Qualified primary teachers in Senegal

In Senegal, 77.1% of primary school teachers had the minimum required qualifications in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2003.

Measure: Teachers with the minimum required qualifications, primary education Unit: % of primary teachers Data: 2003 to 2024 Source: UNESCO UIS
Senegal, 2024 77.1% % of primary teachers
Change from 2023 +2.6percentage points 2023: 74.5%
Position in 2024 63rd of 79 See the full ranking

Qualified primary teachers in Senegal over time

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% of primary teachers. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Teachers with the minimum required qualifications, primary education (% of primary teachers), 2003 to 2024
Period Senegal
2024 77.1%
2023 74.5%
2022 71.8%
2021 75.6%
2020 75.1%
2019 75.3%
2015 68.3%
2014 70.0%
2013 72.4%
2012 64.7%
2011 63.1%
2010 47.9%
2009 42.6%
2008 46.2%
2007 46.0%
2006 49.7%
2005 45.7%
2004 50.8%
2003 55.4%uis_est (UIS estimate)

Flags: uis_est UIS estimate . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is a change of +2.6 percentage points from 74.5% in 2023.
  • Since 2011, when it was 63.1%, the figure has changed by +14.0 percentage points.
  • Among the 79 countries with data for 2024, Senegal has the 63rd highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
TRTP.1 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2003 to 2024 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