Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Senegal
Senegal: Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates was 85.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Senegal, 1971–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Senegal is 85.3%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Senegal peaked at 86.6% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 36.6%, in 1972.
Senegal ranks 195th of 217 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 38.1% | 36.6% | 40.0% | 9 |
| 1980s | 47.4% | 40.8% | 51.9% | 10 |
| 1990s | 56.6% | 51.9% | 65.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 77.9% | 68.5% | 84.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 84.5% | 82.7% | 86.6% | 7 |
| 2020s | 84.8% | 84.1% | 85.5% | 5 |
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More education data for Senegal
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (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 72,089 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 3.77 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 96.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Senegal?
- Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Senegal was 85.3% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 86.6% in 2011.
- What is the lowest primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 36.6% in 1972.
- How does Senegal rank for primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates?
- Senegal ranks 195th out of 217 countries with data for 2024.
- Is primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.0%. 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 (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of children of any age group who are enrolled in primary education, expressed as a percentage of the total population of the official primary school age.