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.
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 |
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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, 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.