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Senegal enjoys a broad range of economic drivers, political stability and a long-range development plan designed to appeal to foreign investors.
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* |
6.6% | 6.4% | 6.2% | 7.2% | 6.2% |
*Estimate
(2016 estimate)
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* |
0.1% | 0.8% | 1.3% | 0.5% | 1.0% |
*Estimate
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* |
44.5% | 47.5% | 61.2% | 61.6% | 63.3% |
*Estimate
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* |
-3.7% | -3.3% | -2.5% | -3.6% | -3.0% |
*Estimate
Standard & Poor's: B+
Moody's: Ba3
Standard & Poor's / Moody's (Updated January 2017)
-8.2% (2017 estimate)
29.2% (2015)
0.02% (2015)
0.02% (2014)
Fish, groundnuts (peanuts), petroleum products, phosphates, cotton
Food and beverages, capital goods, fuels
Mali 12.8%, Switzerland 9.7%, India 5.9%, Cote dIvoire 5.3%, China 5.1%, UAE 4.1%, France 4.1% (2015)
France 17.9%, China 10%, Nigeria 8.7%, India 5.6%, Spain 4.9%, Netherlands 4.5% (2015)
2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
USD 311 million | USD 403 million | USD 345 million |
2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
USD 33 million | USD 27 million | USD 27 million |
2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
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Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.
Overall ranking: 147 out of 190 countries (2017)
Subcategories:
Starting a business: 90 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 144 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 142 out of 190 countries
Getting Credit: 139 out of 190 countries
Protecting Minority Investors: 137 out of 190 countries
Trading Across Borders: 130 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 174 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 139 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 162 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 101 out of 190 countries
112 out of 138 countries
(2016-2017)
Ranking: 111 / Score: 58.09 (Mostly unfree) (2016)
(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)
Muslim 95.4% (most adhere to one of the four main Sufi brotherhoods), Christian 4.2% (mostly Roman Catholic), animist 0.4% (2011 est.)
1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2016* | 2021* |
7.562 million | 9.862 million | 12.951 million | 15.406 million | 17.804 million |
*Estimate
1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2015 |
23% | 36% | 40% | 44% |
Total population: 57.7%
Male: 69.7%
Female: 46.6% (2015 est.)
(age 15 and over can read and write)
28.4% (2011)
40.3 (2011)
(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)
Political Rights: 2
Civil Liberties: 2 (2017)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
Fixed 2.01% Mobile 99.95% (2015)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)