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Senegal

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Key facts

  • currency: West African CFA franc
  • capital city: Dakar
  • region: Western Africa
  • continent: Africa
  • land area: 192,530 km²
  • population: 17,763,163 people
  • political leader: Macky Sall (President)
Classified as: place

Summary

Senegal is a country. The capital city is Dakar, located in the Western Africa region of Africa. It has a land area of 192,530 km², a population of 17,763,163 people and uses the currency West African CFA franc. The President is Macky Sall.

Location on a map: [14°0′N, -14°0′W]

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Environment

Senegal is one of the countries in Africa, countries in Western Africa and 194 countries in our database.
  • Agricultural land: 95,110.00 km²
  • Alternative and nuclear energy: 0.61 % of total energy use
  • Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 12.07 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Access to electricity: 67.90 % of population
  • Electricity production from coal sources: 0.00 % of total
  • Electricity production from natural gas sources: 4.17 % of total
  • Electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 8.65 % of total
  • Electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
  • Electricity production from oil sources: 83.62 % of total
  • Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 1.77 % of total
  • Net energy imports: 52.69 % of energy use
  • Fertility rate: 4.31 births per woman
  • Forest area: 80,281 km²
  • Fossil fuel energy consumption: 53.91 % of total
  • Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 30.61 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Median age: 14.10
  • Methane emissions: 13.57 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Nitrous oxide emissions: 3.69 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Female population: 9,025,674 people
  • Male population: 8,737,489 people
  • Renewable energy consumption: 35.40 % of total final energy consumption
  • Rural land area: 194,448.57 km²
  • Rural population: 8,956,364 people
  • Urban land area: 1,566.40 km²
  • Urban population: 8,806,799 people
  • Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 4.82 % of total population

Geographical distribution of cities in Senegal by population

Cities in Senegal

Relationship between fertility rate and median age in Senegal

Evolution of historical forest area in Senegal

Distribution of sites in Senegal by inscription year

Relationship between forest area and rural land area in Senegal

Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Senegal

Relationship between fossil fuel and renewable energy consumption in Senegal

Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Senegal

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions and methane emissions in Senegal

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions and nitrous oxide emissions in Senegal

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban land area in Senegal

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban population in Senegal

Evolution of historical land area in Senegal

Evolution of historical median age in Senegal

Evolution of historical methane emissions in Senegal

Relationship between methane and nitrous oxide emissions in Senegal

Relationship between methane emissions and population in Senegal

Relationship between methane emissions and rural population in Senegal

Relationship between methane emissions and urban land area in Senegal

Relationship between methane emissions and urban population in Senegal

Geographical distribution of sites in Senegal by area

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Senegal

Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and population in Senegal

Relationship between urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions in Senegal

Relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions in Senegal

Evolution of historical population in Senegal

Relationship between urban land area and population in Senegal

Evolution of historical female population in Senegal

Evolution of historical male population in Senegal

Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Senegal

Evolution of historical rural land area in Senegal

Evolution of historical rural population in Senegal

Relationship between rural population and urban land area in Senegal

Evolution of historical urban land area in Senegal

Relationship between urban land area and urban population in Senegal

Evolution of historical urban population in Senegal

Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Senegal

Relationship between population and date in Senegal

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) in Senegal

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Senegal

Relationship between agricultural land and methane emissions in Senegal

Relationship between agricultural land and nitrous oxide emissions in Senegal

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Senegal

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Senegal

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and GDP in Senegal

Relationship between carbon dioxide and methane emissions in Senegal

Relationship between carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions in Senegal

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and urban land area in Senegal

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and urban population in Senegal

Evolution of historical access to electricity in Senegal

Relationship between access to electricity and fertility rate in Senegal

Relationship between access to electricity and life expectancy at birth in Senegal

Relationship between access to electricity and renewable energy consumption in Senegal

Relationship between access to electricity and self-employed workers in Senegal

Sites in Senegal

Relationship between access to electricity and vulnerable employment in Senegal

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Senegal

Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Senegal

Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Senegal

Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Senegal

Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Senegal

Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, in Senegal

Evolution of historical net energy imports in Senegal

Evolution of historical fertility rate in Senegal

Relationship between fertility rate and life expectancy at birth in Senegal

Proportion of transboundary sites in Senegal

Geographical distribution of wildfires in Senegal by mean width

Wildfires in Senegal

Relationship between mean length and mean width of wildfires in Senegal

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Politics

  • Armed forces personnel: 19,000 people
  • Democracy score: 6.15
  • Democracy type: Flawed democracy
  • Internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence: 8,400 people
  • Individuals using the internet: 59.98 % of population
  • Military expenditure: 1.57 % of GDP
  • Net migration: -19,999 people
  • Press freedom: 3.03
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 46.06 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Senegal

