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Senegal
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
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Evolution of historical forest area in Senegal
Distribution of sites in Senegal by inscription year
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Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Senegal
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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
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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
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Evolution of historical population in Senegal
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Evolution of historical female population in Senegal
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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