Upper secondary completion in Senegal

In Senegal, 15.8% of young people had completed upper 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, upper secondary education Unit: % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age Data: 2000 to 2023 Source: UNESCO UIS
Senegal, 2023 15.8% % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age
Change from 2019 +5.3percentage points 2019: 10.5%

Upper 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, upper secondary education (% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age), 2000 to 2023
Period Senegal
2023 15.8%
2019 10.5%
2018 14.6%
2017 12.2%
2016 9.3%
2015 8.4%
2014 7.7%
2011 6.8%
2005 3.3%
2002 8.9%
2000 5.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 10.5% in 2019, a change of +5.3 percentage points.
  • Since 2000, when it was 5.9%, the figure has changed by +9.9 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
CR.3 · 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