Relationship between armed forces personnel and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Senegal

Relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel in Senegal

Relationship between armed forces personnel and nitrous oxide emissions in Senegal

Relationship between armed forces personnel and population in Senegal

Relationship between rural population and armed forces personnel in Senegal

Relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel in Senegal

Relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel in Senegal

Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Senegal

Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in Senegal

Evolution of historical military expenditure in Senegal

Evolution of historical net migration in Senegal

Evolution of the historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Senegal

Political parties in Senegal

Distribution of politicians from Senegal by birth year

Proportion of politicians per gender in Senegal

Politicians from Senegal

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Business

  • Expense: 22.37 % of GDP
  • Gdp: 31,013,986,429.19 current US$
  • Inflation: 9.70 annual %
  • Self-employed workers: 64.36 % of total employment
  • Tax revenue: 18.70 % of GDP
  • Unemployment: 2.93 % of total labor force
  • Vulnerable employment: 62.55 % of total employment

Shops in Senegal

Proportion of CEOs per gender in Senegal

Companies from Senegal

Proportion of employee types in companies from Senegal

Distribution of companies founded in Senegal by year

Proportion of revenue types by company in Senegal

Evolution of historical central government debt in Senegal

Evolution of historical expense in Senegal

Evolution of historical GDP in Senegal

Relationship between GDP and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Senegal

Evolution of historical inflation in Senegal

Evolution of historical proportion of self-employed workers in Senegal

Relationship between self-employment and vulnerable employment in Senegal

Evolution of historical tax revenue in Senegal

Evolution of historical unemployment in Senegal

Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Senegal

Exchanges in Senegal

Proportion of shops per country in Senegal

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Health

  • Birth rate: 32.07 per 1,000 people
  • Death rate: 5.55 per 1,000 people
  • Health expenditure per capita: 71.22 current US$
  • Health expenditure: 4.35 % of GDP
  • Incidence of hiv: 0.09 per 1,000 uninfected population
  • Hospital beds: 0.73 per 1,000 people
  • Life expectancy at birth: 68
  • Suicide mortality rate: 6.00 per 100,000 population

Evolution of historical birth rate in Senegal

Relationship between birth rate and access to electricity in Senegal

Relationship between birth rate and fertility rate in Senegal

Relationship between birth rate and life expectancy at birth in Senegal

Relationship between birth rate and median age in Senegal

Relationship between birth rate and proportion of self-employed workers in Senegal

Relationship between birth rate and vulnerable employment in Senegal

Evolution of historical death rate in Senegal

Relationship between death rate and life expectancy at birth in Senegal

Evolution of historical health expenditure per capita in Senegal

Evolution of historical health expenditure in Senegal

Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Senegal

Evolution of historical hospital beds in Senegal

Evolution of historical life expectancy at birth in Senegal

Relationship between life expectancy and the proportion of self-employed workers in Senegal

Relationship between life expectancy and vulnerable employment in Senegal

Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate in Senegal

Diseases in Senegal

Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Senegal

Proportion of diseases in Senegal by mortality rate

Distribution of diseases in Senegal by start date

Evolution of historical cases in Senegal

Evolution of historical deaths in Senegal

Relationship between cases and deaths in Senegal

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Sports

Distribution of athletes from Senegal by birth year

Proportion of athletes per gender in Senegal

Athletes from Senegal

Proportion of competitions per city in Senegal

Competitions in Senegal

Proportion of competitions per country in Senegal

Distribution of competitions in Senegal by start date

Proportion of medals won by Senegal in the Olympics

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Culture

Artists from Senegal

Distribution of artists from Senegal by birth year

Proportion of artists per gender in Senegal

Geographical distribution of museums in Senegal by visitors

Museums in Senegal

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Research

Geographical distribution of universities in Senegal by total students

Distribution of universities in Senegal per foundation year

Universities in Senegal

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In literature

There are 78 books written about Senegal in the database

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This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders

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