Senegal: Government expenditure per student, secondary (% of GDP per capita)

Key figures

What the numbers say

From 2010 to 2018 the straight-line trend is downward, about 1.53 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 59% of the movement over 8 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 17th highest value of the 18 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

• El Salvador — 14th of 18: 15.08%
• Peru — 15th of 18: 14.65%
• Andorra — 16th of 18: 13.93%
• Guatemala — 18th of 18: 5.42%

What this measures

Government expenditure per student is the average general government expenditure (current, capital, and transfers) per student in the given level of education, expressed as a percentage of GDP per capita.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a median.

All 12 values

Government expenditure per student, secondary (% of GDP per capita) in nearby economies

• Burkina Faso — 19.93% (2016)
• Cabo Verde — 19.66% (2017)
• Mali — 25.5% (2017)
• Mauritania — 14.17% (2016)
• Mauritius — 31.32% (2018)
• Niger — 17.14% (2017)
• Rwanda — 21.67% (2018)
• South Africa — 21.38% (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 government expenditure per student, secondary (% of GDP per capita)?

11.42% in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1998?

It is down 16.27 percentage points from 27.69% in 1998. The highest value was 27.69% in 1998 and the lowest 11.42% in 2018.

How does Senegal rank?

17th highest of 18 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.SECO.PC.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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