Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Senegal
Senegal: Government spending on education as a share of GDP was 6.2% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Senegal, 1998–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for government spending on education as a share of gdp in Senegal is 6.2%, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 3.5% on the previous year and up 8.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government spending on education as a share of gdp in Senegal peaked at 6.2% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 2010.
That places Senegal 26th out of 199 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.5% | 2.5% | 2.5% | 2 |
| 2000s | 3.4% | 2.5% | 4.9% | 9 |
| 2010s | 4.7% | 0.5% | 5.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.9% | 5.6% | 6.2% | 4 |
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 government spending on education as a share of gdp in Senegal?
- Government spending on education as a share of gdp in Senegal was 6.2% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 6.2% in 2023.
- What is the lowest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2010.
- How does Senegal rank for government spending on education as a share of gdp?
- Senegal ranks 26th out of 199 countries with data for 2023.
- Is government spending on education as a share of gdp rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 Government spending on education as a share of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Total annual general government spending on all levels of education, expressed as a percentage of GDP.