Country profile · SEN
Senegal
Region · Sub-Saharan Africa Population · 18.1M people
These estimates describe populations, not individual outcomes. Select a country or region to see more of the measures used in the simulation.
Health and education
- Death before age 1
- 3.0%
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 261 / 100,000
- Children per woman
- 3.82
- Expected years of schooling
- 9.1 years
- Tertiary enrollment
- 16%
- Smoking prevalence (men / women)
- 12% / 1%
Income and daily life
- Income inequality (Gini)
- 0.36
- Urban population
- 55%
- Employment in agriculture
- 32%
- Internet use
- 59%
- Adult HIV prevalence
- 0.33%
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 1.0 / 100k
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 20.0 / 100k
- Out-of-pocket health spending
- 47%
- Women married before age 18
- 31%
- Life satisfaction (out of 10)
- 4.97
Religion
- Islam96%
- Christianity4%
Major cities
- Dakar
- Touba
- Thiès
Common hazards
- Drought
Common migration destinations
- France
- Spain
- Italy