Primary school completion rate in Senegal

The primary completion rate in Senegal was 62.9% in 2024.

Measure: Primary school completion rate Unit: % of the relevant age group Data: 1971 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Senegal, 2024 62.9% % of the relevant age group
Change from 2023 +1.3percentage points 2023: 61.5%
World, 2024 88.0% Official aggregate

Primary school completion rate in Senegal over time

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% of the relevant age group. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Primary school completion rate (% of the relevant age group), 2001 to 2024
Period SenegalWorld
2024 62.9% 88.0%
2023 61.5% 87.3%
2022 56.9% 91.1%
2021 63.1% 88.7%
2020 60.3% 88.0%
2019 60.9% 87.9%
2018 – 88.1%
2017 – 88.2%
2016 – 88.5%
2015 58.1% 87.9%
2014 60.5% 88.1%
2013 61.0% 88.3%
2012 60.1% 88.1%
2011 60.7% 87.8%
2010 57.9% 88.5%
2009 58.8% 89.0%
2008 58.5% 88.2%
2007 51.4% 86.5%
2006 49.9% 85.3%
2005 52.6% 85.0%
2004 47.5% 84.2%
2003 45.7% 83.5%
2002 45.6% 83.3%
2001 43.1% 82.7%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.3 percentage points from 61.5% in 2023.
  • Since 2011, when it was 60.7%, the figure has changed by +2.2 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 88.0%.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SE.PRM.CMPT.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1971 to 2024 for Senegal
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UNESCO Institute for Statistics