Senegal vs Sierra Leone: Share of the population with tertiary education
Senegal
3.7%
in 2020
Sierra Leone
3.3%
in 2020
Senegal rank
91st
Sierra Leone rank
94th
Share of the population with tertiary education over time
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Senegal currently reports 3.7% against 3.3% in Sierra Leone, a difference of 0.4%.
That makes Senegal's figure about 1.1 times Sierra Leone's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Sierra Leone ahead.
Senegal ranks 91st and Sierra Leone ranks 94th of 111 countries.
Across the 16 decades both report, Senegal averaged higher in 6 and Sierra Leone in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Senegal | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1880s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1890s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1900s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1910s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1920s | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Sierra Leone |
| 1930s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Sierra Leone |
| 1940s | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | Sierra Leone |
| 1950s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | Sierra Leone |
| 1960s | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.0% | Sierra Leone |
| 1970s | 0.7% | 0.3% | 0.4% | Senegal |
| 1980s | 1.3% | 0.3% | 1.0% | Senegal |
| 1990s | 1.6% | 0.7% | 0.9% | Senegal |
| 2000s | 1.1% | 1.0% | 0.1% | Senegal |
| 2010s | 3.1% | 2.0% | 1.1% | Senegal |
| 2020s | 3.7% | 3.3% | 0.4% | Senegal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of the population with tertiary education, Senegal or Sierra Leone?
- Senegal, at 3.7% against 3.3% in Sierra Leone as of 2020.
- What is the difference in share of the population with tertiary education between Senegal and Sierra Leone?
- 0.4%, with Senegal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Senegal and Sierra Leone?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1870 to 2020.
- How do Senegal and Sierra Leone rank globally for share of the population with tertiary education?
- Senegal ranks 91st and Sierra Leone ranks 94th of 111 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Barro and Lee (2015); Lee and Lee (2016) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of the population with tertiary education. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Percentage of the population aged 25 to 65 years who have either completed or partially completed tertiary education.