Lower secondary completion in Senegal

In Senegal, 31.1% of young people had completed lower secondary school by the expected age in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: Completion rate, lower secondary education Unit: % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age Data: 2000 to 2023 Source: UNESCO UIS
Senegal, 2023 31.1% % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age
Change from 2019 +1.5percentage points 2019: 29.6%

Lower secondary completion in Senegal over time

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% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Completion rate, lower secondary education (% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age), 2000 to 2023
Period Senegal
2023 31.1%
2019 29.6%
2018 29.0%
2017 26.6%
2016 24.4%
2015 21.9%
2014 22.5%
2011 15.1%
2005 10.0%
2002 14.2%
2000 13.1%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 29.6% in 2019, a change of +1.5 percentage points.
  • Since 2000, when it was 13.1%, the figure has changed by +18.0 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
CR.2 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2023 for Senegal
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org