Chad vs Senegal
Chad vs Senegal: Learning-adjusted schooling
Learning-adjusted schooling in 2020: 2.8 years in Chad and 4.8 years in Senegal, by World Bank estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Senegal, by 2 years, or 1.71 times that in Chad.
years · World Bank
What the numbers say
- Senegal has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2010.
- In 2020, Chad ranked 169 and Senegal ranked 151 of 174 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
years · World Bank
| Year | Chad | Senegal |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2.8 | 4.8 |
| 2018 | 2.9 | 4.9 |
| 2017 | 2.6 | 4.8 |
| 2010 | 2.8 | 4.5 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The years of school a child can expect by 18, cut to what students actually learn: the World Bank’s learning-adjusted years of school.
- Source: World Bank Human Capital Index, via Our World in Data.
- Ranks count the 174 countries with a value in 2020, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Chad vs Senegal
Health
- Life expectancyChad: 55.1 years in 2023Senegal: 68.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityChad: 9.7 per 100 live births in 2024Senegal: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityChad: 64.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Senegal: 24.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterChad: 6.2% in 2022Senegal: 26.7% in 2022
- DepressionChad: 3.88% in 2017Senegal: 3.37% in 2017
- Suicide rateChad: 11 per 100,000 people in 2017Senegal: 12.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationChad: 19.3 million people in 2023Senegal: 18.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthChad: 5.71% a year in 2023Senegal: 2.33% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateChad: 6.12 births per woman in 2023Senegal: 3.82 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationChad: 27.6% in 2025Senegal: 55.8% in 2025
- Median ageChad: 15.4 years in 2023Senegal: 19.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overChad: 2.1% in 2023Senegal: 3.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateChad: 25.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Senegal: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingChad: 3.19% of GDP in 2025Senegal: 1.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsChad: $598M in 2025Senegal: $533M in 2025
- Military spending per personChad: $31 in 2025Senegal: $30 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingChad: 15.5% of government spending in 2025Senegal: 5.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelChad: 45,000 people in 2020Senegal: 19,000 people in 2020
- National powerChad: 0.1% of world capability in 2022Senegal: 0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersChad: 0.85% of the labour force in 2020Senegal: 0.37% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsChad: 4 million TIV in 2025Senegal: 79 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exportsChad: 20 million TIV in 1987Senegal: 3 million TIV in 1976