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Key facts
- Currency: West African CFA franc
- Capital city: Dakar
- Region: Western Africa
- Continent: Africa
- Land area: 192,530 km²
- Population: 17,316,449
- Political Leader: Macky Sall (President)
Latest news (see all)
Russia eyes ports construction in Tanzania, Senegal for exports -- Industry Ministry
Read: TASS News Agency
2024-04-23
Towards the removal of Niokolo-Koba National Park from the List of World Heritage in Danger: UNESCO supports Senegal's National Parks Department
Read: UNESCO World Heritage Centre News
2024-04-15
Senegal's democratic transition 'sends positive message to other regimes', says French FM Sejourne
Read: France 24
2024-04-08
Metrics
General information
Business
Expense | 23.21 % of GDP |
GDP | 27,684,300,000.00 current US$ |
Inflation | 9.70 annual % |
Self-employed | 64.36 % of total employment |
Tax revenue | 18.66 % of GDP |
Unemployment | 2.96 % of total labor force |
Vulnerable employment | 62.55 % of total employment |
Environment
Agricultural land | 95,110.00 km² |
Alternative and nuclear energy | 0.61 % of total energy use |
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) | 10,680.20 kt |
Electricity production from coal sources | 0.00 % of total |
Electricity production from natural gas sources | 4.17 % of total |
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources | 8.65 % of total |
Electricity production from nuclear sources | 0.00 % of total |
Electricity production from oil sources | 83.62 % of total |
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric | 1.77 % of total |
Net energy imports | 52.69 % of energy use |
Fertility rate | 4.39 births per woman |
Forest area | 80,281 km² |
Fossil fuel energy consumption | 53.91 % of total |
Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 | 2,962.71 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Median age | 14.00 years |
Methane emissions | 11,762.80 kt of CO2 equivalent |
Nitrous oxide emissions | 6,023.25 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Female Population | 8,800,406 |
Male Population | 8,516,043 |
Renewable energy consumption | 38.64 % of total final energy consumption |
Rural land area | 194,449.00 km² |
Rural population | 8,816,497 |
Urban land area | 1,566.40 km² |
Urban population | 8,499,952 |
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters | 4.82 % of total population |
Health
Birth rate | 32.57 per 1,000 people |
Death rate | 5.92 per 1,000 people |
Health expenditure per capita | 76.78 current US$ |
Health expenditure | 5.15 % of GDP |
Incidence of HIV | 0.10 per 1,000 uninfected population |
Hospital beds | 0.30 per 1,000 people |
Life expectancy at birth | 67 years |
Suicide mortality rate | 6.00 per 100,000 population |
Other
Access to electricity | 67.98 % of population |
Internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence | 8,400 |
Individuals using the Internet | 58.05 % of population |
Net migration | -19,999 |
Press freedom | 3.03 |
Politics
Armed forces personnel | 19,000 |
Democracy score | 6.15 |
Democracy type | Flawed democracy |
Military expenditure | 1.57 % of GDP |
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments | 44.24 % |
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SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders
Updated: 1 day ago