Senegal
Senegal is home to 18.9m people (2025) and has an economy of $37.0bn (2025). Output per person of $1,955 is not ranked. The economy grew 6.7% in 2025, and the IMF expects 6.7% in 2025. Inflation was 1.5% in 2025, with too few peers to compare. 82.9% of people have electricity (2024).
Senegal's growth
Real GDP growth, per cent a year. Open bars are IMF forecasts.
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Farming employs 30% of workers but produces 17% of output
Share of jobs in each broad sector against its share of GDP, latest year. A sector with far more jobs than output has low productivity and room to grow.
Key figures
The bar under each figure places it among the 12 countries of ECOWAS, lowest on the left. Hover for context; select for the data card.Infrastructure in Senegal
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How Senegal generates electricity
Share of electricity generation by source, latest year.
No electricity data for Senegal.
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Trends against ECOWAS
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