Sub-Saharan Africa · Lower-middle income
Senegal: key statistics
Senegal has 18.9m people (2025) and a GDP per person of $1,955. Below: 79 indicators with the latest year, world rank and change over ten years.
- Capital
- Dakar
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Income group
- Lower-middle income
- Currency
- West African CFA franc XOF
- Languages
- French, Wolof, Balanta, Badyara
- ISO codes
- SNSEN
- Land neighbours
- Guinea, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania
Population18.9m2025 · rank 68 of 217GDP$37.0bn2025 · rank 109 of 211GDP per capita$1,9552025 · rank 178 of 211Life expectancy68.9 yrs2024 · rank 161 of 217Internet users60.1%2024 · rank 139 of 188Fertility3.772024 · rank 33 of 217CO₂ per person0.77 t2024 · rank 149 of 203Inflation1.5%2025 · rank 134 of 180
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Senegal, topic by topic
Each profile brings together the indicators of one topic with world and regional rank, values since 2000, group averages and a comparison with neighbours.
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Senegal by topic
World rank counts countries with a value in the recent window; regional rank is within Sub-Saharan Africa.
PopulationFull population profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 18.9m | 2025 | 68/217 | 22/48 | +30% | 8.2bn | |
| Population growth | 2.30% | 2025 | 35/217 | 24/48 | −0.8 pp | 0.91% | |
| Urban share | 55.8% | 2025 | 141/217 | 14/48 | +9.5 pp | 57.8% | |
| Fertility | 3.77 | 2024 | 33/217 | 30/48 | −23% | 2.19 | |
| Aged 65+ | 3.6% | 2025 | 175/217 | 16/48 | +0.1 pp | 10.4% | |
| Aged 0–14 | 37.7% | 2025 | 35/217 | 31/48 | −4.6 pp | 24.4% | |
| Density | 96.1 | 2024 | 111/216 | 19/48 | +31% | 62.1 | |
| Birth rate | 29.2 | 2024 | 35/217 | 33/48 | −18% | 16.3 | |
| Area | 196,710 km² | 2024 | 87/216 | 30/48 | ±0.0% | 140,539,257 km² |
EconomyFull economy profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDP | $37.0bn | 2025 | 109/211 | 14/46 | +108% | $118tn | |
| GDP per capita | $1,955 | 2025 | 178/211 | 20/46 | +60% | $14,406 | |
| GDP per capita, PPP | $5,463 | 2025 | 163/199 | 20/46 | +82% | $25,704 | |
| GNI per capita | $1,780 | 2025 | 169/201 | 20/46 | +35% | $14,244 | |
| GDP growth | 6.7% | 2025 | 23/210 | 7/46 | +0.3 pp | 2.9% | |
| GDP per capita growth | 4.3% | 2025 | 41/210 | 8/46 | +1.1 pp | 2.0% | |
| Agriculture share | 17.1% | 2025 | 41/198 | 28/45 | +2.8 pp | 4.0% | |
| Industry share | 26.1% | 2025 | 74/201 | 18/45 | +2.6 pp | 25.0% | |
| Services share | 46.3% | 2025 | 165/201 | 27/45 | −5.1 pp | 63.3% | |
| Investment | 26.9% | 2025 | 50/175 | 12/43 | +1.0 pp | 26.3% | |
| Savings | 22.9% | 2023 | 76/163 | 11/39 | +6.7 pp | 26.0% |
Prices & public financeFull prices & public finance profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inflation | 1.5% | 2025 | 134/180 | 35/44 | +1.3 pp | 3.0% | |
| Real interest rate | 4.3% | 2016 | 77/136 | 24/36 | +2.5 pp | — | |
| Lending rate | 5.3% | 2016 | 110/136 | 35/36 | +0.6 pp | — | |
| Exchange rate | 581.93 | 2025 | 41/210 | 24/47 | −1.6% | — | |
| Tax revenue | 19.5% | 2023 | 50/142 | 8/32 | — | 13.9% | |
| Government expense | 23.6% | 2023 | 87/142 | 11/32 | — | 28.5% | |
| External debt | 150.7% | 2024 | 4/119 | 2/43 | +95.3 pp | — | |
| Military spending | 1.56% | 2025 | 85/156 | 18/45 | +0.3 pp | 2.48% |
Trade & investmentFull trade & investment profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exports | 32.5% | 2025 | 102/184 | 17/43 | +9.8 pp | 29.5% | |
| Imports | 38.6% | 2025 | 107/184 | 14/43 | +3.1 pp | 28.5% | |
| Trade openness | 71.1% | 2025 | 112/184 | 15/43 | +13.0 pp | 68.5% | |
| Current account | -19.8% | 2023 | 176/185 | 42/42 | −11.6 pp | — | |
| FDI inflows | 0.1% | 2025 | 172/197 | 42/46 | −2.2 pp | 1.4% | |
| Remittances | 10.6% | 2023 | 26/178 | 6/41 | +1.2 pp | 0.8% | |
