Senegal
Last updated December 22, 2025
Composite GEFRI Score
Severely underprepared
Senegal is severely underprepared (29th percentile worldwide). Key structural conditions limit capacity to plan, implement, and sustain forward-looking reforms. Higher scores indicate a system that is better prepared to anticipate and shape the future of learning.
- Global percentile
- 29th
- Global rank
- #127
- Regional rank
- #9
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Country profile
Senegal trails global peers in Infrastructure (47, 29th percentile) and Human Capital (27, 12th percentile). A coordinated reform effort is needed to strengthen education futures readiness.
All or most indicators are based on observed data, giving planners a dependable evidence base for decisions. Uneven scores across dimensions highlight areas that need targeted coordination. Electricity access remains uneven, limiting the baseline for digital expansion. Literacy or tertiary enrollment gaps thin the talent pipeline and limit the country’s capacity to develop future-ready skills.
Sparse R&D investment and a small research workforce slow experimentation and delay new ideas from reaching learners. Regulatory quality falls short of global standards, signalling structural hurdles in policy execution. Girls outperform boys in secondary pathways, adding pressure to address male dropout risks.
Innovation presents a near-term leapfrog opportunity: performance is just below the global average, backed by enough observed data to support forward planning. Regionally, Senegal leads most clearly in Governance, sitting well above the peer average.
Key insights
- Falls below many peers at the 29th percentile.
- Places 127th worldwide.
- Holds a regional position of 9th within Sub-Saharan Africa .
- Scores range from Governance (50.4) to Access & Parity (10.0), reflecting variation across dimensions.
- Leads regional peers most clearly in Governance.
Regional peers: Sub-Saharan Africa
Composite GEFRI score
| Global rank | Regional rank | Country | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 67 | 1 | South Africa | 57.14 |
| 68 | 2 | Mauritius | 56.87 |
| — | — | SeychellesMicrostate | 55.72 |
| 74 | 3 | Botswana | 55.44 |
| 108 | 4 | Namibia | 43.86 |
| 111 | 5 | Ghana | 40.92 |
| 113 | 6 | Cabo Verde | 39.81 |
| 115 | 7 | Sierra Leone | 38.84 |
| — | — | Sao Tome and PrincipeFCSMicrostate | 38.53 |
| 119 | 8 | Eswatini | 37.54 |
| 127 | 9 | Senegal | 35.31 |
| 128 | 10 | Gabon | 34.39 |
| 130 | 11 | Rwanda | 33.46 |
| 132 | 12 | Kenya | 33.01 |
| 136 | 13 | Cote d'Ivoire | 31.71 |
| 138 | 14 | Gambia, The | 30.79 |
| 140 | 15 | Lesotho | 29.76 |
| 141 | 16 | Equatorial Guinea | 29.48 |
| 142 | 17 | Benin | 29.14 |
| 143 | 18 | Zambia | 28.93 |
| 144 | 19 | ZimbabweFCS | 28.92 |
| 146 | 20 | Tanzania | 28.51 |
| 147 | 21 | Togo | 28.14 |
| 148 | 22 | CameroonFCS | 27.69 |
| 150 | 23 | Mauritania | 25.98 |
| 151 | 24 | ComorosFCS | 25.84 |
| 152 | 25 | Angola | 25.63 |
| 154 | 26 | Congo, Rep.FCS | 24.72 |
| 155 | 27 | MozambiqueFCS | 24.40 |
| 156 | 28 | NigeriaFCS | 24.09 |
| 157 | 29 | EthiopiaFCS | 24.04 |
| 158 | 30 | Madagascar | 23.66 |
| 159 | 31 | Malawi | 23.03 |
| 160 | 32 | MaliFCS | 23.02 |
| 161 | 33 | Burkina FasoFCS | 22.80 |
| 162 | 34 | Uganda | 22.60 |
| 164 | 35 | Guinea | 22.13 |
| 166 | 36 | Liberia | 21.10 |
| 167 | 37 | NigerFCS | 20.37 |
| 168 | 38 | SudanFCS | 20.10 |
| 169 | 39 | BurundiFCS | 18.87 |
| 170 | 40 | Guinea-BissauFCS | 18.69 |
| 171 | 41 | EritreaFCS | 18.19 |
| 172 | 42 | Congo, Dem. Rep.FCS | 17.22 |
| 174 | 43 | ChadFCS | 15.73 |
| 175 | 44 | South SudanFCS | 15.65 |
| 176 | 45 | Somalia, Fed. Rep.FCS | 14.75 |
| 177 | 46 | Central African RepublicFCS | 13.33 |