Primary completion rate, female in Senegal
Senegal: Primary completion rate, female was 73.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Primary completion rate, female in Senegal, 1971–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
The most recent figure for primary completion rate, female in Senegal is 73.9%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 41 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.0% on the previous year and up 14.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary completion rate, female in Senegal peaked at 73.9% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 17.7%, in 1971.
That places Senegal 153rd out of 189 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 41 years of available data.
Primary completion rate, female in Senegal, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 17.7% | — |
| 1972 | 17.9% | +1.2% |
| 1978 | 22.2% | +24.1% |
| 1979 | 23.2% | +4.6% |
| 1980 | 21.8% | -5.9% |
| 1981 | 22.6% | +3.4% |
| 1982 | 22.4% | -0.7% |
| 1983 | 23.7% | +5.6% |
| 1984 | 24.8% | +4.7% |
| 1985 | 24.0% | -3.2% |
| 1986 | 26.3% | +9.8% |
| 1988 | 29.7% | +12.9% |
| 1989 | 30.1% | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 30.8% | +2.4% |
| 1992 | 29.5% | -4.2% |
| 1994 | 29.0% | -1.8% |
| 1996 | 31.0% | +6.9% |
| 1997 | 31.7% | +2.3% |
| 1998 | 34.3% | +8.2% |
| 2000 | 32.1% | -6.2% |
| 2001 | 36.9% | +14.7% |
| 2002 | 40.3% | +9.4% |
| 2003 | 41.0% | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 43.7% | +6.4% |
| 2005 | 48.7% | +11.6% |
| 2006 | 47.9% | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 49.8% | +3.9% |
| 2008 | 58.0% | +16.6% |
| 2009 | 59.4% | +2.4% |
| 2010 | 59.2% | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 62.4% | +5.4% |
| 2012 | 62.7% | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 64.3% | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 64.4% | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 62.1% | -3.7% |
| 2019 | 67.9% | +9.4% |
| 2020 | 68.1% | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 71.6% | +5.2% |
| 2022 | 60.8% | -15.1% |
| 2023 | 71.7% | +18.0% |
| 2024 | 73.9% | +3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 20.2% | 17.7% | 23.2% | 4 |
| 1980s | 25.0% | 21.8% | 30.1% | 9 |
| 1990s | 31.0% | 29.0% | 34.3% | 6 |
| 2000s | 45.8% | 32.1% | 59.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 63.3% | 59.2% | 67.9% | 7 |
| 2020s | 69.2% | 60.8% | 73.9% | 5 |
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More education data for Senegal
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2024)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary completion rate, female in Senegal?
- Primary completion rate, female in Senegal was 73.9% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary completion rate, female recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 73.9% in 2024.
- What is the lowest primary completion rate, female recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.7% in 1971.
- How does Senegal rank for primary completion rate, female?
- Senegal ranks 153rd out of 189 countries with data for 2024.
- Is primary completion rate, female rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.7%. 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 Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education.