Country
Senegal
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Income group
- lower middle income
- Capital
- Dakar
- ISO code
- SN · SEN
74 indicators. Each shows the value, the rank among the world’s countries and the change over time – click to see the map.
- Population
- 18.9M
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- 4,668 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices)
- Life expectancy
- 68.9 years
- CO₂ emissions per person
- 0.8 t CO₂
Population
- Population 18.9M 2025 68th of 214
- Population density 96 people/km² 2024 108th of 212
- Population growth 2.30 % per year 2025 35th of 214
- Natural increase 23.8 per 1,000 people 2023 27th of 228
- Net migration -0.7 per 1,000 people 2025 124th of 214
- Fertility rate 3.76 births per woman 2024 33rd of 214
- Urban population 55.8 % 2025 139th of 214
- Median age 19.1 years 2023 194th of 228
- Population aged 65+ 3.6 % 2025 172nd of 214
- Old-age dependency ratio 6.2 per 100 people aged 15–64 2025 171st of 214
- Children under 15 37.7 % 2025 35th of 214
Health
- Life expectancy 68.9 years 2024 159th of 214
- Life expectancy, women 71.0 years 2024 165th of 214
- Life expectancy, men 67.0 years 2024 152nd of 214
- Life expectancy gap, women vs men 4.0 years 2024 159th of 214
- Infant mortality 28.9 per 1,000 births 2024 49th of 195
- Under-5 mortality 36.5 per 1,000 births 2024 50th of 195
- Maternal mortality 237 per 100,000 births 2023 31st of 193
- Health spending per person 73 USD 2023 156th of 190
- Health spending (PPP) 206 $ (PPP) 2023 157th of 191
- Physicians 0.11 per 1,000 people 2023 167th of 179
- Hospital beds 0.7 per 1,000 people 2019 135th of 150
- Measles immunization 87 % 2024 118th of 191
- Undernourishment 5.3 % 2024 75th of 165
- Tobacco use 5.4 % 2024 159th of 165
- Calorie supply 2,848 kcal per day 2023 108th of 175
- Meat supply 20.0 kg per person per year 2023 142nd of 175
Economy
- GDP 37B USD 2025 107th of 185
- GDP per capita 1,955 USD 2025 154th of 185
- GDP per capita (PPP) 4,668 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices) 2025 150th of 184
- GDP per capita since 1820 2,661 int-$ (2011 prices) 2022 137th of 165
- GDP growth 6.7 % 2025 20th of 185
- GDP per capita growth 4.3 % 2025 36th of 185
- Inflation 1.5 % 2025 125th of 169
- Unemployment 2.7 % 2025 152nd of 181
- Youth unemployment 3.6 % 2025 169th of 181
- Youth not in education, employment or training 34.3 % 2025 18th of 150
- Trade 68 % of GDP 2024 107th of 172
- Income inequality (Gini) 36.2 2021 62nd of 151
- Extreme poverty 17.9 % 2021 38th of 151
- Agriculture in the economy 15.6 % of GDP 2024 49th of 187
- Women in the labour force 38.2 % 2025 155th of 181
Education and society
- Human Development Index (HDI) 0.530 2023 168th of 192
- Literacy rate 50.4 % 2023 113th of 122
- Education spending 6.0 % of GDP 2022 25th of 163
- Secondary school enrolment 44 % 2023 137th of 145
- Tertiary enrolment 16 % 2023 109th of 127
- Primary completion rate 62 % 2023 127th of 135
- Women in parliament 41.2 % 2025 26th of 183
- Homicide rate 0.3 per 100,000 people 2015 not ranked – no value for 2020
Technology and infrastructure
- Internet use 60 % 2024 136th of 182
- Mobile phone subscriptions 124 per 100 people 2023 72nd of 172
- Fixed broadband 2.0 per 100 people 2023 130th of 169
- Access to electricity 82.9 % 2024 165th of 212
- Safe drinking water 27 % 2024 130th of 146
- Safely managed sanitation 30 % 2024 107th of 140
- Research and development 0.58 % of GDP 2015 not ranked – no value for 2023
Environment and energy
- CO₂ emissions 14.2 Mt CO₂ 2024 96th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person 0.8 t CO₂ 2024 148th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person since 1850 0.76 t CO₂ 2024 166th of 212
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 0.3 Gt CO₂ 2024 119th of 212
- Greenhouse gases per person 1.7 t CO₂e 2024 160th of 201
- Forest area 45.0 % of land 2024 66th of 208
- Water stress 16 % 2022 73rd of 176
- Arable land 19.9 % of land 2024 55th of 205
- Renewable energy 35.4 % of final energy 2021 68th of 210
- Renewable electricity 19.8 % of electricity 2024 121st of 193
- Nuclear electricity 0.0 % of electricity 2024 32nd of 193
- Electricity from coal 1.3 % of electricity 2024 72nd of 193
- Electricity from wind 5.4 % of electricity 2024 46th of 193
- Electricity from solar 8.9 % of electricity 2024 49th of 193
- Carbon intensity of electricity 540 g CO₂e/kWh 2024 73rd of 193
- Electricity generation per person 412 kWh 2024 152nd of 190
- PM2.5 air pollution 41.6 µg/m³ 2023 21st of 199
Senegal on other Ominuvo maps
- Languages of the worldFrench · official languageSource: Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3)
- Prices around the worldWest African CFA franc (XOF)Source: ISO 4217
- Time zones mapUTCSource: IANA tz database (public domain)
- Plugs and sockets of the worldType C, D, E, K · 230 V · 50 Hz
- National dishes of the world4 national dishes
- Plants of the world8 characteristic plants
- VPN provider mapServers of 3 VPN providersSource: VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0)