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2024
global knowledge index
Senegal
KEY INDICATORS
- GDP (US$ billions):77.382
- Population:18,077,574
- HDI:0.517
119/141
Gki
Score
35.2
World
Average
47.8
Country Performance Summary
Senegal is a weak performer in terms of its knowledge infrastructure. It ranks 119th out of 141 countries in the Global Knowledge Index 2024 and 5th out of the 23 countries with low human development.
Areas of Strength
- Researchers in higher education (%)
- Gross fixed capital formation (% GDP)
- Ratio of medium-skill TVET occupations earnings to average wage
- Enrolment in vocational education, gender parity
- Gross attendance ratio for tertiary education, gender parity
Areas of Improvement
- Net enrolment rate in lower secondary education
- Average documents per researcher
- Net enrolment rate in upper secondary education
- Citable documents per R&D personnel in higher education
- Logistics performance
SECTORAL INDICES
Rank
Value
Pre-University
Education
127
36.9
Technical and Vocational
Education and Training
110
43.42
Higher
Education
113
35.5
Research, Development
and Innovation
133
18.73
Information and
Communications Technology
107
33.83
Economy
116
43.32
Enabling
Environment
103
47.63
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GKI Pillars
