International Rankings of Senegal 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Senegal, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Senegal, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	147	1	2018
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	118	152047	0
Internet users - percent of population	144	46 %	2018
Internet users - total	73	6.910 million	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	175	1.35	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	122	207592	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	92	116.37	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	64	17.881 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	118	4.900 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	117	4.139 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	65	3.6 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	100	50.6	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	96	59.3	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	38	91.2	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	111	60.9	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	115	23.576 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	124	27 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	83	15.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	59	71.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	83	42.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	46	25.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	27	3.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	53	16.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	93	24.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	101	58.8 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	52	31.1 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2011
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	26	2.5 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	23	7.7 %	2017
Labor force	66	6.966 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	9	77.5 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	52	22.5 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	161	N/A %	2021
Population below poverty line	23	46.7	2011
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	112	55.324 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	163	3395 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	122	19.6 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	112	8.644 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	82	0	2015
Crude oil - imports	65	17880	2015
Crude oil - production	89	0	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	90	0	2018
Electricity - consumption	133	3.497 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	17	82	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	62	7	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	30	11	2017
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	129	977000 kWh	2016
Electricity - production	124	4.167 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	103	59.460 million cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	81	59.460 million cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	94	0	2012
Refined petroleum products - consumption	103	48000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	94	4063 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	98	32050 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	90	17590 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	94	10.9 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	83	11.74 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	36	37.52 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	67	46.8	2018
Land use - arable land	58	17.4	2018
Land use - forest	59	43.8	2018
Land use - other	159	9.4	2018
Land use - permanent crops	82	0.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	50	29.1	2018
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	43	1.46 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	96	38.970 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	70	2.065 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	114	58.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	135	98.000 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	27	3.59	2025
Urbanization - urban population	127	48.6	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2021
Geography
Area - land	86	192530 sq km	0
Area - total	87	196722 sq km	0
Area - water	90	419288 sq km	0
Coastline	100	531 km	0
Elevation - highest point	190	2.8648 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	143	69 meters	0
Irrigated land	84	1200 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	70	2684 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	67	46.8	2018
Land use - arable land	58	17.4	2018
Land use - forest	59	43.8	2018
Land use - other	159	9.4	2018
Land use - permanent crops	82	0.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	50	29.1	2018
Total renewable water resources	95	38.970 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	18	20.35 %	6084
Age structure - 25-54 years	182	31.95 %	0698
Age structure - 55-64 years	180	4.21 %	8932
Birth rate	26	31.31 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	105	26.9 %	2019
Current Health Expenditure	70	4 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	88	7.55 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	115	5.7 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	33	17.5 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	19	84.2 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	19	78.4 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	49	92.3 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	37	25.5 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	40	16.7 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	24	6.7 % of population	0
Education expenditures	31	4.8 % of GDP	2018
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	35	0.3	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	40	1100	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	52	39000	2020
Hospital bed density	66	0.3 beds/1,000 population	2008
Infant mortality rate - female	28	40.58 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	26	54.66 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	27	47.72 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	175	66.14 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	181	61.59 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	177	63.83 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	31	315	2017
Median age - female	142	20.3 years	2020
Median age - male	137	18.5 years	0
Median age - total	136	19.4 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	57	21.9	2018
Net migration rate	113	1.24 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	109	8.8 %	2016
Physicians density	149	0.07 physicians/1,000 population	2017
Population	71	16.082 million	2021
Population growth rate	31	2.25 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	53	91.2 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	39	51.5 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	39	31.6 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	55	8.8 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	13	9 years	2019
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	13	8 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	13	9 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	14	1.01 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	25	0.99	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	39	0.86	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	47	0.75	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	34	0.77 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	11	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	23	0.94 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	26	3.97 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	131	4.7	2017
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	120	5	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	130	4.8	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	27	3.59	2025
Urbanization - urban population	127	48.6	2021
Transportation
Airports	103	20	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	38	6	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	40	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	43	1	2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	25	2	2017
Airports - with paved runways - total	69	9	2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	23	7	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	55	3	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	86	11	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	66	1	2013
Heliports	26	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	35	40000	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	150	21038	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	91	11	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	26	2	2020
Railways - total	92	906 km	2017
Roadways - paved	87	6126 km	241
Roadways - total	96	16665 km	2017
Waterways	55	1000 km	0

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding Senegal on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Senegal 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Senegal 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.