Senegal — GDP growth
GDP Growth (Annual %) for Senegal, 1961–2025.
GDP growth for Senegal was 6.68% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 8.92% in 1976. The lowest was -6.55% in 1969 (about -1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.26% per year.
Senegal ranks 24 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 11%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 4.61%, so Senegal sits above it. It peaked in 1976 and has fallen 25% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 5%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 8 of 47 economies; Cote d'Ivoire (6.50%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 11608% in 1995. That is 22% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1961 level: doubled by 1968. Doubling roughly every 55 years at that pace.
World ranking. Climbed: 74th of 107 in 1961 → 32nd of 119 in 1970 → 66th of 152 in 1980 → 138th of 176 in 1990 → 109th of 199 in 2000 → 114th of 209 in 2010 → 26th of 209 in 2020 → 20th of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1961 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.68% | +0.2 pp |
| 2024 | 6.46% | +2.2 pp |
| 2023 | 4.26% | +0.4 pp |
| 2022 | 3.85% | -2.7 pp |
| 2021 | 6.54% | +5.2 pp |
| 2020 | 1.34% | -3.3 pp |
| 2019 | 4.61% | -1.6 pp |
| 2018 | 6.21% | -1.2 pp |
| 2017 | 7.41% | +1.1 pp |
| 2016 | 6.36% | -0.0 pp |
| 2015 | 6.37% | +0.1 pp |
| 2014 | 6.22% | +3.8 pp |
| 2013 | 2.41% | -1.6 pp |
| 2012 | 4% | +2.7 pp |
| 2011 | 1.33% | -2.1 pp |
| 2010 | 3.39% | +0.6 pp |
| 2009 | 2.75% | -1.0 pp |
| 2008 | 3.7% | +0.9 pp |
| 2007 | 2.83% | +0.5 pp |
| 2006 | 2.33% | -2.0 pp |
| 2005 | 4.31% | -0.3 pp |
| 2004 | 4.64% | -1.0 pp |
| 2003 | 5.59% | +5.5 pp |
| 2002 | 0.07% | -4.2 pp |
| 2001 | 4.31% | +0.4 pp |
| 2000 | 3.89% | -2.4 pp |
| 1999 | 6.28% | +0.4 pp |
| 1998 | 5.9% | +2.9 pp |
| 1997 | 3.05% | +1.0 pp |
| 1996 | 2.02% | -3.4 pp |
| 1995 | 5.47% | +5.5 pp |
| 1994 | -0.05% | -1.4 pp |
| 1993 | 1.36% | +0.0 pp |
| 1992 | 1.32% | -1.3 pp |
| 1991 | 2.66% | +3.4 pp |
| 1990 | -0.75% | -4.7 pp |
| 1989 | 3.97% | +4.8 pp |
| 1988 | -0.82% | -7.1 pp |
| 1987 | 6.26% | +3.1 pp |
| 1986 | 3.13% | -0.3 pp |
| 1985 | 3.46% | -0.5 pp |
| 1984 | 3.94% | +9.6 pp |
| 1983 | -5.65% | -13.7 pp |
| 1982 | 8.01% | +2.8 pp |
| 1981 | 5.18% | +1.2 pp |
| 1980 | 3.99% | -3.0 pp |
| 1979 | 7% | +11.0 pp |
| 1978 | -3.95% | -1.3 pp |
| 1977 | -2.68% | -11.6 pp |
| 1976 | 8.92% | +1.4 pp |
| 1975 | 7.54% | +3.3 pp |
| 1974 | 4.2% | +9.8 pp |
| 1973 | -5.58% | -12.0 pp |
| 1972 | 6.38% | +6.5 pp |
| 1971 | -0.14% | -8.7 pp |
| 1970 | 8.56% | +15.1 pp |
| 1969 | -6.55% | -12.8 pp |
| 1968 | 6.29% | +7.5 pp |
| 1967 | -1.22% | -4.1 pp |
| 1966 | 2.88% | +1.5 pp |
| 1965 | 1.33% | -2.6 pp |
| 1964 | 3.88% | +2.0 pp |
| 1963 | 1.86% | +2.0 pp |
| 1962 | -0.14% | -3.1 pp |
| 1961 | 2.99% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Senegal’s GDP growth in 1962?
-0.14% (1962). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in annual %, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Senegal’s GDP growth growing or shrinking?
Between 1961 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +123.2% in total — about 1.3% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 6.68%; 2024: 6.46%; 2023: 4.26%; 2022: 3.85%; 2021: 6.54%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG — GDP Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.