Africa :: Senegal — The World Factbook - Central Intelligence Agency

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To the north is Mauritania. Photo courtesy of NASA. "> </div> <div class="photo-thumbnail photo-all photo-space" data-photo="photo-item1"> <img src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/attachments/images/thumb/SG_002_large.jpg?1528324799" alt="In the 1940s, Dakar occupied just the southern tip of the Cap Vert Peninsula. Today, the cityscape has sprawled both northward and eastward. In the southern part of this satellite view, piers from the peninsula protrude into the ocean, looking like rows of jagged teeth. Throughout the southern portion of the peninsula, gray hues, straight lines, and sharp angles reveal paved roads and buildings spreading toward the north. In the northwest, a long, straight line outlined by green indicates the runway of Dakar&apos;s airport. East of the airport, a large area of green reveals Technopole, a protected area and popular bird-watching destination. 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Photo courtesy of NASA. </div> </div> <div class="carousel-photo-info"> <div class="photoInfo" style="background-image: url(/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/afr_medium.jpg)"> <div>Dimensions</div><div>File Size</div><div>Download</div> </div> <div class="photoInfo"> <div class="flag_description_text"> 540x418 </div> <div class="flag_description_text"> 34.4 KB </div> <div class="download_link"> <a title="Download" target="_blank" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/attachments/images/large/SG_001_large.jpg?1528324799">Download</a> <a title="Download" class="fa fa-download" target="_blank" aria-hidden="true" aria-label="Icon used to download image" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/attachments/images/large/SG_001_large.jpg?1528324799"></a> </div> </div> <div class="photoInfo" style="background-image: url(/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/afr_medium.jpg)"> Usage </div> <div class="flag_description_text" style="padding:5px"> Factbook photos - obtained from a variety of sources - are in the public domain and are copyright free. <br> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/site-policies/#copy" title="Agency" copyright="" notice="">Agency Copyright Notice</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="item photo-all photo-space" id="photo-item1"> <img src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/attachments/images/large/SG_002_large.jpg?1528324799" alt="In the 1940s, Dakar occupied just the southern tip of the Cap Vert Peninsula. Today, the cityscape has sprawled both northward and eastward. In the southern part of this satellite view, piers from the peninsula protrude into the ocean, looking like rows of jagged teeth. Throughout the southern portion of the peninsula, gray hues, straight lines, and sharp angles reveal paved roads and buildings spreading toward the north. In the northwest, a long, straight line outlined by green indicates the runway of Dakar&apos;s airport. East of the airport, a large area of green reveals Technopole, a protected area and popular bird-watching destination. 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East of the airport, a large area of green reveals Technopole, a protected area and popular bird-watching destination. 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class="field-item" id="nav-field-drinking-water-source"> <a href="#field-anchor-people-and-society-drinking-water-source">Drinking water source</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-education-expenditures"> <a href="#field-anchor-people-and-society-education-expenditures">Education expenditures</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-ethnic-groups"> <a href="#field-anchor-people-and-society-ethnic-groups">Ethnic groups</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-hiv-aids-adult-prevalence-rate"> <a href="#field-anchor-people-and-society-hiv-aids-adult-prevalence-rate">HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-hiv-aids-deaths"> <a href="#field-anchor-people-and-society-hiv-aids-deaths">HIV/AIDS - deaths</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-hiv-aids-people-living-with-hiv-aids"> <a href="#field-anchor-people-and-society-hiv-aids-people-living-with-hiv-aids">HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-hospital-bed-density"> <a href="#field-anchor-people-and-society-hospital-bed-density">Hospital bed density</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-infant-mortality-rate"> <a href="#field-anchor-people-and-society-infant-mortality-rate">Infant mortality rate</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-languages"> <a href="#field-anchor-people-and-society-languages">Languages</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-life-expectancy-at-birth"> <a href="#field-anchor-people-and-society-life-expectancy-at-birth">Life expectancy at birth</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-literacy"> <a href="#field-anchor-people-and-society-literacy">Literacy</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-major-infectious-diseases"> <a href="#field-anchor-people-and-society-major-infectious-diseases">Major infectious diseases</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-major-urban-areas-population"> <a href="#field-anchor-people-and-society-major-urban-areas-population">Major urban areas - population</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-maternal-mortality-rate"> <a href="#field-anchor-people-and-society-maternal-mortality-rate">Maternal mortality rate</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-median-age"> <a href="#field-anchor-people-and-society-median-age">Median age</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-mother-s-mean-age-at-first-birth"> <a href="#field-anchor-people-and-society-mother-s-mean-age-at-first-birth">Mother's mean age at first birth</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-nationality"> <a href="#field-anchor-people-and-society-nationality">Nationality</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-net-migration-rate"> <a href="#field-anchor-people-and-society-net-migration-rate">Net migration rate</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-obesity-adult-prevalence-rate"> <a href="#field-anchor-people-and-society-obesity-adult-prevalence-rate">Obesity - adult prevalence rate</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-physicians-density"> <a href="#field-anchor-people-and-society-physicians-density">Physicians density</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-population"> <a href="#field-anchor-people-and-society-population">Population</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-population-distribution"> <a href="#field-anchor-people-and-society-population-distribution">Population distribution</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-population-growth-rate"> <a href="#field-anchor-people-and-society-population-growth-rate">Population growth rate</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-religions"> <a href="#field-anchor-people-and-society-religions">Religions</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-sanitation-facility-access"> <a href="#field-anchor-people-and-society-sanitation-facility-access">Sanitation facility access</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-school-life-expectancy-primary-to-tertiary-education"> <a href="#field-anchor-people-and-society-school-life-expectancy-primary-to-tertiary-education">School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-sex-ratio"> <a href="#field-anchor-people-and-society-sex-ratio">Sex ratio</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-total-fertility-rate"> <a href="#field-anchor-people-and-society-total-fertility-rate">Total fertility rate</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-unemployment-youth-ages-15-24"> <a href="#field-anchor-people-and-society-unemployment-youth-ages-15-24">Unemployment, youth ages 15-24</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-urbanization"> <a href="#field-anchor-people-and-society-urbanization">Urbanization</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="category-item" id="nav-category-government"> <a href="#government-category-section-anchor">Government</a> <ul class="field-choices"> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-administrative-divisions"> <a href="#field-anchor-government-administrative-divisions">Administrative divisions</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-capital"> <a href="#field-anchor-government-capital">Capital</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-citizenship"> <a href="#field-anchor-government-citizenship">Citizenship</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-constitution"> <a href="#field-anchor-government-constitution">Constitution</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-country-name"> <a href="#field-anchor-government-country-name">Country name</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-diplomatic-representation-from-the-us"> <a href="#field-anchor-government-diplomatic-representation-from-the-us">Diplomatic representation from the US</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-diplomatic-representation-in-the-us"> <a href="#field-anchor-government-diplomatic-representation-in-the-us">Diplomatic representation in the US</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-executive-branch"> <a href="#field-anchor-government-executive-branch">Executive branch</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-flag-description"> <a href="#field-anchor-government-flag-description">Flag description</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-government-type"> <a href="#field-anchor-government-government-type">Government type</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-independence"> <a href="#field-anchor-government-independence">Independence</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-international-law-organization-participation"> <a href="#field-anchor-government-international-law-organization-participation">International law organization participation</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-international-organization-participation"> <a href="#field-anchor-government-international-organization-participation">International organization participation</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-judicial-branch"> <a href="#field-anchor-government-judicial-branch">Judicial branch</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-legal-system"> <a href="#field-anchor-government-legal-system">Legal system</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-legislative-branch"> <a href="#field-anchor-government-legislative-branch">Legislative branch</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-national-anthem"> <a href="#field-anchor-government-national-anthem">National anthem</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-national-holiday"> <a href="#field-anchor-government-national-holiday">National holiday</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-national-symbol-s"> <a href="#field-anchor-government-national-symbol-s">National symbol(s)</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-political-parties-and-leaders"> <a href="#field-anchor-government-political-parties-and-leaders">Political parties and leaders</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-suffrage"> <a href="#field-anchor-government-suffrage">Suffrage</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="category-item" id="nav-category-economy"> <a href="#economy-category-section-anchor">Economy</a> <ul class="field-choices"> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-agriculture-products"> <a href="#field-anchor-economy-agriculture-products">Agriculture - products</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-budget"> <a href="#field-anchor-economy-budget">Budget</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-budget-surplus-or-deficit"> <a href="#field-anchor-economy-budget-surplus-or-deficit">Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-current-account-balance"> <a href="#field-anchor-economy-current-account-balance">Current account balance</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-debt-external"> <a href="#field-anchor-economy-debt-external">Debt - external</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-economy-overview"> <a href="#field-anchor-economy-economy-overview">Economy - overview</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-exchange-rates"> <a href="#field-anchor-economy-exchange-rates">Exchange rates</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-exports"> <a href="#field-anchor-economy-exports">Exports</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-exports-commodities"> <a href="#field-anchor-economy-exports-commodities">Exports - commodities</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-exports-partners"> <a href="#field-anchor-economy-exports-partners">Exports - partners</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-fiscal-year"> <a href="#field-anchor-economy-fiscal-year">Fiscal year</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-gdp-composition-by-end-use"> <a href="#field-anchor-economy-gdp-composition-by-end-use">GDP - composition, by end use</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-gdp-composition-by-sector-of-origin"> <a href="#field-anchor-economy-gdp-composition-by-sector-of-origin">GDP - composition, by sector of origin</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-gdp-per-capita-ppp"> <a href="#field-anchor-economy-gdp-per-capita-ppp">GDP - per capita (PPP)</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-gdp-real-growth-rate"> <a href="#field-anchor-economy-gdp-real-growth-rate">GDP - real growth rate</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-gdp-official-exchange-rate"> <a href="#field-anchor-economy-gdp-official-exchange-rate">GDP (official exchange rate)</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-gdp-purchasing-power-parity"> <a href="#field-anchor-economy-gdp-purchasing-power-parity">GDP (purchasing power parity)</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-gross-national-saving"> <a href="#field-anchor-economy-gross-national-saving">Gross national saving</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-household-income-or-consumption-by-percentage-share"> <a href="#field-anchor-economy-household-income-or-consumption-by-percentage-share">Household income or consumption by percentage share</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-imports"> <a href="#field-anchor-economy-imports">Imports</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-imports-commodities"> <a href="#field-anchor-economy-imports-commodities">Imports - commodities</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-imports-partners"> <a href="#field-anchor-economy-imports-partners">Imports - partners</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-industrial-production-growth-rate"> <a href="#field-anchor-economy-industrial-production-growth-rate">Industrial production growth rate</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-industries"> <a href="#field-anchor-economy-industries">Industries</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-inflation-rate-consumer-prices"> <a href="#field-anchor-economy-inflation-rate-consumer-prices">Inflation rate (consumer prices)</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-labor-force"> <a href="#field-anchor-economy-labor-force">Labor force</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-labor-force-by-occupation"> <a href="#field-anchor-economy-labor-force-by-occupation">Labor force - by occupation</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-population-below-poverty-line"> <a href="#field-anchor-economy-population-below-poverty-line">Population below poverty line</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-public-debt"> <a href="#field-anchor-economy-public-debt">Public debt</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-reserves-of-foreign-exchange-and-gold"> <a href="#field-anchor-economy-reserves-of-foreign-exchange-and-gold">Reserves of foreign exchange and gold</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-taxes-and-other-revenues"> <a href="#field-anchor-economy-taxes-and-other-revenues">Taxes and other revenues</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-unemployment-rate"> <a href="#field-anchor-economy-unemployment-rate">Unemployment rate</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="category-item" id="nav-category-energy"> <a href="#energy-category-section-anchor">Energy</a> <ul class="field-choices"> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-carbon-dioxide-emissions-from-consumption-of-energy"> <a href="#field-anchor-energy-carbon-dioxide-emissions-from-consumption-of-energy">Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-crude-oil-exports"> <a href="#field-anchor-energy-crude-oil-exports">Crude oil - exports</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-crude-oil-imports"> <a href="#field-anchor-energy-crude-oil-imports">Crude oil - imports</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-crude-oil-production"> <a href="#field-anchor-energy-crude-oil-production">Crude oil - production</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-crude-oil-proved-reserves"> <a href="#field-anchor-energy-crude-oil-proved-reserves">Crude oil - proved reserves</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-electricity-consumption"> <a href="#field-anchor-energy-electricity-consumption">Electricity - consumption</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-electricity-exports"> <a href="#field-anchor-energy-electricity-exports">Electricity - exports</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-electricity-from-fossil-fuels"> <a href="#field-anchor-energy-electricity-from-fossil-fuels">Electricity - from fossil fuels</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-electricity-from-hydroelectric-plants"> <a href="#field-anchor-energy-electricity-from-hydroelectric-plants">Electricity - from hydroelectric plants</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-electricity-from-nuclear-fuels"> <a href="#field-anchor-energy-electricity-from-nuclear-fuels">Electricity - from nuclear fuels</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-electricity-from-other-renewable-sources"> <a href="#field-anchor-energy-electricity-from-other-renewable-sources">Electricity - from other renewable sources</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-electricity-imports"> <a href="#field-anchor-energy-electricity-imports">Electricity - imports</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-electricity-installed-generating-capacity"> <a href="#field-anchor-energy-electricity-installed-generating-capacity">Electricity - installed generating capacity</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-electricity-production"> <a href="#field-anchor-energy-electricity-production">Electricity - production</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-electricity-access"> <a href="#field-anchor-energy-electricity-access">Electricity access</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-natural-gas-consumption"> <a href="#field-anchor-energy-natural-gas-consumption">Natural gas - consumption</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-natural-gas-exports"> <a href="#field-anchor-energy-natural-gas-exports">Natural gas - exports</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-natural-gas-imports"> <a href="#field-anchor-energy-natural-gas-imports">Natural gas - imports</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-natural-gas-production"> <a href="#field-anchor-energy-natural-gas-production">Natural gas - production</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-natural-gas-proved-reserves"> <a href="#field-anchor-energy-natural-gas-proved-reserves">Natural gas - proved reserves</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-refined-petroleum-products-consumption"> <a href="#field-anchor-energy-refined-petroleum-products-consumption">Refined petroleum products - consumption</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-refined-petroleum-products-exports"> <a href="#field-anchor-energy-refined-petroleum-products-exports">Refined petroleum products - exports</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-refined-petroleum-products-imports"> <a href="#field-anchor-energy-refined-petroleum-products-imports">Refined petroleum products - imports</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-refined-petroleum-products-production"> <a href="#field-anchor-energy-refined-petroleum-products-production">Refined petroleum products - production</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="category-item" id="nav-category-communications"> <a href="#communications-category-section-anchor">Communications</a> <ul class="field-choices"> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-broadband-fixed-subscriptions"> <a href="#field-anchor-communications-broadband-fixed-subscriptions">Broadband - fixed subscriptions</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-broadcast-media"> <a href="#field-anchor-communications-broadcast-media">Broadcast media</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-internet-country-code"> <a href="#field-anchor-communications-internet-country-code">Internet country code</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-internet-users"> <a href="#field-anchor-communications-internet-users">Internet users</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-telecommunication-systems"> <a href="#field-anchor-communications-telecommunication-systems">Telecommunication systems</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-telephones-fixed-lines"> <a href="#field-anchor-communications-telephones-fixed-lines">Telephones - fixed lines</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-telephones-mobile-cellular"> <a href="#field-anchor-communications-telephones-mobile-cellular">Telephones - mobile cellular</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="category-item" id="nav-category-military-and-security"> <a href="#military-and-security-category-section-anchor">Military and Security</a> <ul class="field-choices"> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-military-and-security-forces"> <a href="#field-anchor-military-and-security-military-and-security-forces">Military and security forces</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-military-and-security-service-personnel-strengths"> <a href="#field-anchor-military-and-security-military-and-security-service-personnel-strengths">Military and security service personnel strengths</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-military-deployments"> <a href="#field-anchor-military-and-security-military-deployments">Military deployments</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-military-equipment-inventories-and-acquisitions"> <a href="#field-anchor-military-and-security-military-equipment-inventories-and-acquisitions">Military equipment inventories and acquisitions</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-military-expenditures"> <a href="#field-anchor-military-and-security-military-expenditures">Military expenditures</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-military-service-age-and-obligation"> <a href="#field-anchor-military-and-security-military-service-age-and-obligation">Military service age and obligation</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="category-item" id="nav-category-transportation"> <a href="#transportation-category-section-anchor">Transportation</a> <ul class="field-choices"> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-airports"> <a href="#field-anchor-transportation-airports">Airports</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-airports-with-paved-runways"> <a href="#field-anchor-transportation-airports-with-paved-runways">Airports - with paved runways</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-airports-with-unpaved-runways"> <a href="#field-anchor-transportation-airports-with-unpaved-runways">Airports - with unpaved runways</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-civil-aircraft-registration-country-code-prefix"> <a href="#field-anchor-transportation-civil-aircraft-registration-country-code-prefix">Civil aircraft registration country code prefix</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-merchant-marine"> <a href="#field-anchor-transportation-merchant-marine">Merchant marine</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-national-air-transport-system"> <a href="#field-anchor-transportation-national-air-transport-system">National air transport system</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-pipelines"> <a href="#field-anchor-transportation-pipelines">Pipelines</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-ports-and-terminals"> <a href="#field-anchor-transportation-ports-and-terminals">Ports and terminals</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-railways"> <a href="#field-anchor-transportation-railways">Railways</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-roadways"> <a href="#field-anchor-transportation-roadways">Roadways</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-waterways"> <a href="#field-anchor-transportation-waterways">Waterways</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="category-item" id="nav-category-transnational-issues"> <a href="#transnational-issues-category-section-anchor">Transnational Issues</a> <ul class="field-choices"> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-disputes-international"> <a href="#field-anchor-transnational-issues-disputes-international">Disputes - international</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-illicit-drugs"> <a href="#field-anchor-transnational-issues-illicit-drugs">Illicit drugs</a> </li> <li class="field-item" id="nav-field-refugees-and-internally-displaced-persons"> <a href="#field-anchor-transnational-issues-refugees-and-internally-displaced-persons">Refugees and internally displaced persons</a> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul class="expandcollapse"> <li id="introduction-category-section-anchor"> <a href="#" class="tabHead"> <div class="question afr_med" sectiontitle="Introduction" ccode="sg" style="border-bottom: 2px solid white;"> Introduction :: <span class="region">Senegal</span> </div> </a> </li> <li id="introduction-category-section"> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-introduction-background"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Background field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#325">Background</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry usually highlights major historic events and current issues and may include a statement about one or two key future trends. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/325.html#SG"><img alt="Background field listing" title="Background field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-background"> <div class="category_data subfield text"> The French colonies of Senegal and French Sudan were merged in 1959 and granted independence in 1960 as the Mali Federation. The union broke up after only a few months. Senegal joined with The Gambia to form the nominal confederation of Senegambia in 1982. The envisaged integration of the two countries was never implemented, and the union was dissolved in 1989. The Movement of Democratic Forces in the Casamance has led a low-level separatist insurgency in southern Senegal since the 1980s. Several attempts at reaching a comprehensive peace agreement have failed to resolve the conflict but, despite sporadic incidents of violence, an unofficial cease-fire has remained largely in effect since 2012. Senegal remains one of the most stable democracies in Africa and has a long history of participating in international peacekeeping and regional mediation. Senegal was ruled by the Socialist Party of Senegal, first under President Léopold Sédar SENGHOR, and then President Abdou DIOUF, for 40 years until Abdoulaye WADE was elected president in 2000. He was re-elected in 2007 and during his two terms amended Senegal's constitution over a dozen times to increase executive power and weaken the opposition. His decision to run for a third presidential term sparked a large public backlash that led to his defeat in a March 2012 runoff with Macky SALL. A 2016 constitutional referendum reduced the term to five years with a maximum of two consecutive terms for future presidents - the change did not apply to SALL's first term. SALL won his bid for re-election in February 2019; his term will end in 2024. A month after the election, the National Assembly voted to abolish the office of the prime minister. Opposition organizations and civil society have criticized the decision as a further concentration of power in the executive branch at the expense of the legislative and judicial branches. </div> </div> </li> <li id="geography-category-section-anchor"> <a href="#" class="tabHead"> <div class="question afr_med" sectiontitle="Geography" ccode="sg" style="border-bottom: 2px solid white;"> Geography :: <span class="region">Senegal</span> </div> </a> </li> <li id="geography-category-section"> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-geography-location"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Location field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#276">Location</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry identifies the country's regional location, neighboring countries, and adjacent bodies of water. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/276.html#SG"><img alt="Location field listing" title="Location field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-location"> <div class="category_data subfield text"> Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea-Bissau and Mauritania </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-geography-geographic-coordinates"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Geographic coordinates field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#277">Geographic coordinates</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry includes rounded latitude and longitude figures for the centroid or center point of a country expressed in degrees and minutes; it is based on the locations provided in the Geographic Names Server (GNS), maintained by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency on behalf of the US Board on Geographic Names. