Senegal
Senegal’s economy by topic
Pick a topic: the latest checked figures and every Alama Report story on it.
Updated November 5, 2026
- Economy
The numbers that define Senegal’s economy, from official sources: growth, prices, public debt, the budget and the cost of government borrowing. - Trade
Senegal’s monthly goods trade from the statistics agency ANSD: exports, imports, the balance, and the oil, gold and Mali flows that now drive them. - Energy, oil and gas
Output and exports from Senegal’s first oil and gas fields, and the energy decisions that follow: pump prices, subsidies and new licenses. - Mining
Gold exports, mine output and mining revenue in Senegal, from official statistics and company reports. - Industry and construction
Factory output, producer prices and construction activity in Senegal, from the statistics agency ANSD. - Tourism and hospitality
Visitor arrivals, air traffic at Dakar’s airport and hotel activity in Senegal, from official sources and operators. - Public tenders in Senegal
- Inflation
Country at a glance
- Population
- 18.9mn (2025)
- Capital
- Dakar
- Languages
- French (official). Wolof is the lingua franca, understood by most Senegalese; Pulaar, Serer, Jola, Mandinka and Soninke are also constitutional national languages.
- Currency
- West African CFA franc (XOF), fixed at 655.957 FCFA per euro
- GDP
- $37.0bn (2025) · $1,955 per person
- Real GDP growth
- 6.7% (2025)
- Inflation
- 1.5% (2025, annual average)
- Main exports
- Petroleum products, gold, fish (2024)
- Regional groupings
- ECOWAS · WAEMU · AfCFTA
Sources: World Bank, World Development Indicators (population, GDP, growth, inflation); exports; languages (Université Laval). These yearly benchmarks complement the checked figures on the topic pages.