School age population, primary education, female in Senegal
Senegal: School age population, primary education, female was 1.34 million number in 2020. β² Rising
School age population, primary education, female in Senegal, 1970β2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.
Analysis
In 2020, school age population, primary education, female in Senegal stood at 1.34 million number. That is the highest value across all 51 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.8% on the previous year and up 34.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, primary education, female in Senegal peaked at 1.34 million number in 2020 and was at its lowest, 329,271 number, in 1970.
Senegal ranks 55th of 206 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 377,495 number | 329,271 number | 435,980 number | 10 |
| 1980s | 523,358 number | 451,692 number | 597,753 number | 10 |
| 1990s | 705,474 number | 619,751 number | 776,797 number | 10 |
| 2000s | 880,420 number | 791,939 number | 975,266 number | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.14 million number | 998,204 number | 1.31 million number | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.34 million number | 1.34 million number | 1.34 million number | 1 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
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)
- School enrollment, primary 85.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0039 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, primary education, female in Senegal?
- School age population, primary education, female in Senegal was 1.34 million number in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, primary education, female recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 1.34 million number in 2020.
- What is the lowest school age population, primary education, female recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 329,271 number in 1970.
- How does Senegal rank for school age population, primary education, female?
- Senegal ranks 55th out of 206 countries with data for 2020.
- Is school age population, primary education, female rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.6%. 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, published as part of School age population, primary education, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Female population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to primary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.