Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Senegal
Senegal: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with no education was 58.6% in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Senegal, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Senegal stood at 58.6%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 10.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Senegal peaked at 72.0% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 51.9%, in 1975.
That places Senegal 5th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Senegal, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 58.8% | — |
| 1965 | 57.5% | -2.3% |
| 1970 | 54.7% | -4.8% |
| 1975 | 51.9% | -5.1% |
| 1980 | 52.8% | +1.7% |
| 1985 | 54.4% | +3.0% |
| 1990 | 57.5% | +5.7% |
| 1995 | 60.5% | +5.2% |
| 2000 | 65.6% | +8.5% |
| 2005 | 72.0% | +9.9% |
| 2010 | 58.6% | -18.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 58.1% | 57.5% | 58.8% | 2 |
| 1970s | 53.3% | 51.9% | 54.7% | 2 |
| 1980s | 53.6% | 52.8% | 54.4% | 2 |
| 1990s | 59.0% | 57.5% | 60.5% | 2 |
| 2000s | 68.8% | 65.6% | 72.0% | 2 |
| 2010s | 58.6% | 58.6% | 58.6% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
- 2 Niger 72.8% compare
- 3 Mozambique 68.1% compare
- 4 Gambia 61.8% compare
- 6 Afghanistan 58.4% compare
- 7 Yemen 57.5% compare
- 8 Sierra Leone 57.0% compare
More education data for Senegal
- 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)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.35 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.4401 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Senegal?
- Barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Senegal was 58.6% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 72.0% in 2005.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 51.9% in 1975.
- How does Senegal rank for barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education?
- Senegal ranks 5th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.7%. 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 population age 15+ with no education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population age 15+ with no education