Senegal
GDP growth in Senegal
GDP growth in Senegal: -0.8% a year in 1980 and 6.7% a year in 2025, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 6.7% a year
- Since 1980
- +7.5 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 19 of 143
- counting from the highest
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- The highest was 7.8% a year in 1982, the lowest -5.3% a year in 1983.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Senegal |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.7 |
| 2024 | 6.5 |
| 2023 | 4.3 |
| 2022 | 3.9 |
| 2021 | 6.5 |
| 2020 | 1.3 |
| 2019 | 4.6 |
| 2018 | 6.2 |
| 2017 | 7.4 |
| 2016 | 6.4 |
| 2015 | 6.4 |
| 2014 | 6.2 |
| 2013 | 2.4 |
| 2012 | 4 |
| 2011 | 1.3 |
| 2010 | 3.4 |
| 2009 | 2.8 |
| 2008 | 3.7 |
| 2007 | 2.8 |
| 2006 | 2.3 |
| 2005 | 4.3 |
| 2004 | 4.6 |
| 2003 | 5.6 |
| 2002 | 0.1 |
| 2001 | 4.3 |
| 2000 | 3.9 |
| 1999 | 6 |
| 1998 | 6 |
| 1997 | 2.7 |
| 1996 | 1.9 |
| 1995 | 6.1 |
| 1994 | -0.2 |
| 1993 | 1.3 |
| 1992 | 1.2 |
| 1991 | 2.6 |
| 1990 | -0.7 |
| 1989 | 4 |
| 1988 | -0.6 |
| 1987 | 6.1 |
| 1986 | 3.1 |
| 1985 | 3.3 |
| 1984 | 3.7 |
| 1983 | -5.3 |
| 1982 | 7.8 |
| 1981 | 5.1 |
| 1980 | -0.8 |
Good to know
- How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- Ranks count the 143 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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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