Senegal
Access to electricity in Senegal
Access to electricity in Senegal: 26% in 1993 and 82.9% in 2024, by World Bank estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 82.9%
- Since 1993
- +56.9 percentage points
- Rank, 2024
- 166 of 213
- counting from the highest
- World, 2024
- 91.9%
% of people · World Bank
Every year
% of people · World Bank
| Year | Senegal | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 82.9 | 91.9 |
| 2023 | 74.2 | 91.6 |
| 2022 | 67.9 | 91.3 |
| 2021 | 68 | 91.3 |
| 2020 | 64.3 | 90.4 |
| 2019 | 70.4 | 90.1 |
| 2018 | 66 | 89.8 |
| 2017 | 61.7 | 88.9 |
| 2016 | 64.5 | 88.1 |
| 2015 | 60.5 | 86.9 |
| 2014 | 61 | 86.2 |
| 2013 | 57 | 85.7 |
| 2012 | 56.5 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | 56.5 | 84.5 |
| 2010 | 56.5 | 83.5 |
| 2009 | 53.5 | 82.9 |
| 2008 | 49.7 | 82.7 |
| 2007 | 48.1 | 82 |
| 2006 | 49.9 | 81.4 |
| 2005 | 47.1 | 80.7 |
| 2004 | 36.8 | 80 |
| 2003 | 41.9 | 80 |
| 2002 | 36.8 | 79.1 |
| 2001 | 38.9 | 78.7 |
| 2000 | 37.7 | 78.2 |
| 1999 | 36.2 | 74.5 |
| 1998 | 33.8 | 73.2 |
| 1997 | 32.2 | – |
| 1996 | 30.5 | – |
| 1995 | 28.9 | – |
| 1994 | 27.2 | – |
| 1993 | 26 | – |
Good to know
- The share of people with access to electricity, from national surveys and the power industry.
- Source: Tracking SDG 7 (World Bank ESMAP), via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 213 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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Senegal in numbers
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Military
- Military spending1.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$533M in 2025
- Military spending per person$30 in 2025
- Military share of state spending5.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel19,000 people in 2020
- National power0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.37% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports79 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exports3 million TIV in 1976