Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 25+, female in Senegal
Senegal: Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 25+, female was 1.34 in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 25+, female in Senegal, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25+, female in Senegal stood at 1.34. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 42.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25+, female in Senegal peaked at 1.34 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.76, in 2005.
That places Senegal 137th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it 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 25+, female in Senegal, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 1.14 | — |
| 1965 | 1.17 | +2.6% |
| 1970 | 1.22 | +4.3% |
| 1975 | 1.22 | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1.24 | +1.6% |
| 1985 | 1.25 | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 1.17 | -6.4% |
| 1995 | 1.06 | -9.4% |
| 2000 | 0.94 | -11.3% |
| 2005 | 0.76 | -19.1% |
| 2010 | 1.34 | +76.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.15 | 1.14 | 1.17 | 2 |
| 1970s | 1.22 | 1.22 | 1.22 | 2 |
| 1980s | 1.25 | 1.24 | 1.25 | 2 |
| 1990s | 1.11 | 1.06 | 1.17 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.85 | 0.76 | 0.94 | 2 |
| 2010s | 1.34 | 1.34 | 1.34 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
More education data for Senegal
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.28 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.2239 % change on previous year (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 72,089 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.1125 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 705,639 (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.626 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 577,601 (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -1.24 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 344,469 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 13.5 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25+, female in Senegal?
- Barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25+, female in Senegal was 1.34 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 25+, female recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 1.34 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25+, female recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.76 in 2005.
- How does Senegal rank for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25+, female?
- Senegal ranks 137th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25+, female rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 42.6%. 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 25+, female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of primary schooling, 25+, female is the average years of primary education completed among females over age 25.