Senegal

Broadcast media

state-run Radiodiffusion Television Senegalaise (RTS) operates 2 TV stations; a few private TV subscription channels rebroadcast foreign channels without providing any local news or programs; RTS operates a national radio network and a number of regional FM stations; many community and private-broadcast radio stations are available; transmissions of at least 2 international broadcasters are accessible on FM in Dakar (2007)

Internet country code

.sn

Internet users

total: 3 million | percent of population: 22.0% (2014 est.) | country comparison to the world: 84

Radio broadcast stations

AM 8, FM 20, shortwave 1 (2001)

Telephone system

general assessment: good system with microwave radio relay, coaxial cable and fiber-optic cable in trunk system | domestic: above-average urban system with a fiber-optic network; nearly two-thirds of all fixed-line connections are in Dakar where a call-center industry is emerging; expansion of fixed-line services in rural areas needed; mobile-cellular service is expanding rapidly | international: country code - 221; the SAT-3/WASC fiber-optic cable provides connectivity to Europe and Asia while Atlantis-2 provides connectivity to South America; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2010)

Telephones - fixed lines

total subscriptions: 310,000 | subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 2 (2014 est.) | country comparison to the world: 115

Telephones - mobile cellular

total: 14.4 million | subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 105 (2014 est.) | country comparison to the world: 67

Television broadcast stations

7 (2008)

Agriculture - products

peanuts, millet, corn, sorghum, rice, cotton, tomatoes, green vegetables; cattle, poultry, pigs; fish

Budget

revenues: $3.844 billion | expenditures: $4.662 billion (2014 est.)

Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)

-5.2% of GDP (2014 est.) | country comparison to the world: 174

Central bank discount rate

0.25% (31 December 2010) | 4.25% (31 December 2009) | country comparison to the world: 147

Commercial bank prime lending rate

13.3% (31 December 2014 est.) | 14% (31 December 2013 est.) | country comparison to the world: 55

Current account balance

-$1.602 billion (2014 est.) | -$1.598 billion (2013 est.) | country comparison to the world: 134

Debt - external

$5.747 billion (31 December 2014 est.) | $4.91 billion (31 December 2013 est.) | country comparison to the world: 121

Distribution of family income - Gini index

40.3 (2011) | 40.3 (2011) | country comparison to the world: 52

Economy - overview

Senegal’s economy is driven by mining, construction, tourism, fisheries and agriculture which is the primary source of employment in rural areas. The country's key export industries include phosphate mining, fertilizer production, agricultural products and commercial fishing and it is also working on oil exploration projects. Senegal relies heavily on donor assistance, remittances and foreign direct investment. President Macky SALL, who was elected in March 2012 under a reformist policy agenda, inherited an economy with high energy costs, a challenging business environment, and a culture of overspending. Senegal received technical support from the IMF in 2010-2014 under a Policy Support Instrument to assist economic reform through sound macroeconomic and fiscal policies to reduce the fiscal deficit, increase transparency and facilitate private investment. President SALL unveiled an ambitious economic plan, the Emerging Senegal Plan, which aims to implement priority economic reforms and investment projects to increase economic growth. Bureaucratic bottlenecks and a challenging business climate are among the perennial challenges that may slow the implementation of this plan. Investors have signaled confidence in the country through Senegal’s successful Eurobond issuances in recent years, including in 2014.

Exchange rates

Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) per US dollar - | 494.4 (2014 est.) | 494 (2013 est.) | 510.53 (2012 est.) | 471.87 (2011 est.) | 495.28 (2010)

Exports

$2.462 billion (2014 est.) | $2.563 billion (2013 est.) | country comparison to the world: 139

Exports - commodities

fish, groundnuts (peanuts), petroleum products, phosphates, cotton

Exports - partners

Mali 16%, Switzerland 10.5%, UAE 5.2%, France 4.6% (2014)

Fiscal year

calendar year

GDP (official exchange rate)

$15.58 billion (2014 est.)

GDP (purchasing power parity)

$33.61 billion (2014 est.) | $32.15 billion (2013 est.) | $31.06 billion (2012 est.) | note: data are in 2014 US dollars | country comparison to the world: 119

GDP - composition, by end use

household consumption: 73.1% | government consumption: 16.6% | investment in fixed capital: 23.5% | investment in inventories: 4.2% | exports of goods and services: 21.1% | imports of goods and services: -38.5% | (2014 est.)

GDP - composition, by sector of origin

agriculture: 15.6% | industry: 23.8% | services: 60.6% (2014 est.)

GDP - per capita (PPP)

$2,300 (2014 est.) | $2,200 (2013 est.) | $2,100 (2012 est.) | note: data are in 2014 US dollars | country comparison to the world: 199

GDP - real growth rate

4.5% (2014 est.) | 3.5% (2013 est.) | 3.4% (2012 est.) | country comparison to the world: 59

Gross national saving

17.4% of GDP (2014 est.) | 16.4% of GDP (2013 est.) | 19% of GDP (2012 est.) | country comparison to the world: 98

Household income or consumption by percentage share

lowest 10%: 2.5% | highest 10%: 31.1% (2011)

Imports

$5.481 billion (2014 est.) | $5.698 billion (2013 est.) | country comparison to the world: 125

Imports - commodities

food and beverages, capital goods, fuels

Imports - partners

France 18.4%, Nigeria 8.7%, China 7.7%, Netherlands 6.3%, India 5.8%, Turkey 4.6%, Belgium 4.3% (2014)

Industrial production growth rate

5.2% (2014 est.) | country comparison to the world: 50

Industries

agricultural and fish processing, phosphate mining, fertilizer production, petroleum refining, zircon, and gold mining, construction materials, ship construction and repair

Inflation rate (consumer prices)

-0.5% (2014 est.) | 0.7% (2013 est.) | country comparison to the world: 14

