Lower secondary completion rate, male in Senegal
Senegal: Lower secondary completion rate, male was 32.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate, male in Senegal, 1973–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
Senegal recorded 32.3% for lower secondary completion rate, male in 2024.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and down 22.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, male in Senegal peaked at 41.5% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 12.8%, in 1973.
Senegal ranks 171st of 187 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Lower secondary completion rate, male in Senegal, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 12.8% | — |
| 1990 | 16.0% | +25.6% |
| 1992 | 20.4% | +27.5% |
| 1996 | 15.2% | -25.5% |
| 1997 | 15.4% | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 15.8% | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 15.5% | -2.1% |
| 2002 | 16.6% | +7.6% |
| 2003 | 22.4% | +34.7% |
| 2004 | 20.6% | -8.0% |
| 2005 | 22.6% | +9.8% |
| 2006 | 26.1% | +15.6% |
| 2007 | 35.7% | +36.8% |
| 2008 | 29.9% | -16.3% |
| 2009 | 31.1% | +4.2% |
| 2010 | 34.2% | +9.7% |
| 2011 | 36.4% | +6.6% |
| 2012 | 37.2% | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 38.8% | +4.2% |
| 2014 | 41.5% | +7.0% |
| 2015 | 38.4% | -7.4% |
| 2019 | 32.0% | -16.6% |
| 2020 | 31.4% | -2.0% |
| 2021 | 35.4% | +12.6% |
| 2022 | 33.0% | -6.8% |
| 2023 | 32.1% | -2.7% |
| 2024 | 32.3% | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 12.8% | 12.8% | 12.8% | 1 |
| 1990s | 16.8% | 15.2% | 20.4% | 4 |
| 2000s | 23.6% | 15.5% | 35.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 36.9% | 32.0% | 41.5% | 7 |
| 2020s | 32.8% | 31.4% | 35.4% | 5 |
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More education data for Senegal
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 577,601 (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -1.24 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 344,469 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 13.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 279,917 (2024)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, male in Senegal?
- Lower secondary completion rate, male in Senegal was 32.3% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, male recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 41.5% in 2014.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, male recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.8% in 1973.
- How does Senegal rank for lower secondary completion rate, male?
- Senegal ranks 171st out of 187 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, male rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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, male (% 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.