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/277.html#SG"><img alt="Geographic coordinates field listing" title="Geographic coordinates field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-geographic-coordinates"> <div class="category_data subfield text"> 14 00 N, 14 00 W </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-geography-map-references"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Map references field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#278">Map references</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry includes the name of the Factbook reference map on which a country may be found. Note that boundary representations on these maps are not necessarily authoritative. The entry on Geographic coordinates may be helpful in finding some smaller countries. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/278.html#SG"><img alt="Map references field listing" title="Map references field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-map-references"> <div class="category_data subfield text"> Africa </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-geography-area"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Area field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#279">Area</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry includes three subfields. Total area is the sum of all land and water areas delimited by international boundaries and/or coastlines. Land area is the aggregate of all surfaces delimited by international boundaries and/or coastlines, excluding inland water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, rivers). Water area is the sum of the surfaces of all inland water bodies, such as lakes, reservoirs, or rivers, as delimited by international boundaries and/or coastlines. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/279.html#SG"><img alt="Area field listing" title="Area field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-area"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">total:</span> <span class="subfield-number">196,722 sq km</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">land:</span> <span class="subfield-number">192,530 sq km</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">water:</span> <span class="subfield-number">4,192 sq km</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> </div> <div> <span class="category">country comparison to the world:</span> <span class="category_data"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/279rank.html#SG">89</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-geography-area-comparative"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Area - comparative field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#280">Area - comparative</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry provides an area comparison based on total area equivalents. Most entities are compared with the entire US or one of the 50 states based on area measurements (1990 revised) provided by the US Bureau of the Census. The smaller entities are compared with Washington, DC (178 sq km, 69 sq mi) or The Mall in Washington, DC (0.59 sq km, 0.23 sq mi, 146 acres). </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/280.html#SG"><img alt="Area - comparative field listing" title="Area - comparative field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-area-comparative"> <div class="category_data subfield text"> slightly smaller than South Dakota; slightly larger than twice the size of Indiana </div> <div class="category_data attachment"> <span class="subfield-name">Area comparison map:</span> <a data-toggle="modal" href="#imageModal4633" class="category_image_link"> <img alt="Area comparison map" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/attachments/images/thumb/SG_area.jpg?1562691350"/> </a> <div class="modal fade cntryModal" id="imageModal4633" role="dialog" aria-label="modal dialog used to display image(s) associated with a field" aria-labelledby="imageModalLabel"> <div class="wfb-modal-dialog"> <div class="modal-content"> <div class="wfb-modal-header"> <span class="modal-title wfb-title">The World Factbook</span> <span class="sr-only" id="imageModalLabel">Field Image Modal</span> <span style="float: right; margin-top: -4px;"> <button type="button" class="close" title="close" data-dismiss="modal">×</button> </span> </div> <div class="wfb-modal-body"> <div class="region1 geos_title afr_dark"> Africa <strong>::</strong> <span class="region_name1 countryName">Senegal</span> <span class="btn-print"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/attachments/images/large/SG_area.jpg?1562691350"> <i class="fa fa-print" aria-hidden="true"></i> <span class="sr-only">Print</span> </a> </span> </div> <div class="afr_bkgrnd"> <div class="modalImageBox"> <img class="afr_lgflagborder" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/attachments/images/large/SG_area.jpg?1562691350" alt="Area comparison map"> </div> <div class="modalImageDesc"> <div class="header" style="background-image: url(/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/afr_medium.jpg)"> Image Description </div> <div class="photogallery_captiontext"> <p>slightly smaller than South Dakota; slightly larger than twice the size of Indiana</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-geography-land-boundaries"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Land boundaries field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#281">Land boundaries</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry contains the total length of all land boundaries and the individual lengths for each of the contiguous border countries. When available, official lengths published by national statistical agencies are used. Because surveying methods may differ, country border lengths reported by contiguous countries may differ. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/281.html#SG"><img alt="Land boundaries field listing" title="Land boundaries field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-land-boundaries"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">total:</span> <span class="subfield-number">2,684 km</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield text"> <span class="subfield-name">border countries (5):</span> The Gambia 749 km, Guinea 363 km, Guinea-Bissau 341 km, Mali 489 km, Mauritania 742 km </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-geography-coastline"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Coastline field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#282">Coastline</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry gives the total length of the boundary between the land area (including islands) and the sea. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/282.html#SG"><img alt="Coastline field listing" title="Coastline field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-coastline"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-number">531 km</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-geography-maritime-claims"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Maritime claims field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#283">Maritime claims</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry includes the following claims, the definitions of which are excerpted from the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which alone contains the full and definitive descriptions: territorial sea - the sovereignty of a coastal state extends beyond its land territory and internal waters to an adjacent belt of sea, described as the territorial sea in the UNCLOS (Part II); this sovereignty extends to the air space over the territorial sea as well as its underlying s . . . <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#283">more</a> </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/283.html#SG"><img alt="Maritime claims field listing" title="Maritime claims field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-maritime-claims"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">territorial sea:</span> <span class="subfield-number">12</span> <span class="subfield-note">nm</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">exclusive economic zone:</span> <span class="subfield-number">200</span> <span class="subfield-note">nm</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">contiguous zone:</span> <span class="subfield-number">24</span> <span class="subfield-note">nm</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">continental shelf:</span> <span class="subfield-number">200</span> <span class="subfield-note">nm or to the edge of the continental margin</span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-geography-climate"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Climate field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#284">Climate</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry includes a brief description of typical weather regimes throughout the year; in the Word entry only, it includes four subfields that describe climate extremes:ten driest places on earth (average annual precipitation) describes the annual average precipitation measured in both millimeters and inches for selected countries with climate extremes. ten wettest places on earth (average annual precipitation) describes the annual average precipitation measured in both millimeters and i . . . <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#284">more</a> </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/284.html#SG"><img alt="Climate field listing" title="Climate field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-climate"> <div class="category_data subfield text"> tropical; hot, humid; rainy season (May to November) has strong southeast winds; dry season (December to April) dominated by hot, dry, harmattan wind </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-geography-terrain"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Terrain field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#285">Terrain</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry contains a brief description of the topography. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/285.html#SG"><img alt="Terrain field listing" title="Terrain field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-terrain"> <div class="category_data subfield text"> generally low, rolling, plains rising to foothills in southeast </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-geography-elevation"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Elevation field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#407">Elevation</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry includes the mean elevation and elevation extremes, lowest point and highest point. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/407.html#SG"><img alt="Elevation field listing" title="Elevation field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-elevation"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">mean elevation:</span> <span class="subfield-number">69 m</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield text"> <span class="subfield-name">lowest point:</span> Atlantic Ocean 0 m </div> <div class="category_data subfield text"> <span class="subfield-name">highest point:</span> unnamed elevation 2.8 km southeast of Nepen Diaka 648 m </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-geography-natural-resources"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Natural resources field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#287">Natural resources</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry lists a country's mineral, petroleum, hydropower, and other resources of commercial importance, such as rare earth elements (REEs). In general, products appear only if they make a significant contribution to the economy, or are likely to do so in the future. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/287.html#SG"><img alt="Natural resources field listing" title="Natural resources field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-natural-resources"> <div class="category_data subfield text"> fish, phosphates, iron ore </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-geography-land-use"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Land use field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#288">Land use</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry contains the percentage shares of total land area for three different types of land use: agricultural land, forest, and other; agricultural land is further divided into arable land - land cultivated for crops like wheat, maize, and rice that are replanted after each harvest, permanent crops - land cultivated for crops like citrus, coffee, and rubber that are not replanted after each harvest, and includes land under flowering shrubs, fruit trees, nut trees, and vines, and permane . . . <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#288">more</a> </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/288.html#SG"><img alt="Land use field listing" title="Land use field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-land-use"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">agricultural land:</span> <span class="subfield-number">46.8%</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2011">(2011 est.)</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield grouped_subfield"> <span class="subfield-name">arable land:</span> <span class="subfield-number">17.4%</span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2011">(2011 est.)</span> / <span class="subfield-name">permanent crops:</span> <span class="subfield-number">0.3%</span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2011">(2011 est.)</span> / <span class="subfield-name">permanent pasture:</span> <span class="subfield-number">29.1%</span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2011">(2011 est.)</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">forest:</span> <span class="subfield-number">43.8%</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2011">(2011 est.)</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">other:</span> <span class="subfield-number">9.4%</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2011">(2011 est.)</span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-geography-irrigated-land"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Irrigated land field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#289">Irrigated land</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry gives the number of square kilometers of land area that is artificially supplied with water. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/289.html#SG"><img alt="Irrigated land field listing" title="Irrigated land field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-irrigated-land"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-number">1,200 sq km</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2012">(2012)</span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-geography-population-distribution"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Population distribution field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#348">Population distribution</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry provides a summary description of the population dispersion within a country. While it may suggest population density, it does not provide density figures. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/348.html#SG"><img alt="Population distribution field listing" title="Population distribution field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-population-distribution"> <div class="category_data subfield text"> the population is concentrated in the west, with Dakar anchoring a well-defined core area; approximately 70% of the population is rural </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-geography-natural-hazards"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Natural hazards field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#292">Natural hazards</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry lists potential natural disasters. For countries where volcanic activity is common, a volcanism subfield highlights historically active volcanoes. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/292.html#SG"><img alt="Natural hazards field listing" title="Natural hazards field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-natural-hazards"> <div class="category_data subfield text"> lowlands seasonally flooded; periodic droughts </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-geography-environment-current-issues"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Environment - current issues field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#293">Environment - current issues</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry lists the most pressing and important environmental problems. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry: Acidification - the lowering of soil and water pH due to acid precipitation and deposition usually through precipitation; this process disrupts ecosystem nutrient flows and may kill freshwater fish and plants dependent on more neutral or alkaline conditions (see acid rain). Acid rain - characterized as containing harmful levels of sulfur dioxi . . . <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#293">more</a> </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/293.html#SG"><img alt="Environment - current issues field listing" title="Environment - current issues field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-environment-current-issues"> <div class="category_data subfield text"> deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification; periodic droughts; seasonal flooding; overfishing; weak environmental protective laws; wildlife populations threatened by poaching </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-geography-environment-international-agreements"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Environment - international agreements field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#294">Environment - international agreements</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry separates country participation in international environmental agreements into two levels - party to and signed, but not ratified. Agreements are listed in alphabetical order by the abbreviated form of the full name. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/294.html#SG"><img alt="Environment - international agreements field listing" title="Environment - international agreements field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-environment-international-agreements"> <div class="category_data subfield text"> <span class="subfield-name">party to:</span> Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling </div> <div class="category_data subfield text"> <span class="subfield-name">signed, but not ratified:</span> none of the selected agreements </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-geography-geography-note"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Geography - note field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#295">Geography - note</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry includes miscellaneous geographic information of significance not included elsewhere. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/295.html#SG"><img alt="Geography - note field listing" title="Geography - note field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-geography-note"> <div class="category_data subfield text"> westernmost country on the African continent; The Gambia is almost an enclave within Senegal </div> </div> </li> <li id="people-and-society-category-section-anchor"> <a href="#" class="tabHead"> <div class="question afr_med" sectiontitle="People and Society" ccode="sg" style="border-bottom: 2px solid white;"> People and Society :: <span class="region">Senegal</span> </div> </a> </li> <li id="people-and-society-category-section"> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-people-and-society-population"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Population field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#335">Population</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry gives an estimate from the US Bureau of the Census based on statistics from population censuses, vital statistics registration systems, or sample surveys pertaining to the recent past and on assumptions about future trends. The total population presents one overall measure of the potential impact of the country on the world and within its region. Note: Starting with the 1993 Factbook, demographic estimates for some countries (mostly African) have explicitly taken into account t . . . <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#335">more</a> </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/335.html#SG"><img alt="Population field listing" title="Population field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-population"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-number">15,736,368</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: July 2020">(July 2020 est.)</span> </div> <div> <span class="category">country comparison to the world:</span> <span class="category_data"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/335rank.html#SG">72</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-people-and-society-nationality"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Nationality field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#336">Nationality</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry provides the identifying terms for citizens - noun and adjective. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/336.html#SG"><img alt="Nationality field listing" title="Nationality field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-nationality"> <div class="category_data subfield text"> <span class="subfield-name">noun:</span> Senegalese (singular and plural) </div> <div class="category_data subfield text"> <span class="subfield-name">adjective:</span> Senegalese </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-people-and-society-ethnic-groups"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Ethnic groups field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#400">Ethnic groups</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry provides an ordered listing of ethnic groups starting with the largest and normally includes the percent of total population. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/400.html#SG"><img alt="Ethnic groups field listing" title="Ethnic groups field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-ethnic-groups"> <div class="category_data subfield text"> Wolof 37.1%, Pular 26.2%, Serer 17%, Mandinka 5.6%, Jola 4.5%, Soninke 1.4%, other 8.3% (includes Europeans and persons of Lebanese descent) <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2017 est.">(2017 est.)</span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-people-and-society-languages"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Languages field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#402">Languages</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry provides a listing of languages spoken in each country and specifies any that are official national or regional languages. When data is available, the languages spoken in each country are broken down according to the percent of the total population speaking each language as a first language. For those countries without available data, languages are listed in rank order based on prevalence, starting with the most-spoken language. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/402.html#SG"><img alt="Languages field listing" title="Languages field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-languages"> <div class="category_data subfield text"> French (official), Wolof, Pular, Jola, Mandinka, Serer, Soninke </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-people-and-society-religions"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Religions field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#401">Religions</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry is an ordered listing of religions by adherents starting with the largest group and sometimes includes the percent of total population. The core characteristics and beliefs of the world's major religions are described below. Baha'i - Founded by Mirza Husayn-Ali (known as Baha'u'llah) in Iran in 1852, Baha'i faith emphasizes monotheism and believes in one eternal transcendent God. Its guiding focus is to encourage the unity of all peoples on the earth so that justice and peace m . . . <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#401">more</a> </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/401.html#SG"><img alt="Religions field listing" title="Religions field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-religions"> <div class="category_data subfield text"> Muslim 95.9% (most adhere to one of the four main Sufi brotherhoods), Christian 4.1% (mostly Roman Catholic) <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2016 est.">(2016 est.)</span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-people-and-society-demographic-profile"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Demographic profile field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#340">Demographic profile</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry describes a country’s key demographic features and trends and how they vary among regional, ethnic, and socioeconomic sub-populations. Some of the topics addressed are population age structure, fertility, health, mortality, poverty, education, and migration. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/340.html#SG"><img alt="Demographic profile field listing" title="Demographic profile field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-demographic-profile"> <div class="category_data subfield text"> <p>Senegal has a large and growing youth population but has not been successful in developing its potential human capital. Senegal’s high total fertility rate of almost 4.5 children per woman continues to bolster the country’s large youth cohort – more than 60% of the population is under the age of 25. Fertility remains high because of the continued desire for large families, the low use of family planning, and early childbearing. Because of the country’s high illiteracy rate (more than 40%), high unemployment (even among university graduates), and widespread poverty, Senegalese youths face dim prospects; women are especially disadvantaged.</p><p>Senegal historically was a destination country for economic migrants, but in recent years West African migrants more often use Senegal as a transit point to North Africa – and sometimes illegally onward to Europe. The country also has been host to several thousand black Mauritanian refugees since they were expelled from their homeland during its 1989 border conflict with Senegal. The country’s economic crisis in the 1970s stimulated emigration; departures accelerated in the 1990s. Destinations shifted from neighboring countries, which were experiencing economic decline, civil wars, and increasing xenophobia, to Libya and Mauritania because of their booming oil industries and to developed countries (most notably former colonial ruler France, as well as Italy and Spain). The latter became attractive in the 1990s because of job opportunities and their periodic regularization programs (legalizing the status of illegal migrants).</p><p>Additionally, about 16,000 Senegalese refugees still remain in The Gambia and Guinea-Bissau as a result of more than 30 years of fighting between government forces and rebel separatists in southern Senegal’s Casamance region.</p> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-people-and-society-age-structure"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Age structure field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#341">Age structure</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry provides the distribution of the population according to age. Information is included by sex and age group as follows: 0-14 years (children), 15-24 years (early working age), 25-54 years (prime working age), 55-64 years (mature working age), 65 years and over (elderly). The age structure of a population affects a nation's key socioeconomic issues. Countries with young populations (high percentage under age 15) need to invest more in schools, while countries with older population . . . <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#341">more</a> </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/341.html#SG"><img alt="Age structure field listing" title="Age structure field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-age-structure"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">0-14 years:</span> <span class="subfield-number">40.38%</span> <span class="subfield-note">(male 3,194,454/female 3,160,111)</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">15-24 years:</span> <span class="subfield-number">20.35%</span> <span class="subfield-note">(male 1,596,896/female 1,606,084)</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">25-54 years:</span> <span class="subfield-number">31.95%</span> <span class="subfield-note">(male 2,327,424/female 2,700,698)</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">55-64 years:</span> <span class="subfield-number">4.21%</span> <span class="subfield-note">(male 283,480/female 378,932)</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">65 years and over:</span> <span class="subfield-number">3.1%</span> <span class="subfield-note">(male 212,332/female 275,957)</span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2020">(2020 est.)