Over-age students, primary in Senegal
Senegal: Over-age students, primary was 10.4% in 2017. ▼ Falling
Over-age students, primary in Senegal, 1978–2017
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of enrollment.
Analysis
The most recent figure for over-age students, primary in Senegal is 10.4%, measured in 2017.
The figure is down 7.8% on the previous year and down 35.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, over-age students, primary in Senegal peaked at 24.5% in 1978 and was at its lowest, 7.6%, in 2015.
Senegal ranks 65th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Over-age students, primary in Senegal, year by year
| Year | % of enrollment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 24.5% | — |
| 1979 | 20.5% | -16.4% |
| 1980 | 19.4% | -5.3% |
| 1981 | 19.0% | -1.8% |
| 1982 | 18.2% | -4.3% |
| 1983 | 18.1% | -0.4% |
| 1984 | 19.4% | +7.1% |
| 1985 | 20.4% | +4.9% |
| 1986 | 11.0% | -45.9% |
| 1988 | 12.6% | +14.5% |
| 1989 | 13.4% | +5.8% |
| 1990 | 14.8% | +10.4% |
| 1992 | 14.5% | -1.4% |
| 1994 | 14.0% | -3.4% |
| 1996 | 12.2% | -12.8% |
| 1997 | 10.2% | -17.1% |
| 1998 | 11.3% | +11.7% |
| 1999 | 11.8% | +4.4% |
| 2000 | 11.8% | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 9.5% | -20.1% |
| 2004 | 18.0% | +90.6% |
| 2005 | 18.3% | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 15.9% | -12.7% |
| 2007 | 16.3% | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 15.8% | -2.8% |
| 2009 | 15.2% | -3.6% |
| 2010 | 14.2% | -7.0% |
| 2011 | 12.6% | -11.2% |
| 2012 | 10.5% | -16.2% |
| 2013 | 8.1% | -23.3% |
| 2014 | 10.6% | +31.0% |
| 2015 | 7.6% | -28.6% |
| 2016 | 11.3% | +49.4% |
| 2017 | 10.4% | -7.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 22.5% | 20.5% | 24.5% | 2 |
| 1980s | 16.8% | 11.0% | 20.4% | 9 |
| 1990s | 12.7% | 10.2% | 14.8% | 7 |
| 2000s | 15.1% | 9.5% | 18.3% | 8 |
| 2010s | 10.7% | 7.6% | 14.2% | 8 |
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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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 85.33 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 85.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is over-age students, primary in Senegal?
- Over-age students, primary in Senegal was 10.4% in 2017, according to Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest over-age students, primary recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 24.5% in 1978.
- What is the lowest over-age students, primary recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.6% in 2015.
- How does Senegal rank for over-age students, primary?
- Senegal ranks 65th out of 191 countries with data for 2017.
- Is over-age students, primary rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Senegal data come from?
- The figures come from Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Over-age students, primary (% of enrollment). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Over-age students are the percentage of those enrolled who are older than the official school-age range for primary education.