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IndicatorSENSenegalSub-Saharan Africa
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-10.81rank #54
Control of Corruption0-100 percentile50.1rank #83
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.56rank #43
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.46rank #56
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-10.82rank #49
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentile55.9rank #83
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-10.81rank #54
Military spending% GDP1.6%rank #78
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.4rank #59
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentile62rank #122
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentile51.1rank #114
Rule of Law0-100 percentile53.4rank #109
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-10.69rank #64
V-Dem electoral democracy0-10.63rank #54
V-Dem liberal democracy0-10.48rank #63
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentile57.1rank #99
Women in parliament% seats41.2%rank #25
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-10.86rank #38
Economy
Agricultural employment% employment29.6%rank #59
Agriculture value added% GDP17.1%rank #32
Annual working hours per workerhours2,335.2rank #14
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per worker25,030.6rank #147
Current account balance% GDP-19.8%rank #171
Employment-to-population ratio%50.7%rank #133
External debt stocks% GNI150.7%rank #108
FDI net inflows% GDP6.3%rank #37
GDPcurrent US$37.01Brank #107
GDP growth%6.7%rank #20
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$1,954.7rank #155
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $4,668.5rank #151
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $4,202rank #157
Government expenditure% GDP23.6%rank #55
Gross capital formation% GDP26.9%rank #36
Gross savings% GDP22.9%rank #74
High-technology exports% manuf. exports3%rank #92
Human capital indexindex1.6rank #136
Industry value added% GDP26.1%rank #63
Inflation%1.5%rank #44
Labour force participation rate%52.2%rank #146
Personal remittances received% GDP10.6%rank #26
R&D expenditure% GDP0.58%rank #53
Researchers in R&Dper million572.4rank #59
Tax revenue% GDP19.5%rank #43
Total factor productivity (current PPPs, USA=1)index (USA=1)0.46rank #87
Trade openness% GDP71.1%rank #79
Unemployment% labor force2.7%rank #29
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%2.8%rank #36
Vulnerable employment% employment63%rank #147
Youth unemployment% ages 15-243.6%rank #13
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-243.5%rank #12
Health
Basic drinking water access% pop88%rank #121
Basic sanitation access% pop62.5%rank #136
Child mortalityper 1003.7rank #110
Daily caloric supply per capitakcal2,847.8rank #109
DTP3 immunization coverage%91%rank #9
Health spending% GDP4.3%rank #146
Infant mortalityper 1k births28.9rank #105
Life expectancyyears68.9rank #161
Maternal mortalityper 100k237rank #88
Measles immunization% children87%rank #13
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%87%rank #13
Physiciansper 1k0.11rank #52
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m341.6rank #180
Road traffic deathsper 100k23.5rank #97
Smoking prevalence% adults5.4%rank #5
Suicide mortality rateper 100k6.8rank #79
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100k132rank #104
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k births36.5rank #147
Undernourishment% pop5.1%rank #15
Education
Adult literacy%50.4%rank #32
Education spending% GDP6.2%rank #11
Expected years of schoolingyears9.1rank #177
Mean years of schoolingyears2.9rank #183
Primary completion rate% relevant age62.9%rank #105
Primary enrollment% gross85.3%rank #121
Secondary enrollment% gross44.1%rank #139
Tertiary enrollment% gross15.3%rank #80
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,00029.2rank #35
Fertility ratebirths/woman3.8rank #33
Median age of populationyears19.1rank #183
Net migration rateper 1,000-0.55rank #125
Populationpeople18.93Mrank #68
Population growth%2.3%rank #35
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)years73.8rank #155
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousands30,365rank #63
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-age73.1rank #38
Urban population%55.8%rank #130
Climate
CO₂ emissionst14.09Mrank #98
CO₂ per capitat0.76rank #159
Electricity access% pop82.9%rank #36
Electricity from coal% generation1.3%rank #10
Electricity from hydro% generation4.1%rank #115
Electricity from solar% generation8.9%rank #45
Electricity from wind% generation5.4%rank #47
Electric power consumptionkWh per capita410.2rank #124
Forest area% land41.3%rank #74
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capita1.9rank #33
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWh540rank #117
Renewable electricity%19.8%rank #114
Renewable energy share%35.4%rank #63
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2e33.5rank #84
Society
Asylum seekerspeople38,978rank #146
Extreme poverty% pop17.9%rank #33
Female labor participation%38.2%rank #156
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 1004rank #115
Gender Development Indexratio0.92rank #79
Gender Inequality Index0-10.49rank #114
Gini indexindex36.2rank #43
Homicide rateper 100k0.27rank #5
Human Development Index0-10.53rank #136
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-10.34rank #126
Internet users% pop60.1%rank #134
Life satisfaction0-104.8rank #104
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0-10.51rank #108
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.01rank #131
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.04rank #98
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)0.24rank #134
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)0.65rank #161
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)people17,259rank #85
Refugees originating (by country of origin)people13,028rank #119
Youth NEET rate%35.4%rank #168
Risk
Battle-related deaths (state-based)deaths/year0rank #1
Deaths in armed conflictsdeaths0rank #1
Hazard & exposure0-104.2rank #36
Human hazard & exposure0-103.8rank #32
INFORM risk score0-104.7rank #36
Lack of coping capacity0-105.3rank #44
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-105.4rank #48
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-105.2rank #31
Natural hazard & exposure0-104.5rank #32
Organized-violence deaths (total)deaths/year0rank #1
Socio-economic vulnerability0-106.2rank #59
Vulnerability0-104.8rank #37
Vulnerable groups0-102.9rank #24
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