</span> </div> <div class="category_data attachment"> <span class="subfield-name">population pyramid:</span> <a data-toggle="modal" href="#imageModal5272" class="category_image_link"> <img alt="population pyramid" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/attachments/images/thumb/SG_popgraph2020.JPG?1584364295"/> </a> <div class="modal fade cntryModal" id="imageModal5272" role="dialog" aria-label="modal dialog used to display image(s) associated with a field" aria-labelledby="imageModalLabel"> <div class="wfb-modal-dialog"> <div class="modal-content"> <div class="wfb-modal-header"> <span class="modal-title wfb-title">The World Factbook</span> <span class="sr-only" id="imageModalLabel">Field Image Modal</span> <span style="float: right; margin-top: -4px;"> <button type="button" class="close" title="close" data-dismiss="modal">×</button> </span> </div> <div class="wfb-modal-body"> <div class="region1 geos_title afr_dark"> Africa <strong>::</strong> <span class="region_name1 countryName">Senegal</span> <span class="btn-print"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/attachments/images/large/SG_popgraph2020.JPG?1584364295"> <i class="fa fa-print" aria-hidden="true"></i> <span class="sr-only">Print</span> </a> </span> </div> <div class="afr_bkgrnd"> <div class="modalImageBox"> <img class="afr_lgflagborder" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/attachments/images/large/SG_popgraph2020.JPG?1584364295" alt="population pyramid"> </div> <div class="modalImageDesc"> <div class="header" style="background-image: url(/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/afr_medium.jpg)"> Image Description </div> <div class="photogallery_captiontext"> This is the population pyramid for Senegal. A population pyramid illustrates the age and sex structure of a country's population and may provide insights about political and social stability, as well as economic development. The population is distributed along the horizontal axis, with males shown on the left and females on the right. The male and female populations are broken down into 5-year age groups represented as horizontal bars along the vertical axis, with the youngest age groups at the bottom and the oldest at the top. The shape of the population pyramid gradually evolves over time based on fertility, mortality, and international migration trends. <br/><br/>For additional information, please see the entry for Population pyramid on the Definitions and Notes page under the References tab. </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-people-and-society-dependency-ratios"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Dependency ratios field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#342">Dependency ratios</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> Dependency ratios are a measure of the age structure of a population. They relate the number of individuals that are likely to be economically "dependent" on the support of others. Dependency ratios contrast the ratio of youths (ages 0-14) and the elderly (ages 65+) to the number of those in the working-age group (ages 15-64). Changes in the dependency ratio provide an indication of potential social support requirements resulting from changes in population age structures. As fertility leve . . . <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#342">more</a> </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/342.html#SG"><img alt="Dependency ratios field listing" title="Dependency ratios field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-dependency-ratios"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">total dependency ratio:</span> <span class="subfield-number">84.2</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">youth dependency ratio:</span> <span class="subfield-number">78.4</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">elderly dependency ratio:</span> <span class="subfield-number">5.7</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">potential support ratio:</span> <span class="subfield-number">17.5</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2020">(2020 est.)</span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-people-and-society-median-age"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Median age field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#343">Median age</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry is the age that divides a population into two numerically equal groups; that is, half the people are younger than this age and half are older. It is a single index that summarizes the age distribution of a population. Currently, the median age ranges from a low of about 15 in Niger and Uganda to 40 or more in several European countries and Japan. See the entry for "Age structure" for the importance of a young versus an older age structure and, by implication, a low versus a high . . . <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#343">more</a> </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/343.html#SG"><img alt="Median age field listing" title="Median age field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-median-age"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">total:</span> <span class="subfield-number">19.4 years</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">male:</span> <span class="subfield-number">18.5 years</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">female:</span> <span class="subfield-number">20.3 years</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2020">(2020 est.)</span> </div> <div> <span class="category">country comparison to the world:</span> <span class="category_data"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/343rank.html#SG">204</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-people-and-society-population-growth-rate"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Population growth rate field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#344">Population growth rate</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> The average annual percent change in the population, resulting from a surplus (or deficit) of births over deaths and the balance of migrants entering and leaving a country. The rate may be positive or negative. The growth rate is a factor in determining how great a burden would be imposed on a country by the changing needs of its people for infrastructure (e.g., schools, hospitals, housing, roads), resources (e.g., food, water, electricity), and jobs. Rapid population growth can be seen as . . . <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#344">more</a> </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/344.html#SG"><img alt="Population growth rate field listing" title="Population growth rate field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-population-growth-rate"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-number">2.31%</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2020">(2020 est.)</span> </div> <div> <span class="category">country comparison to the world:</span> <span class="category_data"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/344rank.html#SG">30</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-people-and-society-birth-rate"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Birth rate field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#345">Birth rate</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry gives the average annual number of births during a year per 1,000 persons in the population at midyear; also known as crude birth rate. The birth rate is usually the dominant factor in determining the rate of population growth. It depends on both the level of fertility and the age structure of the population. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/345.html#SG"><img alt="Birth rate field listing" title="Birth rate field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-birth-rate"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-number">31.8 births/1,000 population</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2020">(2020 est.)</span> </div> <div> <span class="category">country comparison to the world:</span> <span class="category_data"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/345rank.html#SG">29</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-people-and-society-death-rate"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Death rate field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#346">Death rate</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry gives the average annual number of deaths during a year per 1,000 population at midyear; also known as crude death rate. The death rate, while only a rough indicator of the mortality situation in a country, accurately indicates the current mortality impact on population growth. This indicator is significantly affected by age distribution, and most countries will eventually show a rise in the overall death rate, in spite of continued decline in mortality at all ages, as declining . . . <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#346">more</a> </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/346.html#SG"><img alt="Death rate field listing" title="Death rate field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-death-rate"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-number">7.6 deaths/1,000 population</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2020">(2020 est.)</span> </div> <div> <span class="category">country comparison to the world:</span> <span class="category_data"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/346rank.html#SG">102</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-people-and-society-net-migration-rate"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Net migration rate field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#347">Net migration rate</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry includes the figure for the difference between the number of persons entering and leaving a country during the year per 1,000 persons (based on midyear population). An excess of persons entering the country is referred to as net immigration (e.g., 3.56 migrants/1,000 population); an excess of persons leaving the country as net emigration (e.g., -9.26 migrants/1,000 population). The net migration rate indicates the contribution of migration to the overall level of population chan . . . <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#347">more</a> </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/347.html#SG"><img alt="Net migration rate field listing" title="Net migration rate field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-net-migration-rate"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-number">-1.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2020">(2020 est.)</span> </div> <div> <span class="category">country comparison to the world:</span> <span class="category_data"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/347rank.html#SG">149</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-people-and-society-population-distribution"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Population distribution field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#348">Population distribution</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry provides a summary description of the population dispersion within a country. While it may suggest population density, it does not provide density figures. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/348.html#SG"><img alt="Population distribution field listing" title="Population distribution field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-population-distribution"> <div class="category_data subfield text"> the population is concentrated in the west, with Dakar anchoring a well-defined core area; approximately 70% of the population is rural </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-people-and-society-urbanization"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Urbanization field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#349">Urbanization</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry provides two measures of the degree of urbanization of a population. The first, urban population, describes the percentage of the total population living in urban areas, as defined by the country. The second, rate of urbanization, describes the projected average rate of change of the size of the urban population over the given period of time. It is possible for a country with a 100% urban population to still display a change in the rate of urbanization (up or down). For example . . . <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#349">more</a> </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/349.html#SG"><img alt="Urbanization field listing" title="Urbanization field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-urbanization"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">urban population:</span> <span class="subfield-number">48.1% of total population</span> <span class="subfield-note">(2020)</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">rate of urbanization:</span> <span class="subfield-number">3.73% annual rate of change</span> <span class="subfield-note">(2015-20 est.)</span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-people-and-society-major-urban-areas-population"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Major urban areas - population field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#350">Major urban areas - population</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry provides the population of the capital and up to six major cities defined as urban agglomerations with populations of at least 750,000 people. An urban agglomeration is defined as comprising the city or town proper and also the suburban fringe or thickly settled territory lying outside of, but adjacent to, the boundaries of the city. For smaller countries, lacking urban centers of 750,000 or more, only the population of the capital is presented. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/350.html#SG"><img alt="Major urban areas - population field listing" title="Major urban areas - population field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-major-urban-areas-population"> <div class="category_data subfield text"> 3.140 million DAKAR (capital) <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2020">(2020)</span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-people-and-society-sex-ratio"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Sex ratio field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#351">Sex ratio</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry includes the number of males for each female in five age groups - at birth, under 15 years, 15-64 years, 65 years and over, and for the total population. Sex ratio at birth has recently emerged as an indicator of certain kinds of sex discrimination in some countries. For instance, high sex ratios at birth in some Asian countries are now attributed to sex-selective abortion and infanticide due to a strong preference for sons. This will affect future marriage patterns and fertilit . . . <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#351">more</a> </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/351.html#SG"><img alt="Sex ratio field listing" title="Sex ratio field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-sex-ratio"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">at birth:</span> <span class="subfield-number">1.03 male(s)/female</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">0-14 years:</span> <span class="subfield-number">1.01 male(s)/female</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">15-24 years:</span> <span class="subfield-number">0.99 male(s)/female</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">25-54 years:</span> <span class="subfield-number">0.86 male(s)/female</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">55-64 years:</span> <span class="subfield-number">0.75 male(s)/female</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">65 years and over:</span> <span class="subfield-number">0.77 male(s)/female</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">total population:</span> <span class="subfield-number">0.94 male(s)/female</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2020">(2020 est.)</span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-people-and-society-mother-s-mean-age-at-first-birth"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Mother's mean age at first birth field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#352">Mother's mean age at first birth</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry provides the mean (average) age of mothers at the birth of their first child. It is a useful indicator for gauging the success of family planning programs aiming to reduce maternal mortality, increase contraceptive use – particularly among married and unmarried adolescents – delay age at first marriage, and improve the health of newborns. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/352.html#SG"><img alt="Mother's mean age at first birth field listing" title="Mother's mean age at first birth field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-mother-s-mean-age-at-first-birth"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-number">21.9 years</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2017">(2017 est.)</span> </div> <div class="category_data note"> <p><strong>note:</strong> median age at first birth among women 25-29</p> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-people-and-society-maternal-mortality-rate"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Maternal mortality rate field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#353">Maternal mortality rate</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> The maternal mortality rate (MMR) is the annual number of female deaths per 100,000 live births from any cause related to or aggravated by pregnancy or its management (excluding accidental or incidental causes). The MMR includes deaths during pregnancy, childbirth, or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of the pregnancy, for a specified year. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/353.html#SG"><img alt="Maternal mortality rate field listing" title="Maternal mortality rate field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-maternal-mortality-rate"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-number">315 deaths/100,000 live births</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2017">(2017 est.)</span> </div> <div> <span class="category">country comparison to the world:</span> <span class="category_data"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/353rank.html#SG">35</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-people-and-society-infant-mortality-rate"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Infant mortality rate field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#354">Infant mortality rate</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry gives the number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given year per 1,000 live births in the same year. This rate is often used as an indicator of the level of health in a country. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/354.html#SG"><img alt="Infant mortality rate field listing" title="Infant mortality rate field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-infant-mortality-rate"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">total:</span> <span class="subfield-number">45.7 deaths/1,000 live births</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">male:</span> <span class="subfield-number">51.3 deaths/1,000 live births</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">female:</span> <span class="subfield-number">40 deaths/1,000 live births</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2020">(2020 est.)</span> </div> <div> <span class="category">country comparison to the world:</span> <span class="category_data"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/354rank.html#SG">28</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-people-and-society-life-expectancy-at-birth"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Life expectancy at birth field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#355">Life expectancy at birth</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry contains the average number of years to be lived by a group of people born in the same year, if mortality at each age remains constant in the future. Life expectancy at birth is also a measure of overall quality of life in a country and summarizes the mortality at all ages. It can also be thought of as indicating the potential return on investment in human capital and is necessary for the calculation of various actuarial measures. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/355.html#SG"><img alt="Life expectancy at birth field listing" title="Life expectancy at birth field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-life-expectancy-at-birth"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">total population:</span> <span class="subfield-number">63.2 years</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">male:</span> <span class="subfield-number">61.1 years</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">female:</span> <span class="subfield-number">65.4 years</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2020">(2020 est.)</span> </div> <div> <span class="category">country comparison to the world:</span> <span class="category_data"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/355rank.html#SG">206</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-people-and-society-total-fertility-rate"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Total fertility rate field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#356">Total fertility rate</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry gives a figure for the average number of children that would be born per woman if all women lived to the end of their childbearing years and bore children according to a given fertility rate at each age. The total fertility rate (TFR) is a more direct measure of the level of fertility than the crude birth rate, since it refers to births per woman. This indicator shows the potential for population change in the country. A rate of two children per woman is considered the replaceme . . . <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#356">more</a> </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/356.html#SG"><img alt="Total fertility rate field listing" title="Total fertility rate field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-total-fertility-rate"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-number">4.04 children born/woman</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2020">(2020 est.)</span> </div> <div> <span class="category">country comparison to the world:</span> <span class="category_data"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/356rank.html#SG">30</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-people-and-society-contraceptive-prevalence-rate"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Contraceptive prevalence rate field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#357">Contraceptive prevalence rate</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This field gives the percent of women of reproductive age (15-49) who are married or in union and are using, or whose sexual partner is using, a method of contraception according to the date of the most recent available data. The contraceptive prevalence rate is an indicator of health services, development, and women’s empowerment. It is also useful in understanding, past, present, and future fertility trends, especially in developing countries. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/357.html#SG"><img alt="Contraceptive prevalence rate field listing" title="Contraceptive prevalence rate field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-contraceptive-prevalence-rate"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-number">27.8%</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2017">(2017)</span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-people-and-society-drinking-water-source"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Drinking water source field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#361">Drinking water source</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry provides information about access to improved or unimproved drinking water sources available to segments of the population of a country. Improved drinking water - use of any of the following sources: piped water into dwelling, yard, or plot; public tap or standpipe; tubewell or borehole; protected dug well; protected spring; or rainwater collection. Unimproved drinking water - use of any of the following sources: unprotected dug well; unprotected spring; cart with small tank or . . . <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#361">more</a> </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/361.html#SG"><img alt="Drinking water source field listing" title="Drinking water source field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-drinking-water-source"> <div class="category_data subfield grouped_subfield"> <span class="subfield-group">improved:</span> <span class="subfield-name">urban:</span> <span class="subfield-number">92.3% of population</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield grouped_subfield"> <span class="subfield-name">rural:</span> <span class="subfield-number">74.5% of population</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield grouped_subfield"> <span class="subfield-name">total:</span> <span class="subfield-number">83.3% of population</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield grouped_subfield"> <span class="subfield-group">unimproved:</span> <span class="subfield-name">urban:</span> <span class="subfield-number">6.7% of population</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield grouped_subfield"> <span class="subfield-name">rural:</span> <span class="subfield-number">25.5% of population</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield grouped_subfield"> <span class="subfield-name">total:</span> <span class="subfield-number">16.7% of population</span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2017">(2017 est.)</span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-people-and-society-current-health-expenditure"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Current Health Expenditure field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#409">Current Health Expenditure</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> Current Health Expenditure (CHE) describes the share of spending on health in each country relative to the size of its economy. It includes expenditures corresponding to the final consumption of health care goods and services and excludes investment, exports, and intermediate consumption. CHE shows the importance of the health sector in the economy and indicates the priority given to health in monetary terms. Note: Current Health Expenditure replaces the former Health Expenditures field . . . <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#409">more</a> </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/409.html#SG"><img alt="Current Health Expenditure field listing" title="Current Health Expenditure field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-current-health-expenditure"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-number">4.1%</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2017">(2017)</span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-people-and-society-physicians-density"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Physicians density field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#359">Physicians density</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry gives the number of medical doctors (physicians), including generalist and specialist medical practitioners, per 1,000 of the population. Medical doctors are defined as doctors that study, diagnose, treat, and prevent illness, disease, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in humans through the application of modern medicine. They also plan, supervise, and evaluate care and treatment plans by other health care providers. The World Health Organization estimates that f . . . <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#359">more</a> </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/359.html#SG"><img alt="Physicians density field listing" title="Physicians density field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-physicians-density"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-number">0.07 physicians/1,000 population</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2017">(2017)</span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-people-and-society-hospital-bed-density"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Hospital bed density field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#360">Hospital bed density</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry provides the number of hospital beds per 1,000 people; it serves as a general measure of inpatient service availability. Hospital beds include inpatient beds available in public, private, general, and specialized hospitals and rehabilitation centers. In most cases, beds for both acute and chronic care are included. Because the level of inpatient services required for individual countries depends on several factors - such as demographic issues and the burden of disease - there is . . . <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#360">more</a> </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/360.html#SG"><img alt="Hospital bed density field listing" title="Hospital bed density field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-hospital-bed-density"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-number">0.3 beds/1,000 population</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2008">(2008)</span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-people-and-society-sanitation-facility-access"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Sanitation facility access field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#398">Sanitation facility access</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry provides information about access to improved or unimproved sanitation facilities available to segments of the population of a country. Improved sanitation - use of any of the following facilities: flush or pour-flush to a piped sewer system, septic tank or pit latrine; ventilated improved pit (VIP) latrine; pit latrine with slab; or a composting toilet. Unimproved sanitation - use of any of the following facilities: flush or pour-flush not piped to a sewer system, septic tank . . . <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#398">more</a> </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/398.html#SG"><img alt="Sanitation facility access field listing" title="Sanitation facility access field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-sanitation-facility-access"> <div class="category_data subfield grouped_subfield"> <span class="subfield-group">improved:</span> <span class="subfield-name">urban:</span> <span class="subfield-number">65.4% of population</span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2015">(2015 est.)