Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Senegal
Senegal: Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index was 1.25 index in 2024. ▲ Rising
Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Senegal, 2004–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
The most recent figure for net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Senegal is 1.25 index, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.2% on the previous year and up 17.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Senegal peaked at 1.25 index in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.8176 index, in 2004.
Senegal ranks 3rd of 163 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.8346 index | 0.8176 index | 0.8526 index | 3 |
| 2010s | 1.03 index | 0.9703 index | 1.08 index | 6 |
| 2020s | 1.24 index | 1.22 index | 1.25 index | 3 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
- 1 Cape Verde 1.67 index compare
- 2 Jamaica 1.33 index compare
- 4 Bangladesh 1.24 index compare
- 5 Suriname 1.22 index compare
- 6 Gambia 1.21 index compare
More education data for Senegal
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 37.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 58.6% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 85.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 72,089 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 3.77 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 96.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Senegal?
- Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Senegal was 1.25 index in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 1.25 index in 2024.
- What is the lowest net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8176 index in 2004.
- How does Senegal rank for net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index?
- Senegal ranks 3rd out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.9%. 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 (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equal net enrollment rates in lower secondary school between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and above 1 favor girls.