Senegal
Country in Africa
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 18.9M (2025). World rank 68 of 216; in Africa, 25 of 54. Area: 196,722 km². World rank 89 of 249; in Africa, 35 of 59. GDP per person: $1,955 (2025). World rank 177 of 210 (1 = best); in Africa, 26 of 52. From 2015 to 2025: population 14.6M → 18.9M, GDP $17.8B → $37B, and GDP per person $1,218 → $1,955. Better than all its neighbours (Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, and Mauritania): life expectancy.
State
- Official name
- Republic of Senegal
- Local name
- Sénégal
- Capital
- Dakar
- Region
- Africa
- Form of government
- Presidential republic
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Bassirou Diomaye Faye
- Head of government
- Bassirou Diomaye Faye
- Independence
- April 4, 1960
- Women in parliament
- 41.2% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 18,931,966 2025
- Area
- 196,722 km²
- GDP
- $37B 2025
- GDP per person
- $1,955 2025
- Life expectancy
- 68.9 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- French
- Currency
- West African CFA Franc (XOF)
- Time zones
- UTC
- Calling code
- +221
- Emergency numbers
- 17, 18
- Driving side
- Right
- Plug types
- C, E, K
- Mains voltage
- 230 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 531
- Neighbours
- Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania
- Agricultural land
- 49.4% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- unnamed elevation, 648 m
- Lowest point
- Atlantic Ocean, 0 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 69
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 24
- Warmest month in the capital
- October, 28°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- February, 21°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 686 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 96.2 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +2.3% 2025
- Living in cities
- 55.8% 2025
- Net migration per year
- -12.6K 2025
- Born in another country
- 1.5% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 37.7% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 58.6% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 3.7% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 71 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 67 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 3.8 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 29.2 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 5.5 2024
Society
- Religions
- Muslim 97.2% and Christian 2.7% (2019)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 55.5 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 51.1 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 57.5 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 51 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 60.7 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $5,463 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +6.7% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- Lower-middle income
- Gross national income per person
- $1,780 2025
- Inflation
- +1.5% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 36 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 17.1% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 26.2% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 46.3% 2025
- Unemployment
- 2.7% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 3.6% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 38.2% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 32.5% 2025
- Imports, share of GDP
- 38.6% 2025
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- -19.8% 2023
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +0.1% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 10.6% 2023
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 19.5% 2023
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 36.2 2021
- Living on under $3 a day
- 17.9% 2021
Education
- Adult literacy
- 50.4% 2023
- Primary school enrolment
- 85.3% 2024
- Secondary school enrolment
- 44.1% 2023
- Higher education enrolment
- 15.3% 2024
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 6.2% 2023
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 4.3% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $73 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 44.3% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 0.1 2023
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 0.4 2023
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 0.7 2019
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 87% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 28.9 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 36.5 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 237 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 0.3% 2024
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 3.8% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 30.2% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 5.4% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 88% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 62.5% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 39% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 0.3 2015
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 23.5 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 6.8 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 62.7 2025
- Natural hazards
- floods and droughts
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 41.7 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 0.8 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 1.7 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 45% 2024
- Protected areas
- 16.6% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 1,462 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 16.3% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 60.1% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 124 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 4 2024
- Internet domain
- .sn
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 82.9% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 419 2024
- Renewable share of energy use
- 35.4% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 13.3% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 84.4% 2024
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 1,070,961 2023
- Airports
- 20 2025
- Railways, km
- 906 2017
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 0.6% 2015
- Researchers per million people
- 572 2015
- Scientific articles per year
- 490 2023
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 3% 2024