</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield grouped_subfield"> <span class="subfield-name">rural:</span> <span class="subfield-number">33.8% of population</span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2015">(2015 est.)</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield grouped_subfield"> <span class="subfield-name">total:</span> <span class="subfield-number">47.6% of population</span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2015">(2015 est.)</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield grouped_subfield"> <span class="subfield-group">unimproved:</span> <span class="subfield-name">urban:</span> <span class="subfield-number">34.6% of population</span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2015">(2015 est.)</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield grouped_subfield"> <span class="subfield-name">rural:</span> <span class="subfield-number">66.2% of population</span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2015">(2015 est.)</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield grouped_subfield"> <span class="subfield-name">total:</span> <span class="subfield-number">52.4% of population</span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2015">(2015 est.)</span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-people-and-society-hiv-aids-adult-prevalence-rate"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#363">HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry gives an estimate of the percentage of adults (aged 15-49) living with HIV/AIDS. The adult prevalence rate is calculated by dividing the estimated number of adults living with HIV/AIDS at yearend by the total adult population at yearend. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/363.html#SG"><img alt="HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate field listing" title="HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-hiv-aids-adult-prevalence-rate"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-number">0.4%</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2018">(2018 est.)</span> </div> <div> <span class="category">country comparison to the world:</span> <span class="category_data"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/363rank.html#SG">84</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-people-and-society-hiv-aids-people-living-with-hiv-aids"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#364">HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry gives an estimate of all people (adults and children) alive at yearend with HIV infection, whether or not they have developed symptoms of AIDS. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/364.html#SG"><img alt="HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS field listing" title="HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-hiv-aids-people-living-with-hiv-aids"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-number">42,000</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2018">(2018 est.)</span> </div> <div> <span class="category">country comparison to the world:</span> <span class="category_data"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/364rank.html#SG">65</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-people-and-society-hiv-aids-deaths"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the HIV/AIDS - deaths field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#365">HIV/AIDS - deaths</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry gives an estimate of the number of adults and children who died of AIDS during a given calendar year. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/365.html#SG"><img alt="HIV/AIDS - deaths field listing" title="HIV/AIDS - deaths field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-hiv-aids-deaths"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-number">1,300</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2018">(2018 est.)</span> </div> <div> <span class="category">country comparison to the world:</span> <span class="category_data"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/365rank.html#SG">54</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-people-and-society-major-infectious-diseases"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Major infectious diseases field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#366">Major infectious diseases</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry lists major infectious diseases likely to be encountered in countries where the risk of such diseases is assessed to be very high as compared to the United States. These infectious diseases represent risks to US government personnel traveling to the specified country for a period of less than three years. The degree of risk is assessed by considering the foreign nature of these infectious diseases, their severity, and the probability of being affected by the diseases present. Th . . . <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#366">more</a> </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/366.html#SG"><img alt="Major infectious diseases field listing" title="Major infectious diseases field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-major-infectious-diseases"> <div class="category_data subfield text"> <span class="subfield-name">degree of risk:</span> very high <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2020">(2020)</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield text"> <span class="subfield-name">food or waterborne diseases:</span> bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever </div> <div class="category_data subfield text"> <span class="subfield-name">vectorborne diseases:</span> malaria and dengue fever </div> <div class="category_data subfield text"> <span class="subfield-name">water contact diseases:</span> schistosomiasis </div> <div class="category_data subfield text"> <span class="subfield-name">animal contact diseases:</span> rabies </div> <div class="category_data subfield text"> <span class="subfield-name">respiratory diseases:</span> meningococcal meningitis </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-people-and-society-obesity-adult-prevalence-rate"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Obesity - adult prevalence rate field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#367">Obesity - adult prevalence rate</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry gives the percent of a country's population considered to be obese. Obesity is defined as an adult having a Body Mass Index (BMI) greater to or equal to 30.0. BMI is calculated by taking a person's weight in kg and dividing it by the person's squared height in meters. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/367.html#SG"><img alt="Obesity - adult prevalence rate field listing" title="Obesity - adult prevalence rate field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-obesity-adult-prevalence-rate"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-number">8.8%</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2016">(2016)</span> </div> <div> <span class="category">country comparison to the world:</span> <span class="category_data"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/367rank.html#SG">146</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-people-and-society-children-under-the-age-of-5-years-underweight"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Children under the age of 5 years underweight field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#368">Children under the age of 5 years underweight</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry gives the percent of children under five considered to be underweight. Underweight means weight-for-age is approximately 2 kg below for standard at age one, 3 kg below standard for ages two and three, and 4 kg below standard for ages four and five. This statistic is an indicator of the nutritional status of a community. Children who suffer from growth retardation as a result of poor diets and/or recurrent infections tend to have a greater risk of suffering illness and death. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/368.html#SG"><img alt="Children under the age of 5 years underweight field listing" title="Children under the age of 5 years underweight field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-children-under-the-age-of-5-years-underweight"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-number">14.4%</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2017">(2017)</span> </div> <div> <span class="category">country comparison to the world:</span> <span class="category_data"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/368rank.html#SG">46</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-people-and-society-education-expenditures"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Education expenditures field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#369">Education expenditures</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry provides the public expenditure on education as a percent of GDP. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/369.html#SG"><img alt="Education expenditures field listing" title="Education expenditures field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-education-expenditures"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-number">4.8% of GDP</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2017">(2017)</span> </div> <div> <span class="category">country comparison to the world:</span> <span class="category_data"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/369rank.html#SG">74</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-people-and-society-literacy"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Literacy field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#370">Literacy</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry includes a definition of literacy and UNESCO's percentage estimates for populations aged 15 years and over, including total population, males, and females. There are no universal definitions and standards of literacy. Unless otherwise specified, all rates are based on the most common definition - the ability to read and write at a specified age. Detailing the standards that individual countries use to assess the ability to read and write is beyond the scope of the Factbook. Info . . . <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#370">more</a> </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/370.html#SG"><img alt="Literacy field listing" title="Literacy field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-literacy"> <div class="category_data subfield text"> <span class="subfield-name">definition:</span> age 15 and over can read and write </div> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">total population:</span> <span class="subfield-number">51.9%</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">male:</span> <span class="subfield-number">64.8%</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">female:</span> <span class="subfield-number">39.8%</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2017">(2017)</span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-people-and-society-school-life-expectancy-primary-to-tertiary-education"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#371">School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> School life expectancy (SLE) is the total number of years of schooling (primary to tertiary) that a child can expect to receive, assuming that the probability of his or her being enrolled in school at any particular future age is equal to the current enrollment ratio at that age. Caution must be maintained when utilizing this indicator in international comparisons. For example, a year or grade completed in one country is not necessarily the same in terms of educational content or qualit . . . <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#371">more</a> </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/371.html#SG"><img alt="School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) field listing" title="School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-school-life-expectancy-primary-to-tertiary-education"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">total:</span> <span class="subfield-number">9 years</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">male:</span> <span class="subfield-number">9 years</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">female:</span> <span class="subfield-number">9 years</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2017">(2017)</span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-people-and-society-unemployment-youth-ages-15-24"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#373">Unemployment, youth ages 15-24</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry gives the percent of the total labor force ages 15-24 unemployed during a specified year. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/373.html#SG"><img alt="Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 field listing" title="Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-unemployment-youth-ages-15-24"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">total:</span> <span class="subfield-number">8.1%</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">male:</span> <span class="subfield-number">7.4%</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">female:</span> <span class="subfield-number">8.9%</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2015">(2015 est.)</span> </div> <div> <span class="category">country comparison to the world:</span> <span class="category_data"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/373rank.html#SG">142</a> </span> </div> </div> </li> <li id="government-category-section-anchor"> <a href="#" class="tabHead"> <div class="question afr_med" sectiontitle="Government" ccode="sg" style="border-bottom: 2px solid white;"> Government :: <span class="region">Senegal</span> </div> </a> </li> <li id="government-category-section"> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-government-country-name"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Country name field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#296">Country name</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry includes all forms of the country's name approved by the US Board on Geographic Names (Italy is used as an example): conventional long form (Italian Republic), conventional short form (Italy), local long form (Repubblica Italiana), local short form (Italia), former (Kingdom of Italy), as well as the abbreviation. Also see the Terminology note. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/296.html#SG"><img alt="Country name field listing" title="Country name field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-country-name"> <div class="category_data subfield text"> <span class="subfield-name">conventional long form:</span> Republic of Senegal </div> <div class="category_data subfield text"> <span class="subfield-name">conventional short form:</span> Senegal </div> <div class="category_data subfield text"> <span class="subfield-name">local long form:</span> Republique du Senegal </div> <div class="category_data subfield text"> <span class="subfield-name">local short form:</span> Senegal </div> <div class="category_data subfield text"> <span class="subfield-name">former:</span> Senegambia (along with The Gambia), Mali Federation </div> <div class="category_data subfield text"> <span class="subfield-name">etymology:</span> named for the Senegal River that forms the northern border of the country; many theories exist for the origin of the river name; perhaps the most widely cited derives the name from "Azenegue," the Portuguese appellation for the Berber Zenaga people who lived north of the river </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-government-government-type"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Government type field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#299">Government type</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry gives the basic form of government. Definitions of the major governmental terms are as follows. (Note that for some countries more than one definition applies.): Absolute monarchy - a form of government where the monarch rules unhindered, i.e., without any laws, constitution, or legally organized opposition. Anarchy - a condition of lawlessness or political disorder brought about by the absence of governmental authority. Authoritarian - a form of government in whic . . . <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#299">more</a> </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/299.html#SG"><img alt="Government type field listing" title="Government type field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-government-type"> <div class="category_data subfield text"> presidential republic </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-government-capital"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Capital field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#301">Capital</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry gives the name of the seat of government, its geographic coordinates, the time difference relative to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and the time observed in Washington, DC, and, if applicable, information on daylight saving time (DST). Where appropriate, a special note has been added to highlight those countries that have multiple time zones. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/301.html#SG"><img alt="Capital field listing" title="Capital field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-capital"> <div class="category_data subfield text"> <span class="subfield-name">name:</span> Dakar </div> <div class="category_data subfield text"> <span class="subfield-name">geographic coordinates:</span> 14 44 N, 17 38 W </div> <div class="category_data subfield text"> <span class="subfield-name">time difference:</span> UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) </div> <div class="category_data note"> <strong>etymology:</strong> the Atlantic coast trading settlement of Ndakaaru came to be called "Dakar" by French colonialists </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-government-administrative-divisions"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Administrative divisions field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#302">Administrative divisions</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry generally gives the numbers, designatory terms, and first-order administrative divisions as approved by the US Board on Geographic Names (BGN). Changes that have been reported but not yet acted on by the BGN are noted. Geographic names conform to spellings approved by the BGN with the exception of the omission of diacritical marks and special characters. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/302.html#SG"><img alt="Administrative divisions field listing" title="Administrative divisions field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-administrative-divisions"> <div class="category_data subfield text"> 14 regions (regions, singular - region); Dakar, Diourbel, Fatick, Kaffrine, Kaolack, Kedougou, Kolda, Louga, Matam, Saint-Louis, Sedhiou, Tambacounda, Thies, Ziguinchor </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-government-independence"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Independence field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#305">Independence</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> For most countries, this entry gives the date that sovereignty was achieved and from which nation, empire, or trusteeship. For the other countries, the date given may not represent "independence" in the strict sense, but rather some significant nationhood event such as the traditional founding date or the date of unification, federation, confederation, establishment, fundamental change in the form of government, or state succession. For a number of countries, the establishment of statehood . . . <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#305">more</a> </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/305.html#SG"><img alt="Independence field listing" title="Independence field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-independence"> <div class="category_data subfield text"> 4 April 1960 (from France); note - complete independence achieved upon dissolution of federation with Mali on 20 August 1960 </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-government-national-holiday"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the National holiday field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#306">National holiday</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry gives the primary national day of celebration - usually independence day. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/306.html#SG"><img alt="National holiday field listing" title="National holiday field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-national-holiday"> <div class="category_data subfield text"> Independence Day, 4 April (1960) </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-government-constitution"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Constitution field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#307">Constitution</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry provides information on a country’s constitution and includes two subfields. The history subfield includes the dates of previous constitutions and the main steps and dates in formulating and implementing the latest constitution. For countries with 1-3 previous constitutions, the years are listed; for those with 4-9 previous, the entry is listed as “several previous,” and for those with 10 or more, the entry is “many previous.” The amendments subfield summarizes the process of am . . . <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#307">more</a> </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/307.html#SG"><img alt="Constitution field listing" title="Constitution field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-constitution"> <div class="category_data subfield text"> <span class="subfield-name">history:</span> previous 1959 (preindependence), 1963; latest adopted by referendum 7 January 2001, promulgated 22 January 2001 </div> <div class="category_data subfield text"> <span class="subfield-name">amendments:</span> proposed by the president of the republic or by the National Assembly; passage requires Assembly approval and approval in a referendum; the president can bypass a referendum and submit an amendment directly to the Assembly, which requires at least three-fifths majority vote; the republican form of government is not amendable; amended several times, last in 2019 </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-government-legal-system"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Legal system field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#308">Legal system</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry provides the description of a country's legal system. A statement on judicial review of legislative acts is also included for a number of countries. The legal systems of nearly all countries are generally modeled upon elements of five main types: civil law (including French law, the Napoleonic Code, Roman law, Roman-Dutch law, and Spanish law); common law (including United State law); customary law; mixed or pluralistic law; and religious law (including Islamic law). An addition . . . <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#308">more</a> </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/308.html#SG"><img alt="Legal system field listing" title="Legal system field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-legal-system"> <div class="category_data subfield text"> civil law system based on French law; judicial review of legislative acts in Constitutional Court </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-government-international-law-organization-participation"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the International law organization participation field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#309">International law organization participation</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry includes information on a country's acceptance of jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and of the International Criminal Court (ICCt); 59 countries have accepted ICJ jurisdiction with reservations and 11 have accepted ICJ jurisdiction without reservations; 122 countries have accepted ICCt jurisdiction. Appendix B: International Organizations and Groups explains the differing mandates of the ICJ and ICCt. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/309.html#SG"><img alt="International law organization participation field listing" title="International law organization participation field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-international-law-organization-participation"> <div class="category_data subfield text"> accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; accepts ICCt jurisdiction </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-government-citizenship"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Citizenship field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#310">Citizenship</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry provides information related to the acquisition and exercise of citizenship; it includes four subfields: citizenship by birth describes the acquisition of citizenship based on place of birth, known as Jus soli, regardless of the citizenship of parents. citizenship by descent only describes the acquisition of citizenship based on the principle of Jus sanguinis, or by descent, where at least one parent is a citizen of the state and being born within the territorial limits of the s . . . <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#310">more</a> </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/310.html#SG"><img alt="Citizenship field listing" title="Citizenship field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-citizenship"> <div class="category_data subfield text"> <span class="subfield-name">citizenship by birth:</span> no </div> <div class="category_data subfield text"> <span class="subfield-name">citizenship by descent only:</span> at least one parent must be a citizen of Senegal </div> <div class="category_data subfield text"> <span class="subfield-name">dual citizenship recognized:</span> no, but Senegalese citizens do not automatically lose their citizenship if they acquire citizenship in another state </div> <div class="category_data subfield text"> <span class="subfield-name">residency requirement for naturalization:</span> 5 years </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-government-suffrage"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Suffrage field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#311">Suffrage</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry gives the age at enfranchisement and whether the right to vote is universal or restricted. