Dakar, Senegal's place de l'Indépendance: a center of government, banking and trade. In the background is the commercial port and the tourist area, Gorée island.
Trade organisations
AU, AfCFTA, ECOWAS, CEN-SAD, WTO
Country group
Developing/Emerging[1]
Lower-middle income economy[2]
Statistics
Population
18,384,660 (2023)[3]
GDP
$31.22 billion (nominal, 2023 est.)[4]
$64.600 billion (PPP, 2019 est.)[4]
GDP rank
107th (nominal, 2019)
100th (PPP, 2019)
GDP growth
7.1% (2017) 6.8% (2018)
6.3% (2019e) 6.8% (2020f)[5]
GDP per capita
$1,428 (nominal, 2019 est.)[4]
$3,853 (PPP, 2019 est.)[4]
GDP per capita rank
149th (nominal, 2019)
149th (PPP, 2019)
GDP by sector
agriculture: 16.9%
industry: 24.3%
services: 58.8%
(2017 est.)[6]
Inflation (CPI)
1.5% (2020 est.)[4]
Population below poverty line
46.7% (2011 est.)[6]
67.5% on less than $3.20/day (2011)[7]
Gini coefficient
38.1 medium (2018, World Bank)[8]
Human Development Index
0.511 low (2021)[9] (170th)
0.354 low IHDI (2021)[10]
Labour force
4,328,681 (2019)[11]
42.4% employment rate (2015)[12]
Labour force by occupation
agriculture: 77.5%
industry: 22.5%
industry and services: 22.5%
(2007 est.)[6]
Unemployment
15,7% (2017)[13]
Main industries
agricultural and fish processing, phosphate mining, fertilizer production, petroleum refining, zircon, and gold mining, construction materials, ship construction and repair
Main data source:CIA World Fact Book All values, unless otherwise stated, are in US dollars.
The economy of Senegal is driven by mining, construction, tourism, fishing and agriculture, which are the main sources of employment in rural areas, despite abundant natural resources in iron, zircon, gas, gold, phosphates, and numerous oil discoveries recently. Senegal's economy gains most of its foreign exchange from fish, phosphates, groundnuts, tourism, and services. As one of the dominant parts of the economy, the agricultural sector of Senegal is highly vulnerable to environmental conditions, such as variations in rainfall and climate change, and changes in world commodity prices.
Dakar, the former capital of French West Africa, is also home to banks and other institutions which serve all of Francophone West Africa, and is a hub for shipping and transport in the region.
Senegal also has one of the best developed tourist industries in Africa. Senegal's economy depends on foreign assistance. It is a member of the World Trade Organization.
The main obstacles to the economic development of the country are its great corruption with inefficient justice, very slow administrative formalities, and a failing education sector.[14]
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^"World Bank Country and Lending Groups". datahelpdesk.worldbank.org. World Bank. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
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^"Global Economic Prospects, January 2020 : Slow Growth, Policy Challenges" (PDF). openknowledge.worldbank.org. World Bank. p. 147. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
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^"Poverty headcount ratio at $3.20 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population) - Senegal". data.worldbank.org. World Bank. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
^"GINI index (World Bank estimate)". data.worldbank.org. World Bank. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
^"Human Development Index (HDI)". hdr.undp.org. HDRO (Human Development Report Office) United Nations Development Programme. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
^"Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index (IHDI)". hdr.undp.org. HDRO (Human Development Report Office) United Nations Development Programme. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
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^"Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) (national estimate) - Senegal". data.worldbank.org. World Bank. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
^"Le taux de chômage est estimé à 15,7% (T4 2017)", 27 December 2019.
^The Economist, The African Century, March 28th 2020.
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