Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Senegal
Senegal: Share of children who are not in pre-primary school was 74.6% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Senegal, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Senegal stood at 74.6%. That is the lowest value across all 20 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.4% on the previous year and down 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Senegal peaked at 92.7% in 2004 and was at its lowest, 74.6%, in 2024.
That places Senegal 11th out of 179 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 88.6% | 82.8% | 92.7% | 8 |
| 2010s | 83.4% | 81.5% | 85.8% | 7 |
| 2020s | 79.0% | 74.6% | 83.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
More education data for Senegal
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (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)
- School enrollment, primary 85.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 72,089 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 3.77 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 96.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Senegal?
- Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Senegal was 74.6% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of children who are not in pre-primary school recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 92.7% in 2004.
- What is the lowest share of children who are not in pre-primary school recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 74.6% in 2024.
- How does Senegal rank for share of children who are not in pre-primary school?
- Senegal ranks 11th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of children who are not in pre-primary school rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Senegal data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of children who are not in pre-primary school. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Children one year before the official primary entry age (typically age 5) not enrolled in pre-primary education, expressed as a percentage of all children in that age group.