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/311.html#SG"><img alt="Suffrage field listing" title="Suffrage field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-suffrage"> <div class="category_data subfield text"> 18 years of age; universal </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-government-executive-branch"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Executive branch field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#312">Executive branch</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry includes five subentries: chief of state; head of government; cabinet; elections/appointments; election results. Chief of state includes the name, title, and beginning date in office of the titular leader of the country who represents the state at official and ceremonial functions but may not be involved with the day-to-day activities of the government. Head of government includes the name, title of the top executive designated to manage the executive branch of the government, a . . . <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#312">more</a> </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/312.html#SG"><img alt="Executive branch field listing" title="Executive branch field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-executive-branch"> <div class="category_data subfield text"> <span class="subfield-name">chief of state:</span> President Macky SALL (since 2 April 2012) </div> <div class="category_data subfield text"> <span class="subfield-name">head of government:</span> President Macky SALL (since 2 April 2012) </div> <div class="category_data subfield text"> <span class="subfield-name">cabinet:</span> Council of Ministers appointed by the president </div> <div class="category_data subfield text"> <span class="subfield-name">elections/appointments:</span> president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a single renewable 5-year term; election last held on 24 February 2019 (next to be held in February 2024) </div> <div class="category_data subfield text"> <span class="subfield-name">election results:</span> Macky SALL elected president in first round; percent of vote - Macky SALL (APR) 58.3%, Idrissa SECK (Rewmi) 20.5%, Ousmane SONKO (PASTEF) 15.7% </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-government-legislative-branch"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Legislative branch field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#313">Legislative branch</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry has three subfields. The description subfield provides the legislative structure (unicameral – single house; bicameral – an upper and a lower house); formal name(s); number of member seats; types of constituencies or voting districts (single seat, multi-seat, nationwide); electoral voting system(s); and member term of office. The elections subfield includes the dates of the last election and next election. The election results subfield lists percent of vote by party/coalition an . . . <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#313">more</a> </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/313.html#SG"><img alt="Legislative branch field listing" title="Legislative branch field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-legislative-branch"> <div class="category_data subfield text"> <span class="subfield-name">description:</span> <em></em>unicameral National Assembly or <em>Assemblée</em> Nationale (165 seats; 105 members including 15 representing Senegalese diaspora directly elected by plurality vote in single- and multi-seat constituencies and 60 members directly elected by proportional representation vote in single- and multi-seat constituencies) </div> <div class="category_data subfield text"> <span class="subfield-name">elections:</span> National Assembly - last held on 2 July 2017 (next to be held in July 2022) </div> <div class="category_data subfield text"> <span class="subfield-name">election results:</span> National Assembly results - percent of vote by party/coalition - BBK 49.5%, CGWS 16.7%, MTS 11.7%, PUR 4.7%, CP-Kaddu Askan Wi 2%, other 15.4%; seats by party/coalition - BBY 125, CGWS 19, MTS 7, PUR 3, CP-Kaddu Askan Wi 2, other 9; composition - men 96, women 69, percent of women 41.8% </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-government-judicial-branch"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Judicial branch field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#314">Judicial branch</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry includes three subfields. The highest court(s) subfield includes the name(s) of a country's highest level court(s), the number and titles of the judges, and the types of cases heard by the court, which commonly are based on civil, criminal, administrative, and constitutional law. A number of countries have separate constitutional courts. The judge selection and term of office subfield includes the organizations and associated officials responsible for nominating and appointing j . . . <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#314">more</a> </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/314.html#SG"><img alt="Judicial branch field listing" title="Judicial branch field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-judicial-branch"> <div class="category_data subfield text"> <span class="subfield-name">highest courts:</span> Supreme Court or Cour Supreme (consists of the court president and 12 judges and organized into civil and commercial, criminal, administrative, and social chambers); Constitutional Council or Conseil Constitutionel (consists of 7 members, including the court president, vice president, and 5 judges) </div> <div class="category_data subfield text"> <span class="subfield-name">judge selection and term of office:</span> Supreme Court judges appointed by the president of the republic upon recommendation of the Superior Council of the Magistrates, a body chaired by the president and minister of justice; judge tenure varies, with mandatory retirement either at 65 or 68 years; Constitutional Council members appointed - 5 by the president and 2 by the National Assembly speaker; judges serve 6-year terms, with renewal of 2 members every 2 years </div> <div class="category_data subfield text"> <span class="subfield-name">subordinate courts:</span> High Court of Justice (for crimes of high treason by the president); Courts of Appeal; Court of Auditors; assize courts; regional and district courts; Labor Court </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-government-political-parties-and-leaders"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Political parties and leaders field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#315">Political parties and leaders</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry includes a listing of significant political parties, coalitions, and electoral lists as of each country's last legislative election, unless otherwise noted. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/315.html#SG"><img alt="Political parties and leaders field listing" title="Political parties and leaders field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-political-parties-and-leaders"> <div class="category_data subfield text"> Alliance for the Republic-Yakaar or APR-Yakaar [Macky SALL]<br>Alliance of Forces of Progress or AFP [Moustapha NIASSE]<br>Alliance for Citizenship and Labor or ACT [Abdoul MBAYE]<br>And-Jef/African Party for Democracy and Socialism or AJ/PADS [Mamadou DIOP Decriox]<br>Benno Bokk Yakaar or BBY (United in Hope) [Macky SALL] (coalition includes AFP, APR, BGC, LD-MPT, PIT, PS, and UNP)<br>Bokk Gis Gis coalition [Pape DIOP]<br>Citizen Movement for National Reform or MCRN-Bes Du Nakk [Mansour Sy DJAMIL]<br>Democratic League-Labor Party Movement or LD-MPT [Abdoulaye BATHILY]<br>Dare the Future movement [Aissata Tall SALL]<br>Front for Socialism and Democracy/Benno Jubel or FSD/BJ [Cheikh Abdoulaye Bamba DIEYE]<br>Gainde Centrist Bloc or BGC [Jean-Paul DIAS]<br>General Alliance for the Interests of the Republic or AGIR [Thierno BOCOUM]<br>Grand Party or GP [Malick GAKOU]<br>Independence and Labor Party or PIT [Magatte THIAM]<br>Madicke 2019 coalition [Madicke NIANG]<br>National Union for the People or UNP [Souleymane Ndene NDIAYE]<br>Only Senegal movement [Pierre Goudiaby ATEPA]<br>Party for Truth and Development or PVD [Cheikh Ahmadou Kara MBAKE]<br>Party of Unity and Rally or PUR [El Hadji SALL]<br>Patriotic Convergence Kaddu Askan Wi or CP-Kaddu Askan Wi [Abdoulaye BALDE]<br>Patriots of Senegal for Ethics, Work and Fraternity or (PASTEF) [Ousmane SONKO]<br>Rewmi Party [Idrissa SECK]<br>Senegalese Democratic Party or PDS [Abdoulaye WADE]<br>Socialist Party or PS [Ousmane Tanor DIENG]<br>Tekki Movement [Mamadou Lamine DIALLO] </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-government-international-organization-participation"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the International organization participation field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#317">International organization participation</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry lists in alphabetical order by abbreviation those international organizations in which the subject country is a member or participates in some other way. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/317.html#SG"><img alt="International organization participation field listing" title="International organization participation field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-international-organization-participation"> <div class="category_data subfield text"> ACP, AfDB, AU, CD, CPLP (associate), ECOWAS, EITI (candidate country), FAO, FZ, G-15, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINUSMA, MONUSCO, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMIL, UNMISS, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-government-diplomatic-representation-in-the-us"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Diplomatic representation in the US field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#318">Diplomatic representation in the US</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry includes the chief of mission, chancery address, telephone, FAX, consulate general locations, and consulate locations. The use of the annotated title Appointed Ambassador refers to a new ambassador who has presented his/her credentials to the secretary of state but not the US president. Such ambassadors fulfill all diplomatic functions except meeting with or appearing at functions attended by the president until such time as they formally present their credentials at a White Hou . . . <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#318">more</a> </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/318.html#SG"><img alt="Diplomatic representation in the US field listing" title="Diplomatic representation in the US field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-diplomatic-representation-in-the-us"> <div class="category_data subfield text"> Ambassador Mansour KANE (since 6 January 2020) </div> <div class="category_data subfield text"> <span class="subfield-name">chancery:</span> 2215 M Street NW, Washington, DC 20007 </div> <div class="category_data subfield text"> <span class="subfield-name">telephone:</span> [1] (202) 234-0540 </div> <div class="category_data subfield text"> <span class="subfield-name">FAX:</span> [1] (202) 629-2961 </div> <div class="category_data subfield text"> <span class="subfield-name">consulate(s) general:</span> Houston, New York </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-government-diplomatic-representation-from-the-us"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Diplomatic representation from the US field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#319">Diplomatic representation from the US</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry includes the chief of mission, embassy address, mailing address, telephone number, FAX number, branch office locations, consulate general locations, and consulate locations. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/319.html#SG"><img alt="Diplomatic representation from the US field listing" title="Diplomatic representation from the US field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-diplomatic-representation-from-the-us"> <div class="category_data subfield text"> <span class="subfield-name">chief of mission:</span> Ambassador Tulinabo S. MUSHINGI (since August 2017); note - also accredited to Guinea-Bissau </div> <div class="category_data subfield text"> <span class="subfield-name">telephone:</span> [221] 33-879-4000 </div> <div class="category_data subfield text"> <span class="subfield-name">embassy:</span> Route des Almadies, Dakar </div> <div class="category_data subfield text"> <span class="subfield-name">mailing address:</span> B.P. 49, Dakar </div> <div class="category_data subfield text"> <span class="subfield-name">FAX:</span> [221] 33-822-2991 </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-government-flag-description"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Flag description field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#320">Flag description</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry provides a written flag description produced from actual flags or the best information available at the time the entry was written. The flags of independent states are used by their dependencies unless there is an officially recognized local flag. Some disputed and other areas do not have flags. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/320.html#SG"><img alt="Flag description field listing" title="Flag description field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-flag-description"> <div class="category_data subfield text"> three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), yellow, and red with a small green five-pointed star centered in the yellow band; green represents Islam, progress, and hope; yellow signifies natural wealth and progress; red symbolizes sacrifice and determination; the star denotes unity and hope </div> <div class="category_data note"> <p><strong>note:</strong> uses the popular Pan-African colors of Ethiopia; the colors from left to right are the same as those of neighboring Mali and the reverse of those on the flag of neighboring Guinea</p> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-government-national-symbol-s"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the National symbol(s) field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#321">National symbol(s)</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> A national symbol is a faunal, floral, or other abstract representation - or some distinctive object - that over time has come to be closely identified with a country or entity. Not all countries have national symbols; a few countries have more than one. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/321.html#SG"><img alt="National symbol(s) field listing" title="National symbol(s) field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-national-symbol-s"> <div class="category_data subfield text"> lion; national colors: green, yellow, red </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-government-national-anthem"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the National anthem field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#322">National anthem</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> A generally patriotic musical composition - usually in the form of a song or hymn of praise - that evokes and eulogizes the history, traditions, or struggles of a nation or its people. National anthems can be officially recognized as a national song by a country's constitution or by an enacted law, or simply by tradition. Although most anthems contain lyrics, some do not. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/322.html#SG"><img alt="National anthem field listing" title="National anthem field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-national-anthem"> <div class="category_data subfield text"> <span class="subfield-name">name:</span> "Pincez Tous vos Koras, Frappez les Balafons" (Pluck Your Koras, Strike the Balafons) </div> <div class="category_data subfield text"> <span class="subfield-name">lyrics/music:</span> Leopold Sedar SENGHOR/Herbert PEPPER </div> <div class="category_data note"> <p><strong>note:</strong> adopted 1960; lyrics written by Leopold Sedar SENGHOR, Senegal's first president; the anthem sometimes played incorporating the Koras (harp-like stringed instruments) and Balafons (types of xylophones) mentioned in the title</p> </div> <div class="category_data attachment"> <audio type="audio/mp3" controls="controls" alt="National Anthem audio file for Senegal" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/attachments/audios/original/SG.mp3?1538604759"></audio> </div> </div> </li> <li id="economy-category-section-anchor"> <a href="#" class="tabHead"> <div class="question afr_med" sectiontitle="Economy" ccode="sg" style="border-bottom: 2px solid white;"> Economy :: <span class="region">Senegal</span> </div> </a> </li> <li id="economy-category-section"> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-economy-economy-overview"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Economy - overview field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#207">Economy - overview</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry briefly describes the type of economy, including the degree of market orientation, the level of economic development, the most important natural resources, and the unique areas of specialization. It also characterizes major economic events and policy changes in the most recent 12 months and may include a statement about one or two key future macroeconomic trends. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/207.html#SG"><img alt="Economy - overview field listing" title="Economy - overview field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-economy-overview"> <div class="category_data subfield text"> <p>Senegal’s economy is driven by mining, construction, tourism, fisheries and agriculture, which are the primary sources of employment in rural areas. The country's key export industries include phosphate mining, fertilizer production, agricultural products and commercial fishing and Senegal is also working on oil exploration projects. It relies heavily on donor assistance, remittances and foreign direct investment. Senegal reached a growth rate of 7% in 2017, due in part to strong performance in agriculture despite erratic rainfall.</p><p></p><p>President Macky SALL, who was elected in March 2012 under a reformist policy agenda, inherited an economy with high energy costs, a challenging business environment, and a culture of overspending. President SALL unveiled an ambitious economic plan, the Emerging Senegal Plan (ESP), which aims to implement priority economic reforms and investment projects to increase economic growth while preserving macroeconomic stability and debt sustainability. Bureaucratic bottlenecks and a challenging business climate are among the perennial challenges that may slow the implementation of this plan.</p><p></p><p>Senegal receives technical support from the IMF under a Policy Support Instrument (PSI) to assist with implementation of the ESP. The PSI implementation continues to be satisfactory as concluded by the IMF’s fifth review in December 2017. Financial markets have signaled confidence in Senegal through successful Eurobond issuances in 2014, 2017, and 2018.</p><p></p><p>The government is focusing on 19 projects under the ESP to continue The government’s goal under the ESP is structural transformation of the economy. Key projects include the Thiès-Touba Highway, the new international airport opened in December 2017, and upgrades to energy infrastructure. The cost of electricity is a chief constraint for Senegal’s development. Electricity prices in Senegal are among the highest in the world. Power Africa, a US presidential initiative led by USAID, supports Senegal’s plans to improve reliability and increase generating capacity.</p> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-economy-gdp-purchasing-power-parity"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the GDP (purchasing power parity) field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#208">GDP (purchasing power parity)</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry gives the gross domestic product (GDP) or value of all final goods and services produced within a nation in a given year. A nation's GDP at purchasing power parity (PPP) exchange rates is the sum value of all goods and services produced in the country valued at prices prevailing in the United States in the year noted. This is the measure most economists prefer when looking at per-capita welfare and when comparing living conditions or use of resources across countries. The measur . . . <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#208">more</a> </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/208.html#SG"><img alt="GDP (purchasing power parity) field listing" title="GDP (purchasing power parity) field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-gdp-purchasing-power-parity"> <div class="category_data subfield historic"> <span class="subfield-number">$54.8 billion</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2017">(2017 est.)</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield historic"> <span class="subfield-number">$51.15 billion</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2016">(2016 est.)</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield historic"> <span class="subfield-number">$48.15 billion</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2015">(2015 est.)</span> </div> <div class="category_data note"> <p><strong>note:</strong> data are in 2017 dollars</p> </div> <div> <span class="category">country comparison to the world:</span> <span class="category_data"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/208rank.html#SG">107</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-economy-gdp-official-exchange-rate"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the GDP (official exchange rate) field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#209">GDP (official exchange rate)</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry gives the gross domestic product (GDP) or value of all final goods and services produced within a nation in a given year. A nation's GDP at official exchange rates (OER) is the home-currency-denominated annual GDP figure divided by the bilateral average US exchange rate with that country in that year. The measure is simple to compute and gives a precise measure of the value of output. Many economists prefer this measure when gauging the economic power an economy maintains vis- . . . <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#209">more</a> </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/209.html#SG"><img alt="GDP (official exchange rate) field listing" title="GDP (official exchange rate) field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-gdp-official-exchange-rate"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-number">$21.11 billion</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2017">(2017 est.)</span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-economy-gdp-real-growth-rate"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the GDP - real growth rate field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#210">GDP - real growth rate</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry gives GDP growth on an annual basis adjusted for inflation and expressed as a percent. The growth rates are year-over-year, and not compounded. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/210.html#SG"><img alt="GDP - real growth rate field listing" title="GDP - real growth rate field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-gdp-real-growth-rate"> <div class="category_data subfield historic"> <span class="subfield-number">7.2%</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2017">(2017 est.)</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield historic"> <span class="subfield-number">6.2%</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2016">(2016 est.)</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield historic"> <span class="subfield-number">6.4%</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2015">(2015 est.)</span> </div> <div> <span class="category">country comparison to the world:</span> <span class="category_data"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/210rank.html#SG">18</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-economy-gdp-per-capita-ppp"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the GDP - per capita (PPP) field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#211">GDP - per capita (PPP)</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry shows GDP on a purchasing power parity basis divided by population as of 1 July for the same year. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/211.html#SG"><img alt="GDP - per capita (PPP) field listing" title="GDP - per capita (PPP) field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-gdp-per-capita-ppp"> <div class="category_data subfield historic"> <span class="subfield-number">$3,500</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2017">(2017 est.)</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield historic"> <span class="subfield-number">$3,300</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2016">(2016 est.)</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield historic"> <span class="subfield-number">$3,200</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2015">(2015 est.)</span> </div> <div class="category_data note"> <p><strong>note:</strong> data are in 2017 dollars</p> </div> <div> <span class="category">country comparison to the world:</span> <span class="category_data"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/211rank.html#SG">188</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-economy-gross-national-saving"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Gross national saving field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#212">Gross national saving</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> Gross national saving is derived by deducting final consumption expenditure (household plus government) from Gross national disposable income, and consists of personal saving, plus business saving (the sum of the capital consumption allowance and retained business profits), plus government saving (the excess of tax revenues over expenditures), but excludes foreign saving (the excess of imports of goods and services over exports). The figures are presented as a percent of GDP. A negative . . . <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#212">more</a> </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/212.html#SG"><img alt="Gross national saving field listing" title="Gross national saving field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-gross-national-saving"> <div class="category_data subfield historic"> <span class="subfield-number">21.2% of GDP</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2017">(2017 est.)</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield historic"> <span class="subfield-number">21.3% of GDP</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2016">(2016 est.)</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield historic"> <span class="subfield-number">20.4% of GDP</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2015">(2015 est.)</span> </div> <div> <span class="category">country comparison to the world:</span> <span class="category_data"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/212rank.html#SG">86</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-economy-gdp-composition-by-end-use"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the GDP - composition, by end use field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#213">GDP - composition, by end use</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry shows who does the spending in an economy: consumers, businesses, government, and foreigners. The distribution gives the percentage contribution to total GDP of household consumption, government consumption, investment in fixed capital, investment in inventories, exports of goods and services, and imports of goods and services, and will total 100 percent of GDP if the data are complete. household consumption consists of expenditures by resident households, and by nonprofit insti . . . <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#213">more</a> </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/213.html#SG"><img alt="GDP - composition, by end use field listing" title="GDP - composition, by end use field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-gdp-composition-by-end-use"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">household consumption:</span> <span class="subfield-number">71.9%</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2017">(2017 est.)</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">government consumption:</span> <span class="subfield-number">15.2%</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2017">(2017 est.)</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">investment in fixed capital:</span> <span class="subfield-number">25.1%</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2017">(2017 est.)</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">investment in inventories:</span> <span class="subfield-number">3.4%</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2017">(2017 est.)</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">exports of goods and services:</span> <span class="subfield-number">27%</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2017">(2017 est.)</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">imports of goods and services:</span> <span class="subfield-number">-42.8%</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2017">(2017 est.)</span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-economy-gdp-composition-by-sector-of-origin"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the GDP - composition, by sector of origin field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#214">GDP - composition, by sector of origin</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry shows where production takes place in an economy. The distribution gives the percentage contribution of agriculture, industry, and services to total GDP, and will total 100 percent of GDP if the data are complete. Agriculture includes farming, fishing, and forestry. Industry includes mining, manufacturing, energy production, and construction. Services cover government activities, communications, transportation, finance, and all other private economic activities that do not prod . . . <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#214">more</a> </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/214.html#SG"><img alt="GDP - composition, by sector of origin field listing" title="GDP - composition, by sector of origin field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-gdp-composition-by-sector-of-origin"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">agriculture:</span> <span class="subfield-number">16.9%</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2017">(2017 est.)</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">industry:</span> <span class="subfield-number">24.3%</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2017">(2017 est.)</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">services:</span> <span class="subfield-number">58.8%</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2017">(2017 est.)</span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-economy-agriculture-products"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Agriculture - products field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#215">Agriculture - products</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry is an ordered listing of major crops and products starting with the most important. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/215.html#SG"><img alt="Agriculture - products field listing" title="Agriculture - products field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-agriculture-products"> <div class="category_data subfield text"> peanuts, millet, corn, sorghum, rice, cotton, tomatoes, green vegetables; cattle, poultry, pigs; fish </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-economy-industries"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Industries field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#216">Industries</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry provides a rank ordering of industries starting with the largest by value of annual output. