School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Senegal
Senegal: School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index was 1.21 GPIA in 2024. β² Rising
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Senegal, 1971β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Senegal recorded 1.21 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in 2024. That is the highest value across all 51 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 9.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Senegal peaked at 1.21 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.6443 GPIA, in 1971.
That places Senegal 1st out of 209 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.688 GPIA | 0.6443 GPIA | 0.7447 GPIA | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.6832 GPIA | 0.6679 GPIA | 0.7163 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7699 GPIA | 0.7234 GPIA | 0.83 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9516 GPIA | 0.8606 GPIA | 1.04 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.11 GPIA | 1.05 GPIA | 1.15 GPIA | 7 |
| 2020s | 1.19 GPIA | 1.16 GPIA | 1.21 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
More education data for Senegal
- 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 72,089 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 3.77 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 96.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Senegal?
- School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Senegal was 1.21 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 1.21 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6443 GPIA in 1971.
- How does Senegal rank for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index?
- Senegal ranks 1st out of 209 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.2%. 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 life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release