Share of children out of school — all countries

Share of children out of school — Senegal

Share of children out of school in Senegal in 2024 — 24.53%. Ranked 111 in the world out of 120. Since 1978, the indicator has fallen by 46.34 pp.

2024 24.53% +0.47 pp vs 2023
World rank 111of 120
Period maximum 70.86%1978
Period minimum 22.93%2020

Trend over time

1978–2024 · % of primary school-age children

Share of children out of school — Senegal, 1978–202402040608019781983198819931998200320082013201820231978: 70.86%1979: 68.39%1980: 67.32%1981: 66.25%1982: 64.61%1983: 62.73%1984: 61.92%1985: 61.25%1986: 57.04%1988: 56.33%1989: 56.84%1990: 57.33%1992: 57.24%1994: 55.93%1996: 51.5%1997: 47.15%1998: 44.42%1999: 45.2%2000: 41.82%2003: 34.39%2004: 35.83%2005: 34.67%2006: 31.88%2007: 29.51%2008: 28.57%2009: 28.43%2010: 27.58%2011: 26.99%2012: 24.09%2013: 24.84%2014: 24.22%2015: 24.26%2019: 24.67%2020: 22.93%2021: 24.89%2022: 24.93%2023: 24.05%2024: 24.53%
Change over the period: −46.34 pp Annual average: -1.01 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Senegal

Senegal 24.53%
Share of children out of school — Senegal, by year Senegal All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 24.53 +0.47 pp
2023 24.05 −0.88 pp
2022 24.93 +0.03 pp
2021 24.89 +1.97 pp
2020 22.93 −1.75 pp
2019 24.67
2015 24.26 +0.04 pp
2014 24.22 −0.62 pp
2013 24.84 +0.75 pp
2012 24.09 −2.9 pp
2011 26.99 −0.6 pp
2010 27.58 −0.85 pp
2009 28.43 −0.14 pp
2008 28.57 −0.94 pp
2007 29.51 −2.37 pp
2006 31.88 −2.79 pp
2005 34.67 −1.16 pp
2004 35.83 +1.44 pp
2003 34.39
2000 41.82 −3.39 pp
1999 45.2 +0.79 pp
1998 44.42 −2.74 pp
1997 47.15 −4.35 pp
1996 51.5
1994 55.93
1992 57.24
1990 57.33 +0.49 pp
1989 56.84 +0.51 pp
1988 56.33
1986 57.04 −4.21 pp
1985 61.25 −0.66 pp
1984 61.92 −0.82 pp
1983 62.73 −1.88 pp
1982 64.61 −1.63 pp
1981 66.25 −1.08 pp
1980 67.32 −1.07 pp
1979 68.39 −2.47 pp
1978 70.86

Western Africa, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of children of primary school age not attending school. Unlike the absolute count, the indicator speaks to the state of the education system in a country, and it shows that the task does not reduce to poverty: at comparable income the shares differ severalfold, and the highest values come from countries where schooling is obstructed by conflict or by a nomadic way of life.

Important: The aggregate is weighted by the number of children aged 0–14: total population is the wrong weight here — the share of children differs fourfold across countries.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.