School life expectancy, tertiary, female in Senegal
Senegal: School life expectancy, tertiary, female was 0.5631 years in 2019. ◆ Volatile
School life expectancy, tertiary, female in Senegal, 1971–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2019, school life expectancy, tertiary, female in Senegal stood at 0.5631 years. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.3% on the previous year and up 93.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, female in Senegal peaked at 0.5631 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.0234 years, in 1971.
That places Senegal 137th out of 177 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
School life expectancy, tertiary, female in Senegal, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.0234 years | — |
| 1972 | 0.0241 years | +2.8% |
| 1977 | 0.0399 years | +65.7% |
| 1978 | 0.0399 years | -0.1% |
| 1980 | 0.0495 years | +24.2% |
| 1981 | 0.0523 years | +5.7% |
| 1982 | 0.0478 years | -8.7% |
| 1984 | 0.0467 years | -2.3% |
| 1985 | 0.049 years | +4.9% |
| 1992 | 0.0785 years | +60.3% |
| 2006 | 0.1747 years | +122.6% |
| 2007 | 0.2132 years | +22.1% |
| 2008 | 0.2736 years | +28.3% |
| 2009 | 0.2905 years | +6.2% |
| 2010 | 0.2802 years | -3.5% |
| 2011 | 0.3663 years | +30.7% |
| 2012 | 0.37 years | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 0.3804 years | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 0.3963 years | +4.2% |
| 2015 | 0.4013 years | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 0.4058 years | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 0.4322 years | +6.5% |
| 2018 | 0.5152 years | +19.2% |
| 2019 | 0.5631 years | +9.3% |
Senegal compared with similar countries
- Senegal's 0.5631 years is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.6764 years, 83% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Senegal's 0.5631 years is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.381 years, 1.5× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where School life expectancy, tertiary, female in Senegal changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +122.6% | 0.0785 years | 0.1747 years |
| 1977 | +65.7% | 0.0241 years | 0.0399 years |
| 1992 | +60.3% | 0.049 years | 0.0785 years |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0318 years | 0.0234 years | 0.0399 years | 4 |
| 1980s | 0.0491 years | 0.0467 years | 0.0523 years | 5 |
| 1990s | 0.0785 years | 0.0785 years | 0.0785 years | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.238 years | 0.1747 years | 0.2905 years | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.4111 years | 0.2802 years | 0.5631 years | 10 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
More education data for Senegal
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 55,703 (2023)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 64,252 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 162,919 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 181,550 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.28 million (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 2.35 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.4401 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.127 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, female in Senegal?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, female in Senegal was 0.5631 years in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, female recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5631 years in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, female recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0234 years in 1971.
- How does Senegal rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, female?
- Senegal ranks 137th out of 177 countries with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, female rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 93.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Senegal data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, tertiary, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of years a person of school entrance age can expect to spend within the specified level of education. For a child of a certain age a, the school life expectancy is calculated as the sum of the age specific enrolment rates for the levels of education specified. The part of the enrolment that is not distributed by age is divided by the school-age population for the level of education they are enrolled in, and multiplied by the duration of that level of education. The result is then added to the sum of the age-specific enrolment rates. A relatively high SLE indicates greater probability for children to spend more years in education and higher overall retention within the education system. It must be noted that the expected number of years does not necessarily coincide with the expected number of grades of education completed, because of repetition. Since school life expectancy is an average based on participation in different levels of education, the expected number of years of schooling may be pulled down by the magnitude of children who never go to school. Those children who are in school may benefit from many more years of education than the average.