Senegal
Republic of Senegal
- Region
- Africa · Western Africa
- Capital
- Dakar
- Population
- 18,931,966 (2025)
- Government
- presidential republic
- Currency
- West African CFA franc (XOF)
- Official languages
- French
- Spoken languages
- French (official), Wolof, Pulaar, Jola, Mandinka, Serer, Soninke
- Written scripts
- Latin
- Area
- 196,722 km²
- Coastline
- Coastal
- UN member
- Yes
- Affiliations
- African Union, ECOWAS, IMF, OIC, WCO, WTO
- Borders
- Gambia , Guinea , Guinea-Bissau , Mali , Mauritania
Political stability
62 / 100
Economic stability
63 / 100
Population stability
49 / 100
0–100, higher is more stable. Political: World Bank governance score. Economic: government effectiveness, regulatory quality, and inflation proximity to 2% (World Bank). Population: stability of growth and net migration rates (World Bank).
Trade profile
- Key exports
- gold, refined petroleum, phosphoric acid, fish, cement (2023)
- Key imports
- refined petroleum, crude petroleum, rice, garments, wheat (2023)
- Natural resources
- fish, phosphates, iron ore
- Primary route
- Gulf of Guinea ports (Lagos, Tema, Abidjan) to Europe
- Secondary route
- South Atlantic services to Asia via the Cape of Good Hope
Trade research
- WTO trade profile — tariffs, trade in goods and services, top partners
- World Bank country data — GDP, trade share of GDP, logistics indicators
- OEC trade profile — export/import composition and partners, visualized
- ITC Trade Map — detailed trade statistics by product (ITC/UN Comtrade)
- CIA World Factbook — geography, economy, transportation infrastructure
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Sources: mledoze/countries (ODbL), CIA World Factbook (public domain), World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), flag-icons (MIT). Stability scores are xin.bz composites of the cited World Bank indicators; routes and commodity notes are xin.bz assessments. Informational only — verify with official sources.