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Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2024
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	17 761	24 531	27 776^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	6.4	1.3	4^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	1 237.2	1 492.5	1 604.0^b
Economy: Agriculture^g,h (% of Gross Value Added)	16	18	18.2^b
Economy: Industry^g,i (% of Gross Value Added)	26.4	25.8	25.3^b
Economy: Services and other activity^j (% of GVA)	57.6	56.2	56.5^b
Employment in agriculture^k (% of employed)	31.3	23	21.5^b
Employment in industry^k (% of employed)	18.4	21.6	22.6^b
Employment in services^k (% employed)	50.3	55.4	55.8^b
Unemployment (% of labour force)	6.8	3.3^k	2.9^k
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	34.3 / 57.7	37.3 / 64.2^k	37.5 / 63.6^k
CPI: Consumer Price Index^l (2010=100)	105	112	133^m,f
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	110	182	176^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	2 612	3 929	4 812^k,f
International trade: imports (million current US$)	5 595	7 812	10 280^k,f
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 2 984	- 3 883	- 5 468^k,f
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	-945	- 2 662	- 3 327ⁿ

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Population growth rate (average annual %)	3	2.6	2.3^a
Urban population (% of total population)	45.9	47.7^e	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	3.9^o	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	4.8	4	3.8^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	68.3 / 64.6	69.7 / 65.5	71.0 / 67.0^a
Population age distribution^p (0-14/60+ years old, %)	42.4 / 5.3	40.3 / 5.4	38.2 / 5.6^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	266.5 / 1.8^q	274.9 / 1.6^q	... / ...
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	17.3	16.2	12.1^f
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	51	40.2	34.2^a
Health: Current expenditure^r (% of GDP)	4.4	5.2	4.4ⁿ
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	...	0.1	0.1^b
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	5.5	5.7	5.6ⁿ
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	89.8 / 80.1	90.6 / 78.7	90.2 / 76.5^b
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	62.6 / 59.2^k,s	58.5 / 48.5	60.3 / 48.6^b
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	33.3 / 38.0^k,s	37.1 / 34.4	39.0 / 32.8^b
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	42.7	43^t	46.1^t

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Individuals using the Internet^k (per 100 inhabitants)	21.7	53.3	60^b
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	0.6^u	...	...
Threatened species (number)	106	145	185^f
Forested area (% of land area)	42.9	41.9	41.7ⁿ
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	8.2 / 0.6	8.2 / 0.5	9.6 / 0.6ⁿ
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	69	86	87ⁿ
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	12	12	13ⁿ
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^k (000)	1 007	1 365^v	...
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	42.2	45.4	45.4^f
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	40.5 / 10.9	41.0 / 12.2	41.3 / 12.6^b
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	17.0 / 17.2	13.9 / 13.5	13.9 / 14.2^b
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	5.02	6.74	5.14ⁿ

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2022
c		African Financial Community (CFA) Franc, Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO).
d		Refers to the sum of the Departments of Dakar, Pikinie and Guédiawaye, in Dakar Region.
e		2019
f		2023
g		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
h		Excludes irrigation canals and landscaping care.
i		Excludes publishing activities. Includes irrigation canals.
j		Includes publishing activities and landscape care. Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
k		Estimate.
l		WAEMU harmonized consumer price index.
m		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division from national indices.
n		2021
o		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
p		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
q		Including refugees.
r		Data based on calendar year (January 1 to December 31).
s		2014
t		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
u		Excluding business enterprise.
v		2017