Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary in Senegal
Senegal: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary was 50.6% in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary in Senegal, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/. Measured in Incomplete and Completed Primary.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary in Senegal is 50.6%, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 42.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary in Senegal peaked at 50.6% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 20.3%, in 1960.
Senegal ranks 17th of 144 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary in Senegal, year by year
| Year | Incomplete and Completed Primary | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 20.3% | — |
| 1965 | 24.1% | +18.9% |
| 1970 | 29.9% | +24.3% |
| 1975 | 35.7% | +19.3% |
| 1980 | 33.6% | -5.9% |
| 1985 | 32.0% | -4.6% |
| 1990 | 33.5% | +4.7% |
| 1995 | 34.1% | +1.8% |
| 2000 | 35.6% | +4.4% |
| 2005 | 30.6% | -14.1% |
| 2010 | 50.6% | +65.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22.2% | 20.3% | 24.1% | 2 |
| 1970s | 32.8% | 29.9% | 35.7% | 2 |
| 1980s | 32.8% | 32.0% | 33.6% | 2 |
| 1990s | 33.8% | 33.5% | 34.1% | 2 |
| 2000s | 33.1% | 30.6% | 35.6% | 2 |
| 2010s | 50.6% | 50.6% | 50.6% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
More education data for Senegal
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 55,703 (2023)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 64,252 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 162,919 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 181,550 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.28 million (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 2.35 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.4401 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.127 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary in Senegal?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary in Senegal was 50.6% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 50.6% in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.3% in 1960.
- How does Senegal rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary?
- Senegal ranks 17th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 42.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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: Percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)