| Tourist arrivals | 1.4m | 2017 | 84/196 | 8/42 | +57% | 2.4bn |
LabourFull labour profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unemployment | 2.7% | 2025 | 158/187 | 39/47 | −4.0 pp | 4.8% | |
| Youth unemployment | 3.6% | 2025 | 175/187 | 39/47 | −4.4 pp | 13.4% | |
| Participation rate | 52.0% | 2025 | 153/187 | 40/47 | +6.5 pp | 61.0% | |
| Women's participation | 38.2% | 2025 | 158/187 | 43/47 | +4.2 pp | 48.9% |
Aid, poverty & equalityFull aid, poverty & equality profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net ODA received | $1.9bn | 2023 | 20/145 | 10/48 | +87% | $259bn | |
| ODA, % of GNI | 6.3% | 2023 | 39/139 | 21/47 | +0.9 pp | 0.2% | |
| ODA per person | $103 | 2023 | 42/145 | 10/48 | +42% | $32.2 | |
| Extreme poverty | 17.9% | 2021 | 38/151 | 34/44 | −35.4 pp | 10.1% | |
| Poverty, $4.20/day | 37.3% | 2021 | 35/151 | 32/44 | −34.4 pp | 18.2% | |
| National poverty rate | 37.5% | 2021 | 36/145 | 31/45 | — | — | |
| Gini index | 36.2 | 2021 | 62/151 | 31/44 | −10% | — | |
| Undernourishment | 5.3% | 2024 | 78/167 | 41/44 | −6.1 pp | 8.1% | |
| Women in parliament | 41.2% | 2025 | 26/190 | 6/46 | −1.5 pp | 27.2% |
EducationFull education profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adult literacy | 50.4% | 2023 | 132/141 | 33/41 | +6.8 pp | 87.7% | |
| Female literacy | 41.5% | 2023 | 137/147 | 32/41 | +7.7 pp | 84.6% | |
| Primary enrolment | 85.3% | 2024 | 173/191 | 34/41 | +1.6 pp | 102.2% | |
| Secondary enrolment | 44.1% | 2023 | 162/176 | 21/34 | −5.0 pp | 77.3% | |
| Tertiary enrolment | 15.3% | 2024 | 139/172 | 10/34 | +4.5 pp | 43.6% | |
| Primary completion | 62.9% | 2024 | 154/168 | 24/36 | +2.4 pp | 88.0% | |
| Pupils per teacher | 36.3 | 2018 | 26/173 | 22/40 | −0.3% | 23.4 | |
| Education spending | 6.2% | 2023 | 24/184 | 5/43 | +0.5 pp | 3.6% |
HealthFull health profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 68.9 yrs | 2024 | 161/217 | 6/48 | +4.4% | 73.5 yrs | |
| Infant mortality | 28.9 | 2024 | 49/196 | 38/48 | −24% | 27.7 | |
| Under-5 mortality | 36.5 | 2024 | 50/196 | 39/48 | −32% | 37.4 | |
| Maternal mortality | 237 | 2023 | 31/194 | 28/48 | −38% | 197 | |
| Health spending | 4.3% | 2023 | 147/193 | 27/48 | −0.1 pp | 10.1% | |
| Health spending per person | $73.2 | 2023 | 159/193 | 22/48 | +21% | $1,317 | |
| Physicians | 0.11 | 2023 | 168/180 | 36/46 | −66% | 1.86 | |
| Measles vaccination | 87% | 2024 | 120/193 | 18/48 | +7.0 pp | 84% | |
| HIV prevalence | 0.3% | 2024 | 91/153 | 39/44 | −0.1 pp | 0.7% | |
| Child stunting | 17.5% | 2023 | 66/154 | 40/46 | +1.0 pp | — | |
| Basic water | 88.0% | 2024 | 154/206 | 8/46 | +11.6 pp | 91.5% | |
| Basic sanitation | 62.5% | 2024 | 158/203 | 9/46 | +10.7 pp | 82.2% |
Digital & energy accessFull digital & energy access profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internet users | 60.1% | 2024 | 139/188 | 10/46 | +42.4 pp | 73.6% | |
| Mobile subscriptions | 123.9 | 2024 | 80/210 | 13/48 | +22% | 111.5 | |
| Fixed broadband | 4.0 | 2024 | 146/208 | 7/48 | +453% | 20.1 | |
| Electricity access | 82.9% | 2024 | 168/215 | 9/48 | +21.9 pp | 91.9% | |
| Clean cooking | 39.0% | 2024 | 148/192 | 16/48 | +10.0 pp | 75.4% |
EnvironmentFull environment profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CO₂ per person | 0.77 t | 2024 | 149/203 | 13/47 | +30% | 4.69 t | |
| Renewable energy | 35.4% | 2021 | 68/212 | 38/48 | −12.6 pp | 19.7% | |
| Renewable power | 13.3% | 2021 | 135/206 | 34/48 | +11.8 pp | 27.8% | |
| Forest cover | 45.0% | 2024 | 66/214 | 13/48 | −0.8 pp | 31.1% | |
| Arable land | 19.9% | 2024 | 55/206 | 15/48 | +2.8 pp | 10.7% | |
| Water withdrawals | 11.9% | 2022 | 82/177 | 12/47 | +2.6 pp | 9.0% |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
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