Senegal
Government debt in Senegal
Government debt in Senegal: 0.1% of GDP in 1996 and 127.7% of GDP in 2025, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 127.7% of GDP
- Since 1996
- +127.6 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 5 of 149
- counting from the highest
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- The highest was 136.1% of GDP in 2024, the lowest 0.1% of GDP in 1996.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Senegal |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 127.7 |
| 2024 | 136.1 |
| 2023 | 120.6 |
| 2022 | 106.9 |
| 2021 | 98.9 |
| 2020 | 90.5 |
| 2019 | 79.6 |
| 2018 | 61.5 |
| 2017 | 61.1 |
| 2016 | 47.5 |
| 2015 | 44.5 |
| 2014 | 42.4 |
| 2013 | 36.9 |
| 2012 | 34.5 |
| 2011 | 32.9 |
| 2010 | 34.6 |
| 2009 | 29.9 |
| 2008 | 19.1 |
| 2007 | 19 |
| 2006 | 17.5 |
| 2005 | 36.1 |
| 2004 | 38 |
| 2003 | 42.9 |
| 2002 | 52 |
| 2001 | 53.2 |
| 2000 | 57.5 |
| 1999 | 15 |
| 1998 | 18.8 |
| 1997 | 67.8 |
| 1996 | 0.1 |
Good to know
- What the government owes, as a share of the economy’s yearly output.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- Ranks count the 149 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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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