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Senegal
Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country of mainland West Africa, situated along the Atlantic Ocean coast. It borders Mauritania to the north, Mali to the east, Guinea to the southeast and Guinea-Bissau to the southwest.
Summary from Wikipédia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Data refreshed on 2026.10.08 · source: Wikidata
The Institute's composite reading
Vigilance
4.2 /10 risk
- Security 0.0
- Legitimacy 5.9
- Economy 8.0
- Diplomacy 5.0
- Influence 0.0
Security: 0 stable → 10 unstable · others: 0 weak → 10 strong. Computed from V-Dem, FH, CPI, RSF, World Bank, SIPRI, sanctions.
UN list of 2026.10.07: 1 person and 0 entities linked to the country by nationality or a known address. Regime: ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida.
Listings linked to the country by nationality or address: United States 3 (list of 2026.10.02), United Kingdom 1 (list of 2026.10.07), EU 1 (list of 2026.09.22).
- Capital
- Dakar
- Population
- 18,593,258 inh.
- Area
- 196,722 km²
- Currency
- XOF
- Regime
- presidential system
Executive in office
Head of State
Bassirou Diomaye Faye
Government in office 3 members
Ministre de l'Intérieur
Mouhamadou Makhtar Cissé
Ministre de la Jeunesse et des Sports
Djirèye Clotilde Coly
Premier ministre du Sénégal
Ahmadou Al Aminou Lô
Parliament
Assemblée Nationale
165 seats
Inception 1960
Economic indicators World Bank · 2025
GDP
37 G$
GDP / capita
1,955 $
Growth
6.7 %
Inflation
1.5 %
Unemployment
2.7 %
Defense / GDP
1.6 %
Life expectancy
68.9 yrs
Military bases Institute · Wikipedia
active rotational or scaled down uncertain closed or handed over
Register kept by the Institute, updated 2026.10.08; coordinates and links read from Wikipedia.
Foreign bases on national soil
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1
Closed or handed overFrench Elements in Senegal
France · Dakar (Ouakam)
Last facilities handed over to Senegal on 17 July 2025.
Governance indices V-Dem 2025 · Freedom House 2026 · CPI 2025 · RSF 2026
Democracy (V-Dem)
0.63/1
Freedoms (Freedom House)
70/100
Corruption (CPI)
46/100
Press freedom (RSF)
58/100
Military posture SIPRI · 2025
Global spending rank
#100
Annual budget
0.5 Md$
Defense effort
1.6 %PIB
Strategic minerals USGS · production / réserves mondiales
- #9 Phosphate 2 % 2024
Trade dependencies OEC · UN Comtrade · 2023
Exports
6 Md$
Imports
13 Md$
Balance
-7 Md$
Top exports
- 18.0% Or 1.1 Md$
- 8.0% Pétrole raffiné 0.5 Md$
Top imports
- 22.0% Pétrole raffiné 3 Md$
Diplomatic alignment UNGA 2020-2024 · Bailey-Strezhnev-Voeten
Vote concordance with each power at UN General Assembly.
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USA
31%
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GBR
32%
-
FRA
36%
-
DEU
36%
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RUS
60%
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CHN
67%
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IND
65%
Abstention: 25%
Society · human UNDP HDI 2023 · World Bank · WID · UNHCR 2025
HDI
0.53/1
Gini
36.2
Refugees hosted
17,259
Refugees originating
13,028
National anthem
Le Lion rouge
Alliances and organisations Institut · Wikidata
- UN
- WTO
- Francophonie (OIF)
- OIC
- African Union
- ECOWAS
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Global attention Wikipedia · 90 days
The country's Wikipedia article is usually read 2,916 times a day (French and English). On 2026.10.07: 2,922, or ×1.1.
French + English French usual level 2026.07.10 · 2026.10.07 Wikimedia statistics (CC0), human users
Sources and freshness
- Executive, government, parliament, anthem · Wikidata (CC0) · 2026-10-08
- Economy · World Bank (CC BY 4.0) · 2025
- Indices and figures · V-Dem 2026 (OWID) · Freedom House 2026 (OWID) · Transparency International CPI 2025 · RSF 2026 · PNUD IDH 2025 (OWID) · Banque mondiale Gini 2021 · UNHCR 2025 · SIPRI 2026 (OWID) · read on 2026-10-08
- Memberships · Wikidata (CC0) · 2026-10-08
- UN sanctions · Security Council consolidated list · list of 2026-10-07 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · US Treasury (OFAC), SDN and non-SDN lists · list of 2026-10-02 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · United Kingdom, UK Sanctions List (FCDO) · list of 2026-10-07 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · European Union, consolidated financial sanctions list · list of 2026-09-22 · read on 2026-10-08
- Institute dossier (sanctions, treaties, visits, capabilities) · as of 2026-05-01
- Summary · Wikipédia (CC BY-SA 4.0)