Lower secondary completion rate, female in Senegal
Senegal: Lower secondary completion rate, female was 45.6% in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lower secondary completion rate, female in Senegal, 1973–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
Senegal recorded 45.6% for lower secondary completion rate, female in 2024. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.8% on the previous year and up 10.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, female in Senegal peaked at 45.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5.0%, in 1973.
Senegal ranks 162nd of 187 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Lower secondary completion rate, female in Senegal, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 5.0% | — |
| 1990 | 8.5% | +69.6% |
| 1992 | 10.4% | +22.4% |
| 1996 | 9.1% | -12.6% |
| 1997 | 9.4% | +3.9% |
| 2000 | 10.4% | +10.3% |
| 2001 | 10.4% | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 11.3% | +8.3% |
| 2003 | 16.4% | +44.9% |
| 2004 | 15.3% | -6.7% |
| 2005 | 17.9% | +17.1% |
| 2006 | 19.8% | +10.8% |
| 2007 | 27.7% | +39.6% |
| 2008 | 23.4% | -15.4% |
| 2009 | 25.2% | +7.4% |
| 2010 | 29.3% | +16.2% |
| 2011 | 31.2% | +6.7% |
| 2012 | 34.1% | +9.3% |
| 2013 | 36.0% | +5.4% |
| 2014 | 41.1% | +14.2% |
| 2015 | 39.9% | -2.8% |
| 2019 | 39.2% | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 39.5% | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 45.2% | +14.4% |
| 2022 | 43.0% | -4.9% |
| 2023 | 44.3% | +3.0% |
| 2024 | 45.6% | +2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5.0% | 5.0% | 5.0% | 1 |
| 1990s | 9.3% | 8.5% | 10.4% | 4 |
| 2000s | 17.8% | 10.4% | 27.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 35.8% | 29.3% | 41.1% | 7 |
| 2020s | 43.5% | 39.5% | 45.6% | 5 |
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More education data for Senegal
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -2.18 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 24,875 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 47,214 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 145,925 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 0.6393 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 133,992 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -5.09 % change on previous year (2024)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, female in Senegal?
- Lower secondary completion rate, female in Senegal was 45.6% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, female recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 45.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, female recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.0% in 1973.
- How does Senegal rank for lower secondary completion rate, female?
- Senegal ranks 162nd out of 187 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, female rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Senegal data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Lower secondary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Lower secondary education completion rate is measured as the gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary education (general and pre-vocational). It is calculated as the number of new entrants in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education.