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Society profile

Senegal

Senegal: 43 indicators from open sources, newest value for each.

Demography

Population, total 18.9 MWorld Bank2025 Population aged 0-14 37.7%World Bank2025 Population aged 15-64 58.6%World Bank2025 Population aged 65+ 3.6%World Bank2025 Female share of population 49.2%World Bank2025 Urban population 55.8%World Bank2025 Fertility rate 3.8World Bank2024 Adolescent fertility rate 59.1World Bank2024 Life expectancy at birth 68.9yearsWorld Bank2024 Infant mortality 28.9‰World Bank2024 Net migration -12 636World Bank2025

Education

Adult literacy rate 50.4%World Bank2023 Secondary school enrolment 44.1%World Bank2023 Tertiary enrolment 15.3%World Bank2024 Education spending 6.2%World Bank2023

Income

GDP per capita, PPP $5 463$World Bank2025 GNI per capita, PPP $5 100$World Bank2025 Gini index 36.2World Bank2021 Poverty headcount at $2.15/day 17.9%World Bank2021 Income share held by richest 10% 28.8%World Bank2021

Health

Suicide rate 6.8per 100kWorld Bank2021 Health spending 4.3%World Bank2023

Connectivity

Individuals using the internet 60.1%World Bank2024 Mobile subscriptions 123.9per 100World Bank2024 Access to electricity 82.9%World Bank2024

Environment

CO2 emissions per capita 0.8tWorld Bank2024

Trust People

Most people can be trusted survey70.0%Afrobarometer2022

Trust Institutions

Confidence in the government survey42.7%Afrobarometer2022 Confidence in parliament survey27.3%Afrobarometer2022 Confidence in the police survey76.7%Afrobarometer2022 Confidence in the courts survey48.0%Afrobarometer2022

Gender Roles

Women in national parliament 41.2%World Bank2025

Democracy

It is important to live in a democracy survey84.5%Afrobarometer2022 Satisfied with how democracy works survey48.3%Afrobarometer2022

Immigration Attitudes

Would not want immigrants as neighbours survey15.5%Afrobarometer2022

Employment

Unemployment rate 2.7%World Bank2025 Youth unemployment rate 3.6%World Bank2025 Female labour force participation 38.2%World Bank2025 Male labour force participation 65.7%World Bank2025 Self-employed share 64.3%World Bank2025

Safety

Intentional homicides 0.3per 100kWorld Bank2015 Feels safe walking alone at night survey33.5%Afrobarometer2022

Tolerance

Homosexuality is justifiable survey6.2%Afrobarometer2022

Socially closest countries

  1. Panama80%
  2. Benin80%
  3. Gambia, The75%
  4. Mauritania75%
  5. Jordan73%
  6. Cote d'Ivoire72%

Distance is computed on 9 value questions the two societies were both asked, standardised within each survey so that a different questionnaire does not pass for a different society. Similarity is relative to the widest distance in the world.

Every number carries its source and year. Where a country is missing, it is missing — we do not interpolate.