School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Senegal
Senegal: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index was 1.1 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Senegal, 1971–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Senegal recorded 1.1 GPI for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of up 19.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Senegal peaked at 1.1 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.5731 GPI, in 1971.
That places Senegal 23rd out of 175 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Senegal, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.5731 GPI | — |
| 1972 | 0.5789 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1978 | 0.5998 GPI | +3.6% |
| 1980 | 0.6046 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1981 | 0.6043 GPI | -0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.6092 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1984 | 0.6166 GPI | +1.2% |
| 1985 | 0.6232 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 0.6695 GPI | +7.4% |
| 2006 | 0.8966 GPI | +33.9% |
| 2008 | 0.9237 GPI | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 0.9685 GPI | +4.8% |
| 2011 | 1.01 GPI | +4.6% |
| 2012 | 1.01 GPI | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 1.02 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 1.03 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 1.1 GPI | +6.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.584 GPI | 0.5731 GPI | 0.5998 GPI | 3 |
| 1980s | 0.6116 GPI | 0.6043 GPI | 0.6232 GPI | 5 |
| 1990s | 0.6695 GPI | 0.6695 GPI | 0.6695 GPI | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.9102 GPI | 0.8966 GPI | 0.9237 GPI | 2 |
| 2010s | 1.03 GPI | 0.9685 GPI | 1.1 GPI | 6 |
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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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 85.33 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 85.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Senegal?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Senegal was 1.1 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 1.1 GPI in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5731 GPI in 1971.
- How does Senegal rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index?
- Senegal ranks 23rd out of 175 countries with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.4%. 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 to tertiary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Ratio of female school life expectancy to the male school life expectancy. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females.