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

Key figures

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 61.65 percentage points in 2013 and the biggest yearly fall was 46.97 percentage points in 2011. 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 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 15% of the movement over 9 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

Closest to Senegal in the 2018 ranking

• Rwanda — 2nd of 8: 97.66%
• Moldova — 3rd of 8: 26.65%
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 4th of 8: 24.2%

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, tertiary (% of GDP per capita) in nearby economies

• Benin — 77.72% (2015)
• Burkina Faso — 351.47% (2016)
• Cabo Verde — 38.32% (2017)
• Côte d'Ivoire — 150.17% (2017)
• Madagascar — 0.04% (2016)
• Mali — 166.92% (2017)
• Mauritius — 9.58% (2017)
• Niger — 275.25% (2017)
• Rwanda

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, tertiary (% of GDP per capita)?

131.01% in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2005?

It is down 36.26 percentage points from 167.27% in 2005. The highest value was 196.56% in 2013 and the lowest 128.59% in 2008.

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.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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