Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25+ with no education in Senegal
Senegal: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25+ with no education was 65.3% in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25+ 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 25+ with no education in Senegal stood at 65.3%.
That represents a change of down 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with no education in Senegal peaked at 76.1% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 56.0%, in 1975.
That places Senegal 7th 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 25+ with no education in Senegal, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 58.1% | — |
| 1965 | 57.6% | -0.7% |
| 1970 | 57.1% | -0.9% |
| 1975 | 56.0% | -2.0% |
| 1980 | 56.3% | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 56.9% | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 60.3% | +6.0% |
| 1995 | 64.2% | +6.5% |
| 2000 | 68.7% | +7.0% |
| 2005 | 76.1% | +10.8% |
| 2010 | 65.3% | -14.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 57.9% | 57.6% | 58.1% | 2 |
| 1970s | 56.6% | 56.0% | 57.1% | 2 |
| 1980s | 56.6% | 56.3% | 56.9% | 2 |
| 1990s | 62.3% | 60.3% | 64.2% | 2 |
| 2000s | 72.4% | 68.7% | 76.1% | 2 |
| 2010s | 65.3% | 65.3% | 65.3% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
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 25+ with no education in Senegal?
- Barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with no education in Senegal was 65.3% 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 25+ with no education recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 76.1% in 2005.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with no education recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 56.0% in 1975.
- How does Senegal rank for barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with no education?
- Senegal ranks 7th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with no education rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.0%. 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 25+ with no education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population age 25+ with no education