Senegal

Official Name:	The Republic of Senegal
Sovereign Status:	Sovereign Country
Government Type:	Presidential Republic
Official Name (Local Language):	Republique du Senegal
ISO Country Codes:	SN : SEN
Internet Domain:	.sn
Government Web Site:	https://www.sec.gouv.sn/

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IATA Airports

Capital:	Dakar	Main Airports:	Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport
Language(s):	French	Population:	17,923,036
Currency:	CFA Franc BCEAO	ISO Currency Code:	XOF
Telephone Dial In:	+221	ID Prefix:	00

Source: Central Intelligence Agency Factbook

Country Summaries:

BBC; CIA Factbook; Commisceo Global; Country Code; Infoplease; International Model United Nations Association; Law Library of Congress; NationMaster; NationsOnline; UNESCO;

Political & Cultural Organisations:

African Caribbean and Pacific Group of States; African Union; Community of Democracies; Inter Parliamentary Union; Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie; Organisation of Islamic Cooperation; UN; UNESCO; Union Latina;

Travel Guides:

Lonely Planet;

News Resources:

News Agency

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Agence de Presse Senegalaise;

AllAfrica;

Panafrican News Agency (PANA);

Newspaper

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Radio

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2S TV;

Africa Radio;

Dunyaa FM;

Radiodiffusion Television Senegalaise;

Radio.sn;

Sud FM;

Walf FM;

Senegal

Government Website:	https://www.sec.gouv.sn/
Sovereign Ratings:	https://countryeconomy.com/ratings/senegal
Central Bank:	Banque Centrale des Etats de l'Afrique de l'Ouest
Currency USD Exchange Rate:	617.4 Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) per US dollar (2017 est.)
Unemployment Rate:	48% (2007 est.)
Population below poverty line:	46.7% (2011 est.)
Inflation Rate:	-0.8% (2019 est.)

Prime Lending Rate:	5.10% (2017 - World Bank)
GDP:	$58.991 billion (2021 est.)
GDP Pro Capita (PPP):	$3,500 (2021 est.)
Currency Name:	CFA Franc BCEAO
Currency Code:	XOF
World Bank Classification:	Lower-Middle Income Economy

GDP Composition:

Agriculture:	15.6%	peanuts, millet, corn, sorghum, rice, cotton, tomatoes, green vegetables; cattle, poultry, pigs; fish
Industry:	24.1%	agricultural and fish processing, phosphate mining, fertilizer production, petroleum refining, zircon, and gold mining, construction materials, ship construction and repair
Services:	60.3%

Source: Central Intelligence Agency Factbook

Financial & Economic Organisations:

African Development Bank; FAO; IMF; International Labour Organization; Un Economic Commission for Africa; UNIDO; World Bank;

Financial & Economic Profiles:

African Development Bank; Countryeconomy; Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative; FAO; IMF; International Labour Organization; OECD; The Enhanced Integrated Framework; UNDP Human Development; World Bank;

Financial Exchanges:

Stock & Securities Exchange: Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilièeres ;

National Statistics Office:

Agence Nationale de la Statistique et de la Démographie;

National Dataset(s):

Trading Economics;

Senegal

Subject to Country Specific Sanctions? NO

The World Bank’s World Integrated Trade Solution

Trade Statistics

Trade Summary

Trade Indicators

Business Language(s):	French
Customs & Excise:	Douanes Senegal
Development Bank(s):	African Development Bank; West African Development Bank; Islamic Development Bank;

Competitive Ind’l Performance: 114/141 (2019)	Corruption Perceptions Index: 72/180 (2022 Rank)
Ease of Doing Business: N/A	Enabling Trade Index: 96/136 (2016)
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