School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Senegal
Senegal: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity was 1.22 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Senegal, 1971–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2023, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Senegal stood at 1.22 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and up 15.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Senegal peaked at 1.22 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.587 GPIA, in 1971.
Senegal ranks 1st of 208 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Senegal, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.587 GPIA | — |
| 1972 | 0.5941 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1978 | 0.6191 GPIA | +4.2% |
| 1979 | 0.6277 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1980 | 0.6288 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1981 | 0.629 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.6319 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1983 | 0.6325 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1984 | 0.6342 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1985 | 0.6396 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1986 | 0.6379 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1988 | 0.6531 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 1989 | 0.6595 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 0.6678 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1992 | 0.6861 GPIA | +2.8% |
| 1996 | 0.7445 GPIA | +8.5% |
| 1997 | 0.7615 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 1998 | 0.7843 GPIA | +3.0% |
| 1999 | 0.7791 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 0.8126 GPIA | +4.3% |
| 2001 | 0.8322 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 2002 | 0.8476 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 0.8867 GPIA | +4.6% |
| 2005 | 0.9029 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 0.9184 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 0.9484 GPIA | +3.3% |
| 2010 | 0.9901 GPIA | +4.4% |
| 2011 | 1.04 GPIA | +5.2% |
| 2012 | 1.04 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 1.05 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 1.07 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 1.14 GPIA | +7.1% |
| 2020 | 1.16 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 1.18 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 1.2 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 1.22 GPIA | +1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.607 GPIA | 0.587 GPIA | 0.6277 GPIA | 4 |
| 1980s | 0.6385 GPIA | 0.6288 GPIA | 0.6595 GPIA | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.7372 GPIA | 0.6678 GPIA | 0.7843 GPIA | 6 |
| 2000s | 0.8784 GPIA | 0.8126 GPIA | 0.9484 GPIA | 7 |
| 2010s | 1.06 GPIA | 0.9901 GPIA | 1.14 GPIA | 6 |
| 2020s | 1.19 GPIA | 1.16 GPIA | 1.22 GPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
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 school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Senegal?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Senegal was 1.22 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 1.22 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.587 GPIA in 1971.
- How does Senegal rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity?
- Senegal ranks 1st out of 208 countries with data for 2023.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.7%. 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 and secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release