Senegal — Inflation
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) for Senegal, 1968–2025.
Inflation for Senegal was 1.46% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 58 years, from 1968 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 32.29% in 1994. The lowest was -4.14% in 1987 (about -2.8× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 5.81% per year.
Senegal ranks 141 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 75%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 3.51%, so Senegal sits below it. It peaked in 1994 and has fallen 95% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 979%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 37 of 46 economies; Benin (1.10%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 6796% in 1969. That is 41% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1968 level: doubled by 1969; grown tenfold by 1969. Doubling roughly every 12 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 81st of 88 in 1968 → 67th of 92 in 1970 → 88th of 106 in 1980 → 126th of 131 in 1990 → 140th of 163 in 2000 → 155th of 186 in 2010 → 76th of 178 in 2020 → 125th of 169 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1968 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.46% | +0.7 pp |
| 2024 | 0.8% | -5.1 pp |
| 2023 | 5.94% | -3.8 pp |
| 2022 | 9.7% | +7.5 pp |
| 2021 | 2.18% | -0.4 pp |
| 2020 | 2.54% | +0.8 pp |
| 2019 | 1.76% | +1.3 pp |
| 2018 | 0.46% | -0.9 pp |
| 2017 | 1.32% | +0.5 pp |
| 2016 | 0.84% | +0.7 pp |
| 2015 | 0.14% | +1.2 pp |
| 2014 | -1.09% | -1.8 pp |
| 2013 | 0.71% | -0.7 pp |
| 2012 | 1.42% | -2.0 pp |
| 2011 | 3.4% | +2.2 pp |
| 2010 | 1.23% | +3.5 pp |
| 2009 | -2.25% | -9.6 pp |
| 2008 | 7.35% | +1.5 pp |
| 2007 | 5.85% | +3.7 pp |
| 2006 | 2.11% | +0.4 pp |
| 2005 | 1.71% | +1.2 pp |
| 2004 | 0.51% | +0.6 pp |
| 2003 | -0.05% | -2.4 pp |
| 2002 | 2.34% | -0.6 pp |
| 2001 | 2.97% | +2.2 pp |
| 2000 | 0.73% | -0.1 pp |
| 1999 | 0.83% | -0.3 pp |
| 1998 | 1.16% | -0.6 pp |
| 1997 | 1.75% | -1.0 pp |
| 1996 | 2.75% | -5.1 pp |
| 1995 | 7.86% | -24.4 pp |
| 1994 | 32.29% | +32.9 pp |
| 1993 | -0.59% | -0.5 pp |
| 1992 | -0.11% | +1.6 pp |
| 1991 | -1.75% | -2.1 pp |
| 1990 | 0.33% | -0.1 pp |
| 1989 | 0.45% | +2.3 pp |
| 1988 | -1.83% | +2.3 pp |
| 1987 | -4.14% | -10.3 pp |
| 1986 | 6.18% | -6.8 pp |
| 1985 | 13% | +1.2 pp |
| 1984 | 11.78% | +0.2 pp |
| 1983 | 11.62% | -5.8 pp |
| 1982 | 17.38% | +11.5 pp |
| 1981 | 5.91% | -2.8 pp |
| 1980 | 8.73% | -0.9 pp |
| 1979 | 9.65% | +6.2 pp |
| 1978 | 3.42% | -7.9 pp |
| 1977 | 11.34% | +10.3 pp |
| 1976 | 1.08% | -30.6 pp |
| 1975 | 31.65% | +15.1 pp |
| 1974 | 16.6% | +5.3 pp |
| 1973 | 11.29% | +5.1 pp |
| 1972 | 6.15% | +2.3 pp |
| 1971 | 3.88% | +1.1 pp |
| 1970 | 2.81% | -1.2 pp |
| 1969 | 4.02% | +4.0 pp |
| 1968 | 0.06% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Senegal’s Inflation in 1969?
4.02% (1969). 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 Inflation growing or shrinking?
Between 1968 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +2401.2% in total — about 5.8% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator FP.CPI.TOTL.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: 1.46%; 2024: 0.8%; 2023: 5.94%; 2022: 9.7%; 2021: 2.18%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG — Inflation, Consumer Prices (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.