Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Senegal
Senegal: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.466 GPIA in 2023. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Senegal, 2006β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Senegal is 0.466 GPIA, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 12.0% on the previous year and up 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Senegal peaked at 0.5294 GPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.2902 GPIA, in 2017.
Senegal ranks 130th of 137 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 | 0.3724 GPIA | 0.3724 GPIA | 0.3724 GPIA | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.4111 GPIA | 0.2902 GPIA | 0.496 GPIA | 7 |
| 2020s | 0.4977 GPIA | 0.466 GPIA | 0.5294 GPIA | 2 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
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 0.466 GPIA 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 0.5294 GPIA in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2902 GPIA in 2017.
- How does Senegal rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Senegal ranks 130th out of 137 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 3.5%. 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, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release