Senegal tops PASEC 2024 mathematics rankings
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Dakaractu
Senegalese pupils ranked first among the 16 countries assessed in mathematics at the end of primary school, with 540.1 points compared with the PASEC 2024 average of 472.1 points. Senegal also achieved the second-highest score in reading comprehension and exceeded benchmark averages at the beginning of primary school and in lower secondary school, according to CONFEMEN.
Senegalese pupils achieved the highest mathematics score among the 16 countries assessed at the end of primary school by the CONFEMEN Programme for the Analysis of Education Systems (PASEC) 2024, with 540.1 points compared with an average of 472.1 points for all participants. Data for this assessment were collected in 2025, according to PASEC results reported by Dakaractu.
Senegal also ranked second in reading comprehension at the end of primary school, with 543.8 points compared with an average of 496 points. At the beginning of primary school, its pupils achieved 596.2 points in language and 555.3 points in mathematics.
The assessment at the end of lower secondary school, conducted for the first time under PASEC, gave Senegalese pupils scores of 552.9 points in reading and 550.7 points in mathematics. Teachers, for their part, scored 545.4 points in reading comprehension and 537.4 points in mathematics; 73% reached the highest disciplinary level in reading, compared with 44% in mathematics.
In the second year of primary school, pupils assessed in a national language scored 618.6 points in reading, compared with 577.6 points for those assessed in French, a gap of 41 points. In addition, 37.5% of pupils at the end of primary school did not reach the proficiency threshold, according to the results presented.
