International Rankings of Senegal 2024, 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	53	1.00	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	124	153813	2020
Internet users - percent of population	61	58.00 %	2021
Internet users - total	61	9.860 million	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	57	2.00	2022
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	110	297046	2022
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	43	120.00	2022
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	62	20.855 million	2022
Economy
Budget - expenditures	114	5.662 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget - revenues	113	4.760 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	65	3.60 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	160	2.215 billion US Dollars	2018
Debt - external	121	8.571 billion US Dollars	2017
Exchange rates	28	554.53	N/A
Exports	128	5.287 billion US Dollars	2018
GDP (official exchange rate)	116	23.576 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	128	27.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	83	15.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	60	71.90 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	85	42.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	47	25.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	27	3.40 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	53	16.90 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	94	24.30 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	108	58.80 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	57	38 %	2018
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	53	31.10 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2011
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	26	2.50 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	N/A
Imports	123	8.960 billion US Dollars	2018
Industrial production growth rate	23	10.91 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	116	2.55 %	2020
Labor force	94	4.377 million US Dollars	2021
Population below poverty line	24	47 %	2011
Public debt	108	48.30 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	109	58.991 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	70	6.06 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	152	3500 US Dollars	2021
Remittances	33	10	2020
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	133	1.827 billion US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	121	16.38 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	168	3.72 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	133	7.50 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	146	3.50 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	143	5.00 %	2021
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	76	1.955 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	115	101000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	98	8.640 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	104	10.696 million	2019
Coal - consumption	77	894000 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	59	894000 metric tons	2020
Electricity - consumption	125	4.736 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	93	324.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	129	1.312 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	120	764.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity access - electrification - rural areas	48	43	2021
Electricity access - electrification - total population	43	68	2021
Electricity access - electrification - urban areas	26	94	2021
Electricity access - population without electricity	21	5.000 million	2020
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	36	2.40 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	49	84.80 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	110	6.30 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	21	6.00 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	68	0.50 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	156	9.221 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	114	60.003 million cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - production	85	60.003 million cubic meters	2019
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	64	20500 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	100	57500 bbl/day	2019
Refined petroleum products - exports	96	4063 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	100	32050 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	92	17590 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	94	11 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	83	12 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	28	38 micrograms per cubic meter	2019
Land use - agricultural land	67	47	2018
Land use - arable land	59	17	2018
Land use - forest	60	44	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	51	29	2018
Revenue from forest resources	45	1 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	100	38.970 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	64	2.760 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	89	58.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	89	260.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	28	3.59	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	120	50	2023
Geography
Area - land	87	192530 sq km	N/A
Area - total	90	196722 sq km	N/A
Area - water	72	4192 sq km	N/A
Coastline	104	531 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	201	3 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	145	69 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	86	1200 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	73	2684 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	67	47	2018
Land use - arable land	59	17	2018
Land use - forest	60	44	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	51	29	2018
Population Density	120	95.49 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	33	2 % of GDP	2022
Population
Birth rate	25	30.80 births/1,000 population	2023
Child marriage - men married by age 18	39	1	2019
Child marriage - women married by age 15	13	9	N/A
Child marriage - women married by age 18	19	31	N/A
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	27	14 %	2019
Contraceptive prevalence rate	106	26.90 %	2019
Current health expenditure	65	5 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	34	65 %	2023
Death rate	77	5.00 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	138	5.70 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	28	17.40 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	23	81.50 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	22	75.80 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	34	96 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - rural	43	21 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	40	13 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	31	4 % of population	N/A
Education expenditures	31	6 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	19	2.03 %	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	47	28.30 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - male	45	35.10 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	47	31.80 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Life expectancy at birth - female	105	72 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - male	103	69 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	103	70 years	2023
Literacy - definition	2	15	N/A
Literacy - female	108	45 %	2021
Literacy - male	82	68 %	N/A
Literacy - total population	97	56 %	N/A
Maternal mortality ratio	35	261.00 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	154	20 years	N/A
Median age - male	156	18 years	N/A
Median age - total	145	19 years	2023
Mother's mean age at first birth	60	22	2019
Net migration rate	66	0.70 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	110	8.80 %	2016
Physicians density	152	0.09 physicians/1,000 population	2019
Population	67	18.385 million	2023
Population growth rate	18	2.52 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	37	94 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	47	45 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	49	26 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	58	6 % of population	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	12	1.04 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	30	0.93 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	36	0.77 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	22	0.97 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	22	4.17 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	28	3.59	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	120	50	2023
Transportation
Airports	108	19	2024
Merchant marine - total	116	36	2023
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	131	40000	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	152	21038	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	91	11.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	26	2	2020
Railways - narrow gauge	32	906	2017
Railways - total	66	906 km	2017
Roadways - paved	60	6126 km	2017
Roadways - total	73	16665 km	2017
Waterways	62	1000 km	2012

*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.

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