Senegal's expenditure on tertiary education (% of government expenditure on education) was 32.84% in 2018, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 8.29 percentage points from 24.55% in 2008.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 32.84% | 2018 |
| Five years earlier | 33.59% | 2013 |
| Ten years earlier | 24.55% | 2008 |
| Highest | 33.59% | 2013 |
| Lowest | 21.98% | 2005 |
| Average since 2009 | 29.28% | 2009–2018 |
| First recorded | 23.1% | 1998 |
What the numbers say
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 6.49 percentage points in 2013 and the biggest yearly fall was 4.75 percentage points in 2014. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2009 to 2018 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.64 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 45% of the movement over 9 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2018, Senegal had the 3rd highest value of the 23 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to Senegal in the 2018 ranking
- Sierra Leone — 1st of 23: 46.36%
- Hong Kong SAR, China — 3rd of 23: 29.39%
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — 4th of 23: 28.24%
- Colombia — 5th of 23: 23.31%
What this measures
Expenditure on tertiary education is expressed as a percentage of total general government expenditure on education. General government usually refers to local, regional and central governments.
Limitations: Data disaggregated by level of education are estimates in some instances. It is often difficult to separate lower from upper secondary education expenditure, or pre-primary from primary.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a median.
All 13 values
| Year | Expenditure on tertiary education (% of government expenditure on education) |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 32.84 |
| 2017 | no data |
| 2016 | 28.07 |
| 2015 | 32.11 |
| 2014 | 28.84 |
| 2013 | 33.59 |
| 2012 | 27.09 |
| 2011 | 28.08 |
| 2010 | 26.82 |
| 2009 | 26.05 |
Expenditure on tertiary education (% of government expenditure on education) in nearby economies
- Benin — 22.15% (2015)
- Burkina Faso — 13.65% (2015)
- Cabo Verde — 17.15% (2017)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 23.81% (2015)
- Côte d'Ivoire — 14.03% (2018)
- Ethiopia — 47.85% (2015)
- Gambia, The — 11.33% (2015)
- Guinea — 17.3% (2018)
More education data for Senegal
- Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 12 (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
- School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 1.16 (2021)
- Primary education, pupils — 2.35 million (2024)
- School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 85.33% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 96.07% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 75.52% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers
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Questions people ask
- What is Senegal's expenditure on tertiary education (% of government expenditure on education)?
- 32.84% in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1998?
- It is up 9.74 percentage points from 23.1% in 1998. The highest value was 33.59% in 2013 and the lowest 21.98% in 2005.
- How does Senegal rank?
- 3rd highest of 23 economies with data for 2018.
- Where does this data come from?
- The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.XPD.TERT.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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