Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Senegal
Senegal: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 5.7% in 2023. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Senegal, 2006β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Senegal stood at 5.7%.
The figure is down 27.6% on the previous year and up 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Senegal peaked at 7.8% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 2.8%, in 2006.
Senegal ranks 135th of 141 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.8% | 2.8% | 2.8% | 1 |
| 2010s | 4.5% | 3.3% | 5.2% | 7 |
| 2020s | 6.7% | 5.7% | 7.8% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
- 132 Ethiopia 6.6% compare
- 133 Sierra Leone 6.6% compare
- 134 Afghanistan 5.7% compare
- 136 Togo 5.5% compare
- 137 United Republic of Tanzania 5.0% compare
- 138 Mali 4.8% compare
More education data for Senegal
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 72,089 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (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, per capita 0.0039 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Senegal?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Senegal was 5.7% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 7.8% in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.8% in 2006.
- How does Senegal rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Senegal ranks 135th out of 141 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.1%. 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, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release