th
Expenditure on tertiary education 32.8% 2018 up 33.8% 15th
Literacy rate, youth female 65.6% 2023 up 28.3% 96th
Children out of school, primary 675,615 2024 up 23.6% 17th
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female 80.8% 2017 up 14.3% 141st
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, male 72.3% 2017 up 3.6% 155th
Literacy rate, youth (ages 15-24), gender parity index 0.95 GPI 2023 up 17.3% 76th
Literacy rate, youth male 69.3% 2023 up 10.2% 91st
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary 36.32 2018 down 0.3% 30th
Literacy rate, youth total 67.5% 2023 up 18.5% 88th
Expenditure on secondary education 16.8% 2018 down 30.1% 141st
Expenditure on primary education 31.7% 2018 down 29.5% 81st
Secondary education, pupils 51.9% 2018 up 18.2% 18th
Children out of school, primary, female 201,790 2024 down 13.0% 28th
Children out of school, primary, male 473,825 2024 up 50.7% 16th
Literacy rate, adult total 50.4% 2023 up 15.7% 81st
Literacy rate, adult male 61.5% 2023 up 14.0% 81st
Trained teachers in preprimary education 38.8% 2023 up 50.7% 95th
Trained teachers in secondary education 72.7% 2023 up 31.1% 79th
Adolescents out of school 63.9% 2024 up 56.6% 4th
Current education expenditure, total 88.6% 2022 up 0.0% 92nd
Current education expenditure, primary 98.8% 2022 up 11.3% 23rd
Current education expenditure, secondary 95.2% 2022 up 13.0% 55th
Trained teachers in preprimary education, female 35.5% 2023 up 52.5% 100th
Trained teachers in secondary education, female 77.3% 2023 up 31.1% 73rd
Trained teachers in secondary education, male 71.7% 2023 up 30.9% 76th
Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary 18.88 2017 down 28.4% 58th
Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary 29.8 2018 up 19.5% 19th