Primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in Senegal
Senegal: Primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index was 1.19 index in 2025. ▲ Rising
Primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in Senegal, 1981–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
The most recent figure for primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in Senegal is 1.19 index, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 11.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in Senegal peaked at 1.19 index in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.2838 index, in 1981.
That places Senegal 8th out of 165 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.3859 index | 0.2838 index | 0.5013 index | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.5771 index | 0.5299 index | 0.5994 index | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7386 index | 0.6135 index | 0.9073 index | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.05 index | 0.9448 index | 1.14 index | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.17 index | 1.15 index | 1.19 index | 6 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
- 5 Equatorial Guinea 1.28 index compare
- 6 Ethiopia 1.27 index compare
- 7 Lesotho 1.24 index compare
- 9 Madagascar 1.19 index compare
- 10 Guinea-Bissau 1.18 index compare
- 11 Burundi 1.17 index compare
More gender data for Senegal
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 263,002 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 269,605 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 257,895 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 263,988 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 250,294 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 258,320 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 240,420 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 253,004 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 233,684 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 249,866 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in Senegal?
- Primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in Senegal was 1.19 index in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 1.19 index in 2025.
- What is the lowest primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2838 index in 1981.
- How does Senegal rank for primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index?
- Senegal ranks 8th out of 165 countries with data for 2025.
- Is primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Senegal data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equal primary school completion rates between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and values above 1 favor girls.