Economy of Senegal - Statistics

Statistics

GDP (purchasing power parity)

U.S.$21.13 billion (2008 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate)

U.S.$11.12 billion (2007 est.)

GDP - real growth rate

4.6% (2007 est.)

GDP - per capita (PPP)

U.S.$1,700 (2007 est.)

GDP - composition by sector

agriculture: 16% industry: 19.4% services: 64.6% (2007 est.)

Population below poverty line

43,4% (2010 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share

lowest 10%: 2.7% highest 10%: 33.4% (2007)

Inflation rate (consumer prices)

5.4% (2008 est.)

Investment (gross fixed)

41% of GDP (2006 est.)

Labor force

4.876 million (2009 est.)

Labor force - by occupation

agriculture: 75% industry and services: 25% (1990 est.)

Unemployment rate

48%; note - urban youth 40% (2001 est.)

Distribution of family income - Gini index

40 (2005)

Budget

revenues

U.S.$2.023 billion

expenditures

U.S.$2.377 billion; including capital expenditures of $357 million (2006 est.)

Public debt

22.5% of GDP (2007 est.)

Industries

agricultural and fish processing, phosphate mining, fertilizer production, petroleum refining, construction materials, ship construction and repair

Industrial production growth rate

5.2% (2007 est.)

Electricity - production

2.159 billion kWh (2007)

Electricity - consumption

1.859 billion kWh (2007)

Electricity - exports

0 kWh (2004)

Electricity - imports

0 kWh (2004)

Oil - production

0 bbl/d (0 m3/d) (2004 est.)

Oil - consumption

35,000 bbl/d (5,600 m3/d) (2007 est.)

Natural gas - production

50 million cu m (2005 est.)

Natural gas - consumption

50 million cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - exports

0 cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - imports

0 cu m (2004 est.)

Current Account Balance

U.S.-$1.458 billion (2007 est.)

Agriculture - products

peanuts, millet, maize, sorghum, rice, cotton, tomatoes, green vegetables; cattle, poultry, pigs; fish

Exports

U.S.$1.65 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Exports - commodities

fish, groundnuts (peanuts), petroleum products, phosphates, cotton

Exports - partners

Mali 18.4%, France 8.9%, Italy 5.8%, India 5.6% The Gambia 5.1% (2007 est)

Imports

U.S.$3.650 billion f.o.b. (2010 est.)

Imports - commodities

food and beverages, capital goods, fuels

Imports - partners

France 22.2%, Netherlands 9.6%, PR of China 7.4%, Thailand 5.2%, Belgium 4.5% (2007)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold

U.S.$1.18 billion (2006 est.)

Debt - external

U.S.$1.88 billion (2010 est.)

Economic aid - recipient

U.S.$449.6 million (2003 est.)

Currency (code)

Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF); note - responsible authority is the Central Bank of West African States

Exchange rates

Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) per US dollar - 522.89 (2006), 527.47 (2005), 528.29 (2004), 581.2 (2003), 696.99 (2002). In 2006, 1 € = 655.82 XOF (West-African CFA), or 1 XOF = 0.001525 € / € to XOF / XOF to €

Fiscal year

calendar year