Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Senegal
Senegal: Proportion of total government spending on essential services was 20.9% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Senegal, 2000–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
The most recent figure for proportion of total government spending on essential services in Senegal is 20.9%, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 7.3% on the previous year and down 12.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of total government spending on essential services in Senegal peaked at 25.7% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 2.5%, in 2010.
Senegal ranks 11th of 170 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Senegal, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 17.6% | — |
| 2001 | 15.7% | -10.7% |
| 2002 | 16.7% | +6.3% |
| 2003 | 16.1% | -3.6% |
| 2004 | 17.0% | +5.2% |
| 2005 | 21.8% | +28.4% |
| 2006 | 18.0% | -17.5% |
| 2008 | 19.2% | +7.1% |
| 2009 | 23.3% | +21.2% |
| 2010 | 2.5% | -89.2% |
| 2011 | 21.1% | +739.9% |
| 2012 | 20.8% | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 25.7% | +23.8% |
| 2014 | 24.8% | -3.7% |
| 2015 | 23.8% | -4.1% |
| 2016 | 21.3% | -10.3% |
| 2017 | 21.1% | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 22.7% | +7.4% |
| 2019 | 14.7% | -35.2% |
| 2020 | 19.2% | +30.8% |
| 2021 | 16.7% | -13.2% |
| 2022 | 16.5% | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 22.5% | +36.7% |
| 2025 | 20.9% | -7.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 18.4% | 15.7% | 23.3% | 9 |
| 2010s | 19.9% | 2.5% | 25.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 19.2% | 16.5% | 22.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
- 8 Uzbekistan 22.1% compare
- 9 Kazakhstan 22.0% compare
- 10 Botswana 21.5% compare
- 12 Dominican Republic 20.9% compare
- 13 Sierra Leone 20.5% compare
- 14 Mozambique 20.4% compare
More education data for Senegal
- 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)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of total government spending on essential services in Senegal?
- Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Senegal was 20.9% in 2025, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of total government spending on essential services recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 25.7% in 2013.
- What is the lowest proportion of total government spending on essential services recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.5% in 2010.
- How does Senegal rank for proportion of total government spending on essential services?
- Senegal ranks 11th out of 170 countries with data for 2025.
- Is proportion of total government spending on essential services rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Senegal data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Proportion of total government spending on essential services, education [UIS methodology] (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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