School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Senegal
Senegal: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 0.7502 GPI in 2019. β² Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Senegal, 1971β2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Senegal is 0.7502 GPI, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is up 10.9% on the previous year and up 30.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Senegal peaked at 0.7502 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.194 GPI, in 1972.
Senegal ranks 144th of 177 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.2222 GPI | 0.194 GPI | 0.2516 GPI | 4 |
| 1980s | 0.2401 GPI | 0.2257 GPI | 0.2624 GPI | 5 |
| 1990s | 0.3213 GPI | 0.3213 GPI | 0.3213 GPI | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.5202 GPI | 0.453 GPI | 0.5747 GPI | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.6113 GPI | 0.5781 GPI | 0.7502 GPI | 10 |
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)
- School enrollment, primary 85.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0039 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Senegal?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Senegal was 0.7502 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7502 GPI in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.194 GPI in 1972.
- How does Senegal rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
- Senegal ranks 144th out of 177 countries with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.5%. 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, 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.