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Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2025
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	17 775	24 531	30 408^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	6.4	1.3	4.3^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	1 218.0	1 461.0	1 682.0^b
Economy: Agriculture^g,h (% of Gross Value Added)	16	18	19.5^b
Economy: Industry^h,i (% of Gross Value Added)	26.4	25.8	25.9^b
Economy: Services and other activity^h,j (% of GVA)	57.6	56.2	54.6^b
Employment in agriculture^k (% of employed)	31.3	23.1	21.6^b
Employment in industry^k (% of employed)	18.3	21.7	22.3^b
Employment in services^k (% employed)	50.4	55.2	56.1^b
Unemployment (% of labour force)	6.8	3.4^k	3.1^k
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	34.1 / 57.3	36.9 / 63.6^k	37.3 / 63.6^k
CPI: Consumer Price Index^l (2010=100)	105	112	134^m,f
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	110	182	181^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	2 612	3 929^k	6 820^k,f
International trade: imports (million current US$)	5 595	7 812	11 676^k,f
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 2 984	- 3 883^k	- 4 856^k,f
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	-945	- 2 662	- 6 072^b

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2025
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 %)	3.9ⁿ	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	4.8	4	3.7^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	68.3 / 64.6	69.7 / 65.5	71.3 / 67.2^a
Population age distribution^o (0-14/60+ years old, %)	42.4 / 5.3	40.3 / 5.4	37.7 / 5.6^a
International migrant stock^p (000/% of total pop.)	266.5 / 1.8	274.9 / 1.6	281.9 / 1.5^f
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	17.3	16.2	12.8^f
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	51	40.2	32.9^a
Health: Current expenditure^q (% of GDP)	4.4	5.2	4.1^r
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	...	0.1	0.1^b
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	90.1 / 79.8	92.8 / 77.5	96.1 / 75.8^b
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	62.3 / 59.0^k,s	57.9 / 46.6	58.4 / 44.2^b
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	33.0 / 37.9^k,s	35.5 / 32.7	38.4 / 29.8^b
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	42.7	43^t	41.2^t

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Individuals using the Internet^k (per 100 inhabitants)	21.7	53.3	60.6^b
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	0.6^u	...	...
Threatened species (number)	106	145	189^f
Forested area (% of land area)	42.9	41.9	41.5^r
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	8.2 / 0.6	8.2 / 0.5	11.3 / 0.6^r
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	69	86	84^r
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	12	12	13^r
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^k (000)	1 007	1 365^v	...
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	41.2	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^r
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	17.0 / 17.2	13.9 / 13.5	13.9 / 14.2^r
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	5.02	6.69	6.2^b

Footnotes

a		Projected est. (medium fertility variant).
b		2023
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		2024
g		Exc. irrigation canals and landscaping care.
h		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
i		Exc. publishing activities. Inc. irrigation canals.
j		Inc. publishing activities and landscape care. Exc. 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		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
o		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
p		Including refugees.
q		Based on calendar year (January 1 to December 31).
r		2022
s		2014
t		Data at 1 January of the reporting year.
u		Excluding business enterprise.
v		2017