School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Senegal
Senegal: School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index was 1.23 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Senegal, 1971–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Senegal recorded 1.23 GPIA for school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in 2023. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 27.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Senegal peaked at 1.23 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.4095 GPIA, in 1971.
That places Senegal 4th out of 213 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Senegal, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.4095 GPIA | — |
| 1972 | 0.4214 GPIA | +2.9% |
| 1978 | 0.4721 GPIA | +12.0% |
| 1979 | 0.4848 GPIA | +2.7% |
| 1980 | 0.4906 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1981 | 0.4971 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1982 | 0.5188 GPIA | +4.3% |
| 1983 | 0.5046 GPIA | -2.7% |
| 1984 | 0.4975 GPIA | -1.4% |
| 1985 | 0.5036 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1986 | 0.501 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 1988 | 0.5113 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 1989 | 0.5026 GPIA | -1.7% |
| 1990 | 0.513 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 1992 | 0.5364 GPIA | +4.6% |
| 1996 | 0.6056 GPIA | +12.9% |
| 1997 | 0.6016 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 0.6188 GPIA | +2.9% |
| 1999 | 0.6431 GPIA | +3.9% |
| 2000 | 0.6527 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 0.6577 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 0.6701 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 0.7135 GPIA | +6.5% |
| 2005 | 0.7412 GPIA | +3.9% |
| 2006 | 0.7524 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 0.7868 GPIA | +4.6% |
| 2010 | 0.8692 GPIA | +10.5% |
| 2011 | 0.914 GPIA | +5.2% |
| 2012 | 0.9404 GPIA | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 0.969 GPIA | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 0.9987 GPIA | +3.1% |
| 2019 | 1.13 GPIA | +13.2% |
| 2020 | 1.16 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 2021 | 1.19 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 1.21 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 1.23 GPIA | +1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.4469 GPIA | 0.4095 GPIA | 0.4848 GPIA | 4 |
| 1980s | 0.503 GPIA | 0.4906 GPIA | 0.5188 GPIA | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.5864 GPIA | 0.513 GPIA | 0.6431 GPIA | 6 |
| 2000s | 0.7106 GPIA | 0.6527 GPIA | 0.7868 GPIA | 7 |
| 2010s | 0.9703 GPIA | 0.8692 GPIA | 1.13 GPIA | 6 |
| 2020s | 1.2 GPIA | 1.16 GPIA | 1.23 GPIA | 4 |
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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 85.33 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 85.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Senegal?
- School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Senegal was 1.23 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 1.23 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4095 GPIA in 1971.
- How does Senegal rank for school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index?
- Senegal ranks 4th out of 213 countries with data for 2023.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.4%. 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, 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