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/216.html#SG"><img alt="Industries field listing" title="Industries field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-industries"> <div class="category_data subfield text"> agricultural and fish processing, phosphate mining, fertilizer production, petroleum refining, zircon, and gold mining, construction materials, ship construction and repair </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-economy-industrial-production-growth-rate"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Industrial production growth rate field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#217">Industrial production growth rate</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry gives the annual percentage increase in industrial production (includes manufacturing, mining, and construction). </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/217.html#SG"><img alt="Industrial production growth rate field listing" title="Industrial production growth rate field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-industrial-production-growth-rate"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-number">7.7%</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2017">(2017 est.)</span> </div> <div> <span class="category">country comparison to the world:</span> <span class="category_data"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/217rank.html#SG">26</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-economy-labor-force"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Labor force field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#218">Labor force</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry contains the total labor force figure. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/218.html#SG"><img alt="Labor force field listing" title="Labor force field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-labor-force"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-number">6.966 million</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2017">(2017 est.)</span> </div> <div> <span class="category">country comparison to the world:</span> <span class="category_data"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/218rank.html#SG">67</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-economy-labor-force-by-occupation"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Labor force - by occupation field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#219">Labor force - by occupation</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry lists the percentage distribution of the labor force by sector of occupation. Agriculture includes farming, fishing, and forestry. Industry includes mining, manufacturing, energy production, and construction. Services cover government activities, communications, transportation, finance, and all other economic activities that do not produce material goods. The distribution will total less than 100 percent if the data are incomplete and may range from 99-101 percent due to rounding. <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#219">more</a> </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/219.html#SG"><img alt="Labor force - by occupation field listing" title="Labor force - by occupation field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-labor-force-by-occupation"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">agriculture:</span> <span class="subfield-number">77.5%</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">industry:</span> <span class="subfield-number">22.5%</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">industry and services:</span> <span class="subfield-number">22.5%</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2007">(2007 est.)</span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-economy-unemployment-rate"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Unemployment rate field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#220">Unemployment rate</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry contains the percent of the labor force that is without jobs. Substantial underemployment might be noted. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/220.html#SG"><img alt="Unemployment rate field listing" title="Unemployment rate field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-unemployment-rate"> <div class="category_data subfield historic"> <span class="subfield-number">48%</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2007">(2007 est.)</span> </div> <div> <span class="category">country comparison to the world:</span> <span class="category_data"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/220rank.html#SG">216</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-economy-population-below-poverty-line"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Population below poverty line field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#221">Population below poverty line</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> National estimates of the percentage of the population falling below the poverty line are based on surveys of sub-groups, with the results weighted by the number of people in each group. Definitions of poverty vary considerably among nations. For example, rich nations generally employ more generous standards of poverty than poor nations. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/221.html#SG"><img alt="Population below poverty line field listing" title="Population below poverty line field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-population-below-poverty-line"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-number">46.7%</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2011">(2011 est.)</span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-economy-household-income-or-consumption-by-percentage-share"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Household income or consumption by percentage share field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#222">Household income or consumption by percentage share</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> Data on household income or consumption come from household surveys, the results adjusted for household size. Nations use different standards and procedures in collecting and adjusting the data. Surveys based on income will normally show a more unequal distribution than surveys based on consumption. The quality of surveys is improving with time, yet caution is still necessary in making inter-country comparisons. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/222.html#SG"><img alt="Household income or consumption by percentage share field listing" title="Household income or consumption by percentage share field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-household-income-or-consumption-by-percentage-share"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">lowest 10%:</span> <span class="subfield-number">2.5%</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">highest 10%:</span> <span class="subfield-number">31.1%</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2011">(2011)</span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-economy-budget"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Budget field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#224">Budget</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry includes revenues, expenditures, and capital expenditures. These figures are calculated on an exchange rate basis, i.e., not in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/224.html#SG"><img alt="Budget field listing" title="Budget field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-budget"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">revenues:</span> <span class="subfield-number">4.139 billion</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2017">(2017 est.)</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">expenditures:</span> <span class="subfield-number">4.9 billion</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2017">(2017 est.)</span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-economy-taxes-and-other-revenues"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Taxes and other revenues field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#225">Taxes and other revenues</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry records total taxes and other revenues received by the national government during the time period indicated, expressed as a percent of GDP. Taxes include personal and corporate income taxes, value added taxes, excise taxes, and tariffs. Other revenues include social contributions - such as payments for social security and hospital insurance - grants, and net revenues from public enterprises. Normalizing the data, by dividing total revenues by GDP, enables easy comparisons acr . . . <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#225">more</a> </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/225.html#SG"><img alt="Taxes and other revenues field listing" title="Taxes and other revenues field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-taxes-and-other-revenues"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-number">19.6% (of GDP)</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2017">(2017 est.)</span> </div> <div> <span class="category">country comparison to the world:</span> <span class="category_data"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/225rank.html#SG">155</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-economy-budget-surplus-or-deficit"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#226">Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry records the difference between national government revenues and expenditures, expressed as a percent of GDP. A positive (+) number indicates that revenues exceeded expenditures (a budget surplus), while a negative (-) number indicates the reverse (a budget deficit). Normalizing the data, by dividing the budget balance by GDP, enables easy comparisons across countries and indicates whether a national government saves or borrows money. Countries with high budget deficits (relat . . . <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#226">more</a> </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/226.html#SG"><img alt="Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) field listing" title="Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-budget-surplus-or-deficit"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-number">-3.6% (of GDP)</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2017">(2017 est.)</span> </div> <div> <span class="category">country comparison to the world:</span> <span class="category_data"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/226rank.html#SG">151</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-economy-public-debt"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Public debt field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#227">Public debt</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry records the cumulative total of all government borrowings less repayments that are denominated in a country's home currency. Public debt should not be confused with external debt, which reflects the foreign currency liabilities of both the private and public sector and must be financed out of foreign exchange earnings. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/227.html#SG"><img alt="Public debt field listing" title="Public debt field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-public-debt"> <div class="category_data subfield historic"> <span class="subfield-number">48.3% of GDP</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2017">(2017 est.)</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield historic"> <span class="subfield-number">47.8% of GDP</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2016">(2016 est.)</span> </div> <div> <span class="category">country comparison to the world:</span> <span class="category_data"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/227rank.html#SG">108</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-economy-fiscal-year"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Fiscal year field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#228">Fiscal year</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry identifies the beginning and ending months for a country's accounting period of 12 months, which often is the calendar year but which may begin in any month. All yearly references are for the calendar year (CY) unless indicated as a noncalendar fiscal year (FY). </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/228.html#SG"><img alt="Fiscal year field listing" title="Fiscal year field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-fiscal-year"> <div class="category_data subfield text"> calendar year </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-economy-inflation-rate-consumer-prices"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Inflation rate (consumer prices) field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#229">Inflation rate (consumer prices)</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry furnishes the annual percent change in consumer prices compared with the previous year's consumer prices. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/229.html#SG"><img alt="Inflation rate (consumer prices) field listing" title="Inflation rate (consumer prices) field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-inflation-rate-consumer-prices"> <div class="category_data subfield historic"> <span class="subfield-number">1.3%</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2017">(2017 est.)</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield historic"> <span class="subfield-number">0.8%</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2016">(2016 est.)</span> </div> <div> <span class="category">country comparison to the world:</span> <span class="category_data"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/229rank.html#SG">73</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-economy-current-account-balance"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Current account balance field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#238">Current account balance</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry records a country's net trade in goods and services, plus net earnings from rents, interest, profits, and dividends, and net transfer payments (such as pension funds and worker remittances) to and from the rest of the world during the period specified. These figures are calculated on an exchange rate basis, i.e., not in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/238.html#SG"><img alt="Current account balance field listing" title="Current account balance field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-current-account-balance"> <div class="category_data subfield historic"> <span class="subfield-number">-$1.547 billion</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2017">(2017 est.)</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield historic"> <span class="subfield-number">-$769 million</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2016">(2016 est.)</span> </div> <div> <span class="category">country comparison to the world:</span> <span class="category_data"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/238rank.html#SG">157</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-economy-exports"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Exports field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#239">Exports</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry provides the total US dollar amount of merchandise exports on an f.o.b. (free on board) basis. These figures are calculated on an exchange rate basis, i.e., not in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/239.html#SG"><img alt="Exports field listing" title="Exports field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-exports"> <div class="category_data subfield historic"> <span class="subfield-number">$2.362 billion</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2017">(2017 est.)</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield historic"> <span class="subfield-number">$2.498 billion</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2016">(2016 est.)</span> </div> <div> <span class="category">country comparison to the world:</span> <span class="category_data"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/239rank.html#SG">133</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-economy-exports-partners"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Exports - partners field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#241">Exports - partners</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry provides a rank ordering of trading partners starting with the most important; it sometimes includes the percent of total dollar value. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/241.html#SG"><img alt="Exports - partners field listing" title="Exports - partners field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-exports-partners"> <div class="category_data subfield text"> Mali 14.8%, Switzerland 11.4%, India 6%, Cote dIvoire 5.3%, UAE 5.1%, Gambia, The 4.2%, Spain 4.1% <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2017">(2017)</span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-economy-exports-commodities"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Exports - commodities field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#240">Exports - commodities</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry provides a listing of the highest-valued exported products; it sometimes includes the percent of total dollar value. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/240.html#SG"><img alt="Exports - commodities field listing" title="Exports - commodities field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-exports-commodities"> <div class="category_data subfield text"> fish, groundnuts (peanuts), petroleum products, phosphates, cotton </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-economy-imports"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Imports field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#242">Imports</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry provides the total US dollar amount of merchandise imports on a c.i.f. (cost, insurance, and freight) or f.o.b. (free on board) basis. These figures are calculated on an exchange rate basis, i.e., not in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/242.html#SG"><img alt="Imports field listing" title="Imports field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-imports"> <div class="category_data subfield historic"> <span class="subfield-number">$5.217 billion</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2017">(2017 est.)</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield historic"> <span class="subfield-number">$4.966 billion</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2016">(2016 est.)</span> </div> <div> <span class="category">country comparison to the world:</span> <span class="category_data"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/242rank.html#SG">125</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-economy-imports-commodities"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Imports - commodities field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#243">Imports - commodities</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry provides a listing of the highest-valued imported products; it sometimes includes the percent of total dollar value. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/243.html#SG"><img alt="Imports - commodities field listing" title="Imports - commodities field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-imports-commodities"> <div class="category_data subfield text"> food and beverages, capital goods, fuels </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-economy-imports-partners"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Imports - partners field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#403">Imports - partners</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry provides a rank ordering of trading partners starting with the most important; it sometimes includes the percent of total dollar value. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/403.html#SG"><img alt="Imports - partners field listing" title="Imports - partners field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-imports-partners"> <div class="category_data subfield text"> France 16.3%, China 10.4%, Nigeria 8%, India 7.2%, Netherlands 4.8%, Spain 4.2% <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2017">(2017)</span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-economy-reserves-of-foreign-exchange-and-gold"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Reserves of foreign exchange and gold field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#245">Reserves of foreign exchange and gold</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry gives the dollar value for the stock of all financial assets that are available to the central monetary authority for use in meeting a country's balance of payments needs as of the end-date of the period specified. This category includes not only foreign currency and gold, but also a country's holdings of Special Drawing Rights in the International Monetary Fund, and its reserve position in the Fund. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/245.html#SG"><img alt="Reserves of foreign exchange and gold field listing" title="Reserves of foreign exchange and gold field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-reserves-of-foreign-exchange-and-gold"> <div class="category_data subfield historic"> <span class="subfield-number">$1.827 billion</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 31 December 2017">(31 December 2017 est.)</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield historic"> <span class="subfield-number">$116.9 million</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 31 December 2016">(31 December 2016 est.)</span> </div> <div> <span class="category">country comparison to the world:</span> <span class="category_data"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/245rank.html#SG">122</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-economy-debt-external"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Debt - external field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#246">Debt - external</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry gives the total public and private debt owed to nonresidents repayable in internationally accepted currencies, goods, or services. These figures are calculated on an exchange rate basis, i.e., not in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/246.html#SG"><img alt="Debt - external field listing" title="Debt - external field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-debt-external"> <div class="category_data subfield historic"> <span class="subfield-number">$8.571 billion</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 31 December 2017">(31 December 2017 est.)</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield historic"> <span class="subfield-number">$6.327 billion</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 31 December 2016">(31 December 2016 est.)</span> </div> <div> <span class="category">country comparison to the world:</span> <span class="category_data"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/246rank.html#SG">119</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-economy-exchange-rates"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Exchange rates field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#249">Exchange rates</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry provides the average annual price of a country's monetary unit for the time period specified, expressed in units of local currency per US dollar, as determined by international market forces or by official fiat. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 4217 alphabetic currency code for the national medium of exchange is presented in parenthesis. Closing daily exchange rates are not presented in The World Factbook, but are used to convert stock values - e.g., the . . . <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#249">more</a> </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/249.html#SG"><img alt="Exchange rates field listing" title="Exchange rates field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-exchange-rates"> <div class="category_data subfield text"> Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) per US dollar - </div> <div class="category_data subfield historic"> <span class="subfield-number">617.4</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2017">(2017 est.)</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield historic"> <span class="subfield-number">593.01</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2016">(2016 est.)</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield historic"> <span class="subfield-number">593.01</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2015">(2015 est.)</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield historic"> <span class="subfield-number">591.45</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2014">(2014 est.)</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield historic"> <span class="subfield-number">494.42</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2013">(2013 est.)</span> </div> </div> </li> <li id="energy-category-section-anchor"> <a href="#" class="tabHead"> <div class="question afr_med" sectiontitle="Energy" ccode="sg" style="border-bottom: 2px solid white;"> Energy :: <span class="region">Senegal</span> </div> </a> </li> <li id="energy-category-section"> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-energy-electricity-access"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Electricity access field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#251">Electricity access</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry provides information on access to electricity. Electrification data – collected from industry reports, national surveys, and international sources – consists of four subfields. Population without electricity provides an estimate of the number of citizens that do not have access to electricity. Electrification – total population is the percent of a country’s total population with access to electricity, electrification – urban areas is the percent of a country’s urban population w . . . <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#251">more</a> </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/251.html#SG"><img alt="Electricity access field listing" title="Electricity access field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-electricity-access"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">population without electricity:</span> <span class="subfield-number">6 million</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2017">(2017)</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">electrification - total population:</span> <span class="subfield-number">65%</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2017">(2017)</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">electrification - urban areas:</span> <span class="subfield-number">90%</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2017">(2017)</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">electrification - rural areas:</span> <span class="subfield-number">43%</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2017">(2017)</span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-energy-electricity-production"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Electricity - production field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#252">Electricity - production</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry is the annual electricity generated expressed in kilowatt-hours. The discrepancy between the amount of electricity generated and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is accounted for as loss in transmission and distribution. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/252.html#SG"><img alt="Electricity - production field listing" title="Electricity - production field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-electricity-production"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-number">4.167 billion kWh</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2016">(2016 est.)</span> </div> <div> <span class="category">country comparison to the world:</span> <span class="category_data"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/252rank.html#SG">126</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-energy-electricity-consumption"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Electricity - consumption field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#253">Electricity - consumption</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry consists of total electricity generated annually plus imports and minus exports, expressed in kilowatt-hours. The discrepancy between the amount of electricity generated and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is accounted for as loss in transmission and distribution. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/253.html#SG"><img alt="Electricity - consumption field listing" title="Electricity - consumption field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-electricity-consumption"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-number">3.497 billion kWh</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2016">(2016 est.)</span> </div> <div> <span class="category">country comparison to the world:</span> <span class="category_data"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/253rank.html#SG">133</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-energy-electricity-exports"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Electricity - exports field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#254">Electricity - exports</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry is the total exported electricity in kilowatt-hours. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/254.html#SG"><img alt="Electricity - exports field listing" title="Electricity - exports field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-electricity-exports"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-number">0 kWh</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2016">(2016 est.)</span> </div> <div> <span class="category">country comparison to the world:</span> <span class="category_data"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/254rank.html#SG">195</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-energy-electricity-imports"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Electricity - imports field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#255">Electricity - imports</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry is the total imported electricity in kilowatt-hours. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/255.html#SG"><img alt="Electricity - imports field listing" title="Electricity - imports field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-electricity-imports"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-number">0 kWh</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2016">(2016 est.)</span> </div> <div> <span class="category">country comparison to the world:</span> <span class="category_data"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/255rank.html#SG">197</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-energy-electricity-installed-generating-capacity"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Electricity - installed generating capacity field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#256">Electricity - installed generating capacity</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry is the total capacity of currently installed generators, expressed in kilowatts (kW), to produce electricity. A 10-kilowatt (kW) generator will produce 10 kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity, if it runs continuously for one hour. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/256.html#SG"><img alt="Electricity - installed generating capacity field listing" title="Electricity - installed generating capacity field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-electricity-installed-generating-capacity"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-number">977,000 kW</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2016">(2016 est.)</span> </div> <div> <span class="category">country comparison to the world:</span> <span class="category_data"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/256rank.html#SG">129</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-energy-electricity-from-fossil-fuels"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Electricity - from fossil fuels field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#257">Electricity - from fossil fuels</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry measures the capacity of plants that generate electricity by burning fossil fuels (such as coal, petroleum products, and natural gas), expressed as a share of the country's total generating capacity. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/257.html#SG"><img alt="Electricity - from fossil fuels field listing" title="Electricity - from fossil fuels field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-electricity-from-fossil-fuels"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-number">82% of total installed capacity</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2016">(2016 est.)</span> </div> <div> <span class="category">country comparison to the world:</span> <span class="category_data"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/257rank.html#SG">79</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-energy-electricity-from-nuclear-fuels"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Electricity - from nuclear fuels field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#258">Electricity - from nuclear fuels</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry measures the capacity of plants that generate electricity through radioactive decay of nuclear fuel, expressed as a share of the country's total generating capacity. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/258.html#SG"><img alt="Electricity - from nuclear fuels field listing" title="Electricity - from nuclear fuels field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-electricity-from-nuclear-fuels"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-number">0% of total installed capacity</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2017">(2017 est.)</span> </div> <div> <span class="category">country comparison to the world:</span> <span class="category_data"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/258rank.html#SG">179</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-energy-electricity-from-hydroelectric-plants"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Electricity - from hydroelectric plants field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#259">Electricity - from hydroelectric plants</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry measures the capacity of plants that generate electricity by water-driven turbines, expressed as a share of the country's total generating capacity. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/259.html#SG"><img alt="Electricity - from hydroelectric plants field listing" title="Electricity - from hydroelectric plants field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-electricity-from-hydroelectric-plants"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-number">7% of total installed capacity</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2017">(2017 est.)</span> </div> <div> <span class="category">country comparison to the world:</span> <span class="category_data"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/259rank.html#SG">127</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-energy-electricity-from-other-renewable-sources"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Electricity - from other renewable sources field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#260">Electricity - from other renewable sources</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry measures the capacity of plants that generate electricity by using renewable energy sources other than hydroelectric (including, for example, wind, waves, solar, and geothermal), expressed as a share of the country's total generating capacity. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/260.html#SG"><img alt="Electricity - from other renewable sources field listing" title="Electricity - from other renewable sources field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-electricity-from-other-renewable-sources"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-number">11% of total installed capacity</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2017">(2017 est.)</span> </div> <div> <span class="category">country comparison to the world:</span> <span class="category_data"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/260rank.html#SG">80</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-energy-crude-oil-production"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Crude oil - production field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#261">Crude oil - production</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry is the total amount of crude oil produced, in barrels per day (bbl/day). </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/261.html#SG"><img alt="Crude oil - production field listing" title="Crude oil - production field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-crude-oil-production"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-number">0 bbl/day</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2018">(2018 est.)</span> </div> <div> <span class="category">country comparison to the world:</span> <span class="category_data"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/261rank.html#SG">197</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-energy-crude-oil-exports"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Crude oil - exports field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#262">Crude oil - exports</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry is the total amount of crude oil exported, in barrels per day (bbl/day). </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/262.html#SG"><img alt="Crude oil - exports field listing" title="Crude oil - exports field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-crude-oil-exports"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-number">0 bbl/day</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2015">(2015 est.)</span> </div> <div> <span class="category">country comparison to the world:</span> <span class="category_data"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/262rank.html#SG">190</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-energy-crude-oil-imports"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Crude oil - imports field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#263">Crude oil - imports</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry is the total amount of crude oil imported, in barrels per day (bbl/day). </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/263.html#SG"><img alt="Crude oil - imports field listing" title="Crude oil - imports field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-crude-oil-imports"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-number">17,880 bbl/day</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2015">(2015 est.)</span> </div> <div> <span class="category">country comparison to the world:</span> <span class="category_data"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/263rank.html#SG">65</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-energy-crude-oil-proved-reserves"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Crude oil - proved reserves field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#264">Crude oil - proved reserves</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry is the stock of proved reserves of crude oil, in barrels (bbl). Proved reserves are those quantities of petroleum which, by analysis of geological and engineering data, can be estimated with a high degree of confidence to be commercially recoverable from a given date forward, from known reservoirs and under current economic conditions. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/264.html#SG"><img alt="Crude oil - proved reserves field listing" title="Crude oil - proved reserves field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-crude-oil-proved-reserves"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-number">0 bbl</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 1 January 2018">(1 January 2018 est.)</span> </div> <div> <span class="category">country comparison to the world:</span> <span class="category_data"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/264rank.html#SG">192</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-energy-refined-petroleum-products-production"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Refined petroleum products - production field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#265">Refined petroleum products - production</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry is the country's total output of refined petroleum products, in barrels per day (bbl/day). The discrepancy between the amount of refined petroleum products produced and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is due to the omission of stock changes, refinery gains, and other complicating factors. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/265.html#SG"><img alt="Refined petroleum products - production field listing" title="Refined petroleum products - production field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-refined-petroleum-products-production"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-number">17,590 bbl/day</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2015">(2015 est.)</span> </div> <div> <span class="category">country comparison to the world:</span> <span class="category_data"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/265rank.html#SG">90</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-energy-refined-petroleum-products-consumption"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Refined petroleum products - consumption field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#266">Refined petroleum products - consumption</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry is the country's total consumption of refined petroleum products, in barrels per day (bbl/day). The discrepancy between the amount of refined petroleum products produced and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is due to the omission of stock changes, refinery gains, and other complicating factors. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/266.html#SG"><img alt="Refined petroleum products - consumption field listing" title="Refined petroleum products - consumption field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-refined-petroleum-products-consumption"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-number">48,000 bbl/day</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2016">(2016 est.)</span> </div> <div> <span class="category">country comparison to the world:</span> <span class="category_data"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/266rank.html#SG">107</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-energy-refined-petroleum-products-exports"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Refined petroleum products - exports field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#267">Refined petroleum products - exports</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry is the country's total exports of refined petroleum products, in barrels per day (bbl/day). </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/267.html#SG"><img alt="Refined petroleum products - exports field listing" title="Refined petroleum products - exports field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-refined-petroleum-products-exports"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-number">4,063 bbl/day</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2015">(2015 est.)</span> </div> <div> <span class="category">country comparison to the world:</span> <span class="category_data"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/267rank.html#SG">94</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-energy-refined-petroleum-products-imports"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Refined petroleum products - imports field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#268">Refined petroleum products - imports</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry is the country's total imports of refined petroleum products, in barrels per day (bbl/day). </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/268.html#SG"><img alt="Refined petroleum products - imports field listing" title="Refined petroleum products - imports field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-refined-petroleum-products-imports"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-number">32,050 bbl/day</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2015">(2015 est.)</span> </div> <div> <span class="category">country comparison to the world:</span> <span class="category_data"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/268rank.html#SG">98</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-energy-natural-gas-production"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Natural gas - production field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#269">Natural gas - production</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry is the total natural gas produced in cubic meters (cu m). The discrepancy between the amount of natural gas produced and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is due to the omission of stock changes and other complicating factors. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/269.html#SG"><img alt="Natural gas - production field listing" title="Natural gas - production field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-natural-gas-production"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-number">59.46 million cu m</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2017">(2017 est.)</span> </div> <div> <span class="category">country comparison to the world:</span> <span class="category_data"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/269rank.html#SG">85</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-energy-natural-gas-consumption"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Natural gas - consumption field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#270">Natural gas - consumption</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry is the total natural gas consumed in cubic meters (cu m). The discrepancy between the amount of natural gas produced and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is due to the omission of stock changes and other complicating factors. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/270.html#SG"><img alt="Natural gas - consumption field listing" title="Natural gas - consumption field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-natural-gas-consumption"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-number">59.46 million cu m</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2017">(2017 est.)</span> </div> <div> <span class="category">country comparison to the world:</span> <span class="category_data"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/270rank.html#SG">111</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-energy-natural-gas-exports"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Natural gas - exports field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#271">Natural gas - exports</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry is the total natural gas exported in cubic meters (cu m). </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/271.html#SG"><img alt="Natural gas - exports field listing" title="Natural gas - exports field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-natural-gas-exports"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-number">0 cu m</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2017">(2017 est.)</span> </div> <div> <span class="category">country comparison to the world:</span> <span class="category_data"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/271rank.html#SG">180</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-energy-natural-gas-imports"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Natural gas - imports field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#272">Natural gas - imports</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry is the total natural gas imported in cubic meters (cu m). </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/272.html#SG"><img alt="Natural gas - imports field listing" title="Natural gas - imports field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-natural-gas-imports"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-number">0 cu m</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2017">(2017 est.)</span> </div> <div> <span class="category">country comparison to the world:</span> <span class="category_data"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/272rank.html#SG">186</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-energy-natural-gas-proved-reserves"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Natural gas - proved reserves field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#273">Natural gas - proved reserves</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry is the stock of proved reserves of natural gas in cubic meters (cu m). Proved reserves are those quantities of natural gas, which, by analysis of geological and engineering data, can be estimated with a high degree of confidence to be commercially recoverable from a given date forward, from known reservoirs and under current economic conditions. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/273.html#SG"><img alt="Natural gas - proved reserves field listing" title="Natural gas - proved reserves field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-natural-gas-proved-reserves"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-number">0 cu m</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 1 January 2012">(1 January 2012 est.)</span> </div> <div> <span class="category">country comparison to the world:</span> <span class="category_data"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/273rank.html#SG">191</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-energy-carbon-dioxide-emissions-from-consumption-of-energy"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#274">Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry is the total amount of carbon dioxide, measured in metric tons, released by burning fossil fuels in the process of producing and consuming energy. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/274.html#SG"><img alt="Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy field listing" title="Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-carbon-dioxide-emissions-from-consumption-of-energy"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-number">8.644 million Mt</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2017">(2017 est.)</span> </div> <div> <span class="category">country comparison to the world:</span> <span class="category_data"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/274rank.html#SG">113</a> </span> </div> </div> </li> <li id="communications-category-section-anchor"> <a href="#" class="tabHead"> <div class="question afr_med" sectiontitle="Communications" ccode="sg" style="border-bottom: 2px solid white;"> Communications :: <span class="region">Senegal</span> </div> </a> </li> <li id="communications-category-section"> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-communications-telephones-fixed-lines"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Telephones - fixed lines field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#196">Telephones - fixed lines</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry gives the total number of fixed telephone lines in use, as well as the number of subscriptions per 100 inhabitants. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/196.html#SG"><img alt="Telephones - fixed lines field listing" title="Telephones - fixed lines field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-telephones-fixed-lines"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">total subscriptions:</span> <span class="subfield-number">302,243</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:</span> <span class="subfield-number">2</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2018">(2018 est.)</span> </div> <div> <span class="category">country comparison to the world:</span> <span class="category_data"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/196rank.html#SG">115</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-communications-telephones-mobile-cellular"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Telephones - mobile cellular field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#197">Telephones - mobile cellular</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry gives the total number of mobile cellular telephone subscribers, as well as the number of subscriptions per 100 inhabitants. Note that because of the ubiquity of mobile phone use in developed countries, the number of subscriptions per 100 inhabitants can exceed 100. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/197.html#SG"><img alt="Telephones - mobile cellular field listing" title="Telephones - mobile cellular field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-telephones-mobile-cellular"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">total subscriptions:</span> <span class="subfield-number">16,559,942</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:</span> <span class="subfield-number">110</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2018">(2018 est.)</span> </div> <div> <span class="category">country comparison to the world:</span> <span class="category_data"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/197rank.html#SG">64</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-communications-telecommunication-systems"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Telecommunication systems field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#198">Telecommunication systems</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry includes a brief general assessment of a country's telecommunications system with details on the domestic and international components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry: 2G - is short for second-generation cellular network. After 2G was launched, the previous mobile wireless network systems were retroactively dubbed 1G. While radio signals on 1G networks are analog, radio signals on 2G networks are digital. Both systems use digital signaling . . . <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#198">more</a> </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/198.html#SG"><img alt="Telecommunication systems field listing" title="Telecommunication systems field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-telecommunication-systems"> <div class="category_data subfield text"> <span class="subfield-name">general assessment:</span> mobile penetration reached 108% in March 2019; mobile broadband accounts for close to 100% (97.2%) Internet accesses; 3G and LTE services for 50% of population; growth in the intel market along with economic growth for the country; regulator awards more MVNO licenses, deactivated some 5 million unregistered SIM cards <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2020">(2020)</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield text"> <span class="subfield-name">domestic:</span> generally reliable urban system with a fiber-optic network; about two-thirds of all fixed-line connections are in Dakar; mobile-cellular service is steadily displacing fixed-line service, even in urban areas; fixed-line 2 per 100 and mobile-cellular 110 per 100 persons <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2018">(2018)</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield text"> <span class="subfield-name">international:</span> country code - 221; landing points for the ACE, Atlantis-2, MainOne and SAT-3/WASC submarine cables providing connectivity from South Africa, numerous western African countries, Europe and South America; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2019">(2019)</span> </div> <div class="category_data note"> the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-communications-broadcast-media"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Broadcast media field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#199">Broadcast media</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry provides information on the approximate number of public and private TV and radio stations in a country, as well as basic information on the availability of satellite and cable TV services. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/199.html#SG"><img alt="Broadcast media field listing" title="Broadcast media field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-broadcast-media"> <div class="category_data subfield text"> state-run Radiodiffusion Television Senegalaise (RTS) broadcasts TV programs from five cities in Senegal; in most regions of the country, viewers can receive TV programming from at least 7 private broadcasters; a wide range of independent TV programming is available via satellite; RTS operates a national radio network and a number of regional FM stations; at least 7 community radio stations and 18 private-broadcast radio stations are available; transmissions of at least 5 international broadcasters are accessible on FM in Dakar <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2019">(2019)</span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-communications-internet-country-code"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Internet country code field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#202">Internet country code</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry includes the two-letter codes maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in the ISO 3166 Alpha-2 list and used by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) to establish country-coded top-level domains (ccTLDs). </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/202.html#SG"><img alt="Internet country code field listing" title="Internet country code field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-internet-country-code"> <div class="category_data subfield text"> .sn </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-communications-internet-users"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Internet users field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#204">Internet users</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry gives the total number of individuals within a country who can access the Internet at home, via any device type (computer or mobile) and connection. The percent of population with Internet access (i.e., the penetration rate) helps gauge how widespread Internet use is within a country. Statistics vary from country to country and may include users who access the Internet at least several times a week to those who access it only once within a period of several months. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/204.html#SG"><img alt="Internet users field listing" title="Internet users field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-internet-users"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">total:</span> <span class="subfield-number">3,675,209</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">percent of population:</span> <span class="subfield-number">25.7%</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: July 2016">(July 2016 est.)</span> </div> <div> <span class="category">country comparison to the world:</span> <span class="category_data"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/204rank.html#SG">91</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-communications-broadband-fixed-subscriptions"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Broadband - fixed subscriptions field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#206">Broadband - fixed subscriptions</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry gives the total number of fixed-broadband subscriptions, as well as the number of subscriptions per 100 inhabitants. Fixed broadband is a physical wired connection to the Internet (e.g., coaxial cable, optical fiber) at speeds equal to or greater than 256 kilobits/second (256 kbit/s). </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/206.html#SG"><img alt="Broadband - fixed subscriptions field listing" title="Broadband - fixed subscriptions field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-broadband-fixed-subscriptions"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">total:</span> <span class="subfield-number">129,820</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:</span> <span class="subfield-number">1</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2018">(2018 est.)</span> </div> <div> <span class="category">country comparison to the world:</span> <span class="category_data"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/206rank.html#SG">117</a> </span> </div> </div> </li> <li id="military-and-security-category-section-anchor"> <a href="#" class="tabHead"> <div class="question afr_med" sectiontitle="Military and Security" ccode="sg" style="border-bottom: 2px solid white;"> Military and Security :: <span class="region">Senegal</span> </div> </a> </li> <li id="military-and-security-category-section"> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-military-and-security-military-expenditures"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Military expenditures field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#330">Military expenditures</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry gives spending on defense programs for the most recent year available as a percent of gross domestic product (GDP); the GDP is calculated on an exchange rate basis, i.e., not in terms of purchasing power parity (PPP). For countries with no military forces, this figure can include expenditures on public security and police. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/330.html#SG"><img alt="Military expenditures field listing" title="Military expenditures field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-military-expenditures"> <div class="category_data subfield historic"> <span class="subfield-number">1.5% of GDP</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2019">(2019 est.)</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield historic"> <span class="subfield-number">1.6% of GDP</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2018">(2018)</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield historic"> <span class="subfield-number">1.5% of GDP</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2017">(2017)</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield historic"> <span class="subfield-number">1.6% of GDP</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2016">(2016)</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield historic"> <span class="subfield-number">1.2% of GDP</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2015">(2015)</span> </div> <div> <span class="category">country comparison to the world:</span> <span class="category_data"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/330rank.html#SG">84</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-military-and-security-military-and-security-forces"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Military and security forces field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#331">Military and security forces</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry lists the military and security forces subordinate to defense ministries or the equivalent (typically ground, naval, air, and marine forces), as well as those belonging to interior ministries or the equivalent (typically gendarmeries, border/coast guards, paramilitary police, and other internal security forces). </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/331.html#SG"><img alt="Military and security forces field listing" title="Military and security forces field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-military-and-security-forces"> <div class="category_data subfield text"> Senegalese Armed Forces: Army, Senegalese National Navy (Marine Senegalaise, MNS), Senegalese Air Force (Armee de l'Air du Senegal), National Gendarmerie (includes Territorial and Mobile components) <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2019">(2019)</span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-military-and-security-military-service-age-and-obligation"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Military service age and obligation field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#333">Military service age and obligation</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry gives the required ages for voluntary or conscript military service and the length of service obligation. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/333.html#SG"><img alt="Military service age and obligation field listing" title="Military service age and obligation field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-military-service-age-and-obligation"> <div class="category_data subfield text"> 18 years of age for voluntary military service; 20 years of age for selective conscript service; 2-year service obligation; women have been accepted into military service since 2008 <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2016">(2016)</span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-military-and-security-military-and-security-service-personnel-strengths"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Military and security service personnel strengths field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#410">Military and security service personnel strengths</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry provides estimates of military and security services personnel strengths. In some cases where assessments vary, ranges are provided. Unless otherwise noted, military estimates focus on the major services (army, navy, air force, and where applicable, gendarmeries) and do not account for activated reservists or delineate military service members assigned to joint staffs or defense ministries. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/410.html#SG"><img alt="Military and security service personnel strengths field listing" title="Military and security service personnel strengths field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-military-and-security-service-personnel-strengths"> <div class="category_data subfield text"> the Senegalese Armed Forces (SAF) consist of approximately 19,000 active personnel (12,000 Army; 1,000 Navy/Coast Guard; 800 Air Force; 5,000 National Gendarmerie) <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2019 est.">(2019 est.)</span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-military-and-security-military-equipment-inventories-and-acquisitions"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Military equipment inventories and acquisitions field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#411">Military equipment inventories and acquisitions</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry provides basic information on each country’s military equipment inventories, as well as how they acquire their equipment; it is intended to show broad trends in major military equipment holdings, such as tanks and other armored vehicles, air defense systems, artillery, naval ships, helicopters, and fixed-wing aircraft. Arms acquisition information is an overview of major arms suppliers over a specific period of time, including second-hand arms delivered as aid, with a focus on m . . . <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#411">more</a> </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/411.html#SG"><img alt="Military equipment inventories and acquisitions field listing" title="Military equipment inventories and acquisitions field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-military-equipment-inventories-and-acquisitions"> <div class="category_data subfield text"> the SAF inventory includes mostly older or second-hand equipment from a variety of countries, including France, South Africa, and Russia/former Soviet Union; in recent years, the SAF has attempted to modernize, particularly its air force; China and France are the leading suppliers of newer military hardware to the SAF since 2010 <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2019 est.">(2019 est.)</span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-military-and-security-military-deployments"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Military deployments field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#412">Military deployments</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry lists military forces deployed to other countries or territories abroad. The World Factbook defines deployed as a permanently-stationed force or a temporary deployment of greater than six months. Deployments smaller than 100 personnel or paramilitaries, police, contractors, mercenaries, or proxy forces are not included. Numbers provided are estimates only and should be considered paper strengths, not necessarily the current number of troops on the ground. In addition, some est . . . <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#412">more</a> </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/412.html#SG"><img alt="Military deployments field listing" title="Military deployments field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-military-deployments"> <div class="category_data subfield text"> 1,050 Mali (MINUSMA) <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: March 2020">(March 2020)</span> </div> </div> </li> <li id="transportation-category-section-anchor"> <a href="#" class="tabHead"> <div class="question afr_med" sectiontitle="Transportation" ccode="sg" style="border-bottom: 2px solid white;"> Transportation :: <span class="region">Senegal</span> </div> </a> </li> <li id="transportation-category-section"> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-transportation-national-air-transport-system"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the National air transport system field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#377">National air transport system</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry includes four subfields describing the air transport system of a given country in terms of both structure and performance. The first subfield, number of registered air carriers, indicates the total number of air carriers registered with the country’s national aviation authority and issued an air operator certificate as required by the Convention on International Civil Aviation. The second subfield, inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers, lists the total number . . . <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#377">more</a> </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/377.html#SG"><img alt="National air transport system field listing" title="National air transport system field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-national-air-transport-system"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers:</span> <span class="subfield-number">115,355</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2015">(2015)</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">annual freight traffic on registered air carriers:</span> <span class="subfield-number">3,095,523</span> <span class="subfield-note">mt-km</span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2015">(2015)</span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-transportation-civil-aircraft-registration-country-code-prefix"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Civil aircraft registration country code prefix field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#378">Civil aircraft registration country code prefix</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry provides the one- or two-character alphanumeric code indicating the nationality of civil aircraft. Article 20 of the Convention on International Civil Aviation (Chicago Convention), signed in 1944, requires that all aircraft engaged in international air navigation bear appropriate nationality marks. The aircraft registration number consists of two parts: a prefix consisting of a one- or two-character alphanumeric code indicating nationality and a registration suffix of one to fi . . . <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#378">more</a> </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/378.html#SG"><img alt="Civil aircraft registration country code prefix field listing" title="Civil aircraft registration country code prefix field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-civil-aircraft-registration-country-code-prefix"> <div class="category_data subfield text"> 6V <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2016">(2016)</span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-transportation-airports"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Airports field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#379">Airports</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry gives the total number of airports or airfields recognizable from the air. The runway(s) may be paved (concrete or asphalt surfaces) or unpaved (grass, earth, sand, or gravel surfaces) and may include closed or abandoned installations. Airports or airfields that are no longer recognizable (overgrown, no facilities, etc.) are not included. Note that not all airports have accommodations for refueling, maintenance, or air traffic control. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/379.html#SG"><img alt="Airports field listing" title="Airports field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-airports"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-number">20</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2013">(2013)</span> </div> <div> <span class="category">country comparison to the world:</span> <span class="category_data"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/379rank.html#SG">135</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-transportation-airports-with-paved-runways"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Airports - with paved runways field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#380">Airports - with paved runways</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry gives the total number of airports with paved runways (concrete or asphalt surfaces) by length. For airports with more than one runway, only the longest runway is included according to the following five groups - (1) over 3,047 m (over 10,000 ft), (2) 2,438 to 3,047 m (8,000 to 10,000 ft), (3) 1,524 to 2,437 m (5,000 to 8,000 ft), (4) 914 to 1,523 m (3,000 to 5,000 ft), and (5) under 914 m (under 3,000 ft). Only airports with usable runways are included in this listing. Not all . . . <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#380">more</a> </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/380.html#SG"><img alt="Airports - with paved runways field listing" title="Airports - with paved runways field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-airports-with-paved-runways"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">total:</span> <span class="subfield-number">9</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2017">(2017)</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">over 3,047 m:</span> <span class="subfield-number">2</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2017">(2017)</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">1,524 to 2,437 m:</span> <span class="subfield-number">6</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2017">(2017)</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">914 to 1,523 m:</span> <span class="subfield-number">1</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2017">(2017)</span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-transportation-airports-with-unpaved-runways"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Airports - with unpaved runways field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#381">Airports - with unpaved runways</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry gives the total number of airports with unpaved runways (grass, dirt, sand, or gravel surfaces) by length. For airports with more than one runway, only the longest runway is included according to the following five groups - (1) over 3,047 m (over 10,000 ft), (2) 2,438 to 3,047 m (8,000 to 10,000 ft), (3) 1,524 to 2,437 m (5,000 to 8,000 ft), (4) 914 to 1,523 m (3,000 to 5,000 ft), and (5) under 914 m (under 3,000 ft). Only airports with usable runways are included in this listin . . . <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#381">more</a> </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/381.html#SG"><img alt="Airports - with unpaved runways field listing" title="Airports - with unpaved runways field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-airports-with-unpaved-runways"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">total:</span> <span class="subfield-number">11</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2013">(2013)</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">1,524 to 2,437 m:</span> <span class="subfield-number">7</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2013">(2013)</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">914 to 1,523 m:</span> <span class="subfield-number">3</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2013">(2013)</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">under 914 m:</span> <span class="subfield-number">1</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2013">(2013)</span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-transportation-pipelines"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Pipelines field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#383">Pipelines</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry gives the lengths and types of pipelines for transporting products like natural gas, crude oil, or petroleum products. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/383.html#SG"><img alt="Pipelines field listing" title="Pipelines field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-pipelines"> <div class="category_data subfield text"> 43 km gas, 8 km refined products <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2017">(2017)</span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-transportation-railways"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Railways field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#384">Railways</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry states the total route length of the railway network and of its component parts by gauge, which is the measure of the distance between the inner sides of the load-bearing rails. The four typical types of gauges are: broad, standard, narrow, and dual. Other gauges are listed under note. Some 60% of the world's railways use the standard gauge of 1.4 m (4.7 ft). Gauges vary by country and sometimes within countries. The choice of gauge during initial construction was mainly in resp . . . <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#384">more</a> </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/384.html#SG"><img alt="Railways field listing" title="Railways field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-railways"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">total:</span> <span class="subfield-number">906 km</span> <span class="subfield-note">(713 km operational in 2017)</span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2017">(2017)</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">narrow gauge:</span> <span class="subfield-number">906 km</span> <span class="subfield-note">1.000-m gauge</span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2017">(2017)</span> </div> <div> <span class="category">country comparison to the world:</span> <span class="category_data"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/384rank.html#SG">94</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-transportation-roadways"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Roadways field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#385">Roadways</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry gives the total length of the road network and includes the length of the paved and unpaved portions. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/385.html#SG"><img alt="Roadways field listing" title="Roadways field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-roadways"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">total:</span> <span class="subfield-number">16,665 km</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2017">(2017)</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">paved:</span> <span class="subfield-number">6,126 km</span> <span class="subfield-note">(includes 241 km of expressways)</span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2017">(2017)</span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">unpaved:</span> <span class="subfield-number">10,539 km</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2017">(2017)</span> </div> <div> <span class="category">country comparison to the world:</span> <span class="category_data"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/385rank.html#SG">118</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-transportation-waterways"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Waterways field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#386">Waterways</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry gives the total length of navigable rivers, canals, and other inland bodies of water. </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/386.html#SG"><img alt="Waterways field listing" title="Waterways field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-waterways"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-number">1,000 km</span> <span class="subfield-note">(primarily on the Senegal, Saloum, and Casamance Rivers)</span> <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2012">(2012)</span> </div> <div> <span class="category">country comparison to the world:</span> <span class="category_data"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/386rank.html#SG">63</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-transportation-merchant-marine"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Merchant marine field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#387">Merchant marine</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry provides the total and the number of each type of privately or publicly owned commercial ship for each country; military ships are not included; the five ships by type include: bulk carrier - for cargo such as coal, grain, cement, ores, and gravel; container ship - for loads in truck-size containers, a transportation system called containerization; general cargo - also referred to as break-bulk containers - for a wide variety of packaged merchandise, such as textiles, furniture . . . <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#387">more</a> </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/387.html#SG"><img alt="Merchant marine field listing" title="Merchant marine field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-merchant-marine"> <div class="category_data subfield numeric"> <span class="subfield-name">total:</span> <span class="subfield-number">32</span> <span class="subfield-note"></span> </div> <div class="category_data subfield text"> <span class="subfield-name">by type:</span> general cargo 4, oil tanker 1, other 27 <span class="subfield-date" aria-label="Date of information: 2019">(2019)</span> </div> <div> <span class="category">country comparison to the world:</span> <span class="category_data"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/387rank.html#SG">130</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-transportation-ports-and-terminals"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Ports and terminals field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#388">Ports and terminals</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry lists major ports and terminals primarily on the basis of the amount of cargo tonnage shipped through the facilities on an annual basis. In some instances, the number of containers handled or ship visits were also considered. Most ports service multiple classes of vessels including bulk carriers (dry and liquid), break bulk cargoes (goods loaded individually in bags, boxes, crates, or drums; sometimes palletized), containers, roll-on/roll-off, and passenger ships. The listing le . . . <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#388">more</a> </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/388.html#SG"><img alt="Ports and terminals field listing" title="Ports and terminals field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-ports-and-terminals"> <div class="category_data subfield text"> <span class="subfield-name">major seaport(s):</span> Dakar </div> </div> </li> <li id="transnational-issues-category-section-anchor"> <a href="#" class="tabHead"> <div class="question afr_med" sectiontitle="Transnational Issues" ccode="sg" style="border-bottom: 2px solid white;"> Transnational Issues :: <span class="region">Senegal</span> </div> </a> </li> <li id="transnational-issues-category-section"> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-transnational-issues-disputes-international"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Disputes - international field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#326">Disputes - international</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry includes a wide variety of situations that range from traditional bilateral boundary disputes to unilateral claims of one sort or another. Information regarding disputes over international terrestrial and maritime boundaries has been reviewed by the US Department of State. References to other situations involving borders or frontiers may also be included, such as resource disputes, geopolitical questions, or irredentist issues; however, inclusion does not necessarily constitute . . . <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#326">more</a> </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/326.html#SG"><img alt="Disputes - international field listing" title="Disputes - international field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-disputes-international"> <div class="category_data subfield text"> <p>cross-border trafficking in persons, timber, wildlife, and cannabis; rebels from the Movement of Democratic Forces in the Casamance find refuge in Guinea-Bissau</p> </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-transnational-issues-refugees-and-internally-displaced-persons"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Refugees and internally displaced persons field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#327">Refugees and internally displaced persons</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry includes those persons residing in a country as refugees, internally displaced persons (IDPs), or stateless persons. Each country's refugee entry includes only countries of origin that are the source of refugee populations of 5,000 or more. The definition of a refugee according to a UN Convention is "a person who is outside his/her country of nationality or habitual residence; has a well-founded fear of persecution because of his/her race, religion, nationality, membership in a . . . <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#327">more</a> </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/327.html#SG"><img alt="Refugees and internally displaced persons field listing" title="Refugees and internally displaced persons field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-refugees-and-internally-displaced-persons"> <div class="category_data subfield text"> <span class="subfield-name">refugees (country of origin):</span> 14,155 (Mauritania) (2019) </div> <div class="category_data subfield text"> <span class="subfield-name">IDPs:</span> 8,400 (clashes between government troops and separatists in Casamance region in the 1990s and early 2000s) (2019) </div> </div> <div class="category afr_light" style="padding-left:5px;" id="field-anchor-transnational-issues-illicit-drugs"> <span class="btn-tooltip definition" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true"> <a aria-label="Use this link to access a description of the Illicit drugs field" href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#329">Illicit drugs</a>: <span class="tooltip-content"> This entry gives information on the five categories of illicit drugs - narcotics, stimulants, depressants (sedatives), hallucinogens, and cannabis. These categories include many drugs legally produced and prescribed by doctors as well as those illegally produced and sold outside of medical channels. Cannabis (Cannabis sativa) is the common hemp plant, which provides hallucinogens with some sedative properties, and includes marijuana (pot, Acapulco gold, grass, reefer), tetrahydroca . . . <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#329">more</a> </span> </span> <span class="field-listing-link"> <a href="/web/20200831041253/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/329.html#SG"><img alt="Illicit drugs field listing" title="Illicit drugs field listing" src="/web/20200831041253im_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/images/field_listing.gif"/></a> </span> </div> <div id="field-illicit-drugs"> <div class="category_data subfield text"> transshipment point for Southwest and Southeast Asian heroin and South American cocaine moving to Europe and North America; illicit cultivator of cannabis </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div>   </div> </div> </article> </div> <aside 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