Unemployment with intermediate education in Senegal
Senegal: Unemployment with intermediate education was 18.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Unemployment with intermediate education in Senegal, 2011–2024
Source: Education and Mismatch Indicators database (EMI), International Labour Organization (ILO). Measured in % of total labor force with intermediate education.
Analysis
The most recent figure for unemployment with intermediate education in Senegal is 18.4%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
That represents a change of up 23.7% on the previous year and up 64.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unemployment with intermediate education in Senegal peaked at 18.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 7.2%, in 2011.
Senegal ranks 7th of 130 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Unemployment with intermediate education in Senegal, year by year
| Year | % of total labor force with intermediate education | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7.2% | — |
| 2015 | 11.2% | +56.0% |
| 2016 | 9.6% | -14.3% |
| 2017 | 10.6% | +10.9% |
| 2019 | 8.1% | -23.9% |
| 2022 | 14.8% | +82.9% |
| 2023 | 14.8% | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 18.4% | +23.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 9.3% | 7.2% | 11.2% | 5 |
| 2020s | 16.0% | 14.8% | 18.4% | 3 |
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More work & labour data for Senegal
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual 0.3558 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth 0.335 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth 0.3759 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate 0.3778 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 2.78 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 21,943 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 12,088 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 23,953 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 23,061 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 47,014 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is unemployment with intermediate education in Senegal?
- Unemployment with intermediate education in Senegal was 18.4% in 2024, according to Education and Mismatch Indicators database (EMI), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest unemployment with intermediate education recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 18.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest unemployment with intermediate education recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.2% in 2011.
- How does Senegal rank for unemployment with intermediate education?
- Senegal ranks 7th out of 130 countries with data for 2024.
- Is unemployment with intermediate education rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 64.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Senegal data come from?
- The figures come from Education and Mismatch Indicators database (EMI), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Unemployment with intermediate education (% of total labor force with intermediate education). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The percentage of the labor force with an intermediate level of education who are unemployed. Intermediate education comprises upper secondary or post-secondary non tertiary education according to the International Standard Classification of Education 2011 (ISCED 2011).