Senegal Senegal

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Senegal, is a country located at Western Africa, it has an area of 196,710 Km2.

Senegal, with a population of 16,876,720 people, it is ranked at 72º position by population of 196 countries and it has a moderate population density, 86 people per km2.

It's capital is Dakar and its currency is West African CFA francs

Senegal is holding the 110 position by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2021 was 17,085 millions of euros (20,221 millions of dollars), ( 73.16% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €1,012 euros per inhabitant$1,198 dollars per inhabitant.

In terms of the human development index (HDI) of Senegal, which is the index used by the United Nations to measure the progress of a country, was 0.511 points in 2021, leaving it in 170th place in the table of 191 countries published.

If the reason to visit Senegal are business, you must know it's in the 123th of the Doing Business ranking , which provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms.

In the tables at the bottom of the page, you can see more information about the economy and demography of Senegal, if you want to see information about other countries click here

Dakar: Monthly Temp.
Dakar: Monthly Rainfall
Senegal Economy
Gouvernement
Annual GDP [+]2022€26,291M
Annual GDP [+]2022$27,684M
GDP per capita [+]2022€1,558
GDP per capita [+]2022$1,640
Debt (M.€.) [+]202117,085
Debt ($M) [+]202120,221
Debt (%GDP) [+]202173.16%
Debt Per Capita [+]2021€1,012
Debt Per Capita [+]2021$1,198
Deficit (M.€) [+]2021-1,471
Deficit ($M) [+]2021-1,741
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2021-6.30%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]20216,011.0
Expenditure ($M) [+]20217,114.2
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]20201,181.9
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]20201,348.8
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]202121.08%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]2017161.2
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]2017182.0
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]20173.89%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]2022413.3
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]2022435.2
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20226.37%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202125.74%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2021€356
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2021$422
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2020€71
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2020$81
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017€10
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017$12
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022€24
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022$26
Moody's Rating [+]03/18/2022Ba3
S&P Rating [+]12/18/2000B+
Corruption Index [+]202243
Competitiveness Ranking [+]2019114º
Fragile States Index [+]201879.6
Innovation Ranking [+]2018100º
Labour
Unemployment rate [+]2019Q43.8%
Unemployed [+]2019Q4177K
NMW [+]2022$88.2
Human Capital Ranking [+]2017128º
Business
Doing Business [+]2020123º
Passengers vehicles Year [+]December 20193,320
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]December 20190.34
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]201545.27
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202118.7%
Standard VAT [+]01/01/201818.00%
Top tax rate + SSC [+]202040.0%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]20171,365,000
Exports [+]2023€4,913.3M
Exports [+]2023$5,312.7M
Exports % GDP [+]202220.63%
Imports [+]2023€10,232.2M
Imports [+]2023$11,064.1M
Imports % GDP [+]202243.58%
Trade balance [+]2023€-5,318.9M
Trade balance [+]2023$-5,751.4M
Trade balance % GDP [+]2022-22.95%
Socio-Demography
Density [+]202186
Global Peace Ranking [+]202352º
Remittance received ($M) [+]20172,237.7
% Immigrant [+]20201.64%
% Emigrant [+]20204.14%
Birth Rate [+]202132.57‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]2017244.5
Crude death rate [+]20215.92‰
Fertility Rate [+]20214.39
% risk of poverty [+]201146.7%
Population [+]202116,876,720
Immigrant stock [+]2020274,929
Emigrant stock [+]2020693,765
HDI [+]20210.511
Gender Gap Ranking [+]2023104º
Life expectancy [+]202167.09
Suicides [+]2015918
Suicide rate [+]20156.30
Number of homicides [+]201539
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]20150.27
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20220.67
Annual crude oil production [+]20239
Consumption GWh [+]20227,025
Generation GWh [+]20227,756
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]04/07/20241,971
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]04/07/202489,067
Fully vaccinated [+]11/12/20231,546,628
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]04/07/2024116.79
Doses administered [+]11/12/20233,179,647