Start month of the academic school year in Senegal
Senegal: Start month of the academic school year was 10 in 2025. ▬ Flat
Latest (2025)
10
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
1st
of 215 countries
All-time high
11
in 2021
All-time low
10
in 1997
Years of data
29
1997–2025
Start month of the academic school year in Senegal, 1997–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
In 2025, start month of the academic school year in Senegal stood at 10. That is the lowest value across all 29 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, start month of the academic school year in Senegal peaked at 11 in 2021 and was at its lowest, 10, in 1997.
That places Senegal 1st out of 215 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
Start month of the academic school year in Senegal, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 10 | — |
| 1998 | 10 | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 10 | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 10 | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 10 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 10 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 10 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 10 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 10 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 10 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 10 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 10 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 10 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 10 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 10 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 10 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 10 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 10 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 10 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 10 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 10 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 10 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 10 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 10 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 11 | +10.0% |
| 2022 | 10 | -9.1% |
| 2023 | 10 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 10 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 10 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 |
| 2000s | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| 2010s | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.17 | 10 | 11 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
- 1 Anguilla 9 compare
- 1 Benin 10 compare
- 1 Burkina Faso 10 compare
- 1 Bosnia and Herzegovina 10 compare
- 1 Central African Republic 10 compare
- 1 Côte d'Ivoire 10 compare
- 1 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 10 compare
- 1 Congo 10 compare
- 1 Comoros 10 compare
- 1 Germany 10 compare
- 1 Gabon 10 compare
- 1 Guinea 10 compare
- 1 Guinea-Bissau 10 compare
- 1 Haiti 10 compare
- 1 Cambodia 10 compare
- 1 Lebanon 10 compare
- 1 Madagascar 10 compare
- 1 Mali 10 compare
- 1 Montserrat 9 compare
- 1 Niger 10 compare
- 1 Saint Helena 9 compare
- 1 Somalia 10 compare
- 1 Sao Tome and Principe 10 compare
- 1 Chad 10 compare
- 1 Timor-Leste 10 compare
- 4 Cook Islands 1 compare
- 4 Niue 1 compare
- 4 Tokelau 1 compare
More education data for Senegal
- 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)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is start month of the academic school year in Senegal?
- Start month of the academic school year in Senegal was 10 in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest start month of the academic school year recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 11 in 2021.
- What is the lowest start month of the academic school year recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 10 in 1997.
- How does Senegal rank for start month of the academic school year?
- Senegal ranks 1st out of 215 countries with data for 2025.
- Is start month of the academic school year rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Senegal data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Start month of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release