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Senegal

Senegal reports more, and more often, than most of the continent. Eight of ten datasets here reach 2025; two stop earlier, and this page shows where.

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Where Senegal ranks in 2024, of 53 · change since 2014
19thGDP$32.2bn1
14thMobile124 per 1002
16thInternet use60.1%3
Last updated 1 Aug 2026 · World Bank · IMF · UNHCR
MaliMauritaniaGuineaGuinea-BissauGambiaDakarTouba
Five land borders, 531 km of coast. Hover a neighbour to compare.
CapitalDakarLanguagesFrenchCurrencyWest African CFA franc · XOFArea196,722 km²

At a glance

18.9 million people, half of them under 20, in an economy of $40.5bn in 2026, growing 2.2% a year.

Senegal’s economy is measured monthly and its households are measured by census. That split runs through everything below: exchange rates and market prices arrive within days, while access to water and power is estimated years after the fact.

One of the four figures beside this is modelled rather than reported. The page marks which is which everywhere, so a number you cite is a number you can defend.

How current the record is
811
Current to 2025To 2024Stop by 2023
Population18.9mpeople · Reported · 2025
Median age19.8years · Modelled · 2026
GDP per capita$2,054current US$ · Reported · 2026
Internet use60.1%of population · Reported · 2024
Coverage — ten datasets, ten years

Eight of ten datasets carry a 2025 figure. Climate stops at 2024; policies stops at 1993. Hatching is the absence of a figure, not a low one.

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FX rates
Markets
Trade
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Policies
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Power
Climate
Humanitarian
ReportedModelledNo figure
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Goods trade balanceExports and imports, US$ billions
0102020142024ImportsExports
Imports have run at roughly 1.8 times exports over the decade; the band is the deficit.World BankSources →
Where exports goTop destinations, 2025
Mali$1.60bnSwitzerland$1.12bnNetherlands$0.92bn
Mali takes 44% of the recorded exports.Trade partners recordSources →
Where imports come fromTop origins, 2025
China$1.70bnFrance$1.17bnRussian Federation$0.85bn
China supplies 46% of the recorded imports.Trade partners recordSources →
GDP per capitaCurrent US$, not inflation-adjusted
$1k$1.5k$2k20142024$1,739
Reported every year, including the 2022 dip in dollar terms.IMFSources →
InflationAnnual change in consumer prices
0%5%10%201420240.8%
0.8% in 2024; the decade’s peak was 9.7% in 2022.IMFSources →
Remittances receivedUS$ billions, current prices
02420142024$3.27bn
Stops at 2023; the line ends where the record ends.World BankSources →
Goods exports by value2025 · top categories
Mineral fuels$4.31bnPearls & gold$1.68bnFish$0.53bn
Mineral fuels alone is 66% of the recorded top categories; services are excluded here.Trade products recordSources →
Public debtGross central government debt, share of GDP
0%50%100%150%20142024132.4%
Up 90 points since 2014.IMFSources →
Franc per US dollarAnnual average exchange rate
40060080020142024606.3
Lost 11% of its dollar value in 2022, then recovered in 2023.World Bank GEMSources →
Access to electricityShare of population with a connection
0501002014202482.9%
Up 22 points in a decade — the fastest-moving service in the record.World BankSources →
Under-five mortalityDeaths before age five, per 1,000 live births
3045602014202436.5
Falling steadily; modelled between census years.WHOSources →
Life expectancy at birthYears
6070802014202468.9 yrs
The 2021 dip is the pandemic, in vermilion.World BankSources →
Mobile subscriptionsPer 100 people · 100 marks parity
8011014020142024124
More subscriptions than people since 2014.World BankSources →
Urban populationShare living in urban areas
40%50%60%2014202455.2%
Reported every year the record allows.World BankSources →
Who holds powerFive heads of state since 1960, and every office beneath the current one as the record holds it
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19602026
The executive as of
Oct 2026Where it stands

Bassirou Diomaye Faye has held the office of President of Senegal since Apr 2024. The record holds 22 current ministers.

ElectedAppointed
Bassirou Diomaye FayeBassirou Diomaye FayePresident of Senegalin office since Apr 2024
No second seatthe deputy for this date is not in the record
No third seatno second office is recorded for this date
22 seats confirmed current · 27 recorded for 2025
22Ministersone per portfolio · as the record holds them for this date
InteriorFinance and BudgetForeign Affairs and Senegalese AbroadArmed ForcesCivil ServiceCulture and CommunicationEmployment and Vocational TrainingEnvironment and Sustainable DevelopmentFisheries and Maritime EconomyHigher Education, Research and InnovationNational EducationTourism and Air TransportTrade and SMEsWomen, Family, Gender and Child ProtectionYouthHealthIndustrial Development and PMIInfrastructureLabourMines and GeologyTown Planning and Public HygieneWater and Sanitation
—Junior ministersjunior ministers for this date are not in the record
No ministers of state, delegates or deputy ministers are in the record for this date — hatching marks what we do not hold.
Outside the chain
—No subnational recordgovernors and provincial offices are not held

The record follows the national executive only. Governors, provincial administrators and other offices outside this chain are not held for Senegal.

Read this first Coverage varies by country and institution. Recorded offices are not a complete government roster. Marked current is a source claim. Missing dates are shown as uncertain. Office groups are classifications. Connections are recorded Wikidata relationships, not verified reporting lines.

Wikidata · offices, terms and their dates as the record classifies them · structure as of 18 Oct 2026 · Portraits: Wikimedia Commons, licences per imageAll offices and people →Data and sources →
Senegal
The whole table

Nine measures, with the year each one was taken

Reporting periods differ by source
IndicatorLatestYear2014ChangeCertaintySource
Access to electricity82.9%202461.0%+21.9 ptsReportedWorld Bank
Basic drinking water60.9%202452.3%+8.5 ptsReportedUNICEF
Basic sanitation32.4%202430.1%+2.3 ptsReportedUNICEF
Clean cooking fuel39.0%202429.0%+10.0 ptsReportedWorld Bank
Under-five mortality36.5202453.7−17.2 per 1,000ModelledWHO
Life expectancy at birth68.9 yrs202466.0 yrs+2.9 yrsReportedWorld Bank
Urban population55.8%202545.6%+10.2 ptsReportedWorld Bank
Internet use60.1%202417.7%+42.4 ptsReportedWorld Bank
Mobile subscriptions124 / 1002024102 / 100+22ReportedWorld Bank

Every indicator we hold for Senegal

174 of 207 indicators carry a figure for Senegal. Each opens its own page with the full history, the source and the API request.

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Health
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Education
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Agriculture
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Humanitarian
Technology
Infrastructure
Energy
Climate

How Senegal ranks across Africa

Senegal's position on 173 indicators, among the countries with a recent figure for each. A higher place means a higher value, not a better result. Each links to the full ranking.

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Compare Senegal with other African countries

The record for every other African country, by region, and side-by-side comparisons where we publish them.

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Sources, method & citation

Every figure on this page is traceable to a named publication and a retrieval date. Where we model a value we say so; where no one has reported, we leave it empty.

Upstream sources
World Bank2025
IMF2026
UNHCR2025
UNICEF2024
Sources & methods
Cite this page

Africa API (2026) — “Senegal: country record”. Retrieved 18 Oct 2026.

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