Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Senegal
Senegal: Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total was 2.08 in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Senegal, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Senegal is 2.08, measured in 2010.
That represents a change of up 43.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Senegal peaked at 2.11 in 1975 and was at its lowest, 1.16, in 2005.
Senegal ranks 141st of 144 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Senegal, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 1.73 | — |
| 1965 | 1.83 | +5.8% |
| 1970 | 2.03 | +10.9% |
| 1975 | 2.11 | +3.9% |
| 1980 | 2.07 | -1.9% |
| 1985 | 1.96 | -5.3% |
| 1990 | 1.81 | -7.7% |
| 1995 | 1.67 | -7.7% |
| 2000 | 1.45 | -13.2% |
| 2005 | 1.16 | -20.0% |
| 2010 | 2.08 | +79.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.78 | 1.73 | 1.83 | 2 |
| 1970s | 2.07 | 2.03 | 2.11 | 2 |
| 1980s | 2.01 | 1.96 | 2.07 | 2 |
| 1990s | 1.74 | 1.67 | 1.81 | 2 |
| 2000s | 1.3 | 1.16 | 1.45 | 2 |
| 2010s | 2.08 | 2.08 | 2.08 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
More education data for Senegal
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 72,089 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 58.6% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 37.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 85.33 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 85.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Senegal?
- Barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Senegal was 2.08 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 2.11 in 1975.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.16 in 2005.
- How does Senegal rank for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total?
- Senegal ranks 141st out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 43.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Senegal data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of primary schooling, 15+, total is the average years of primary education completed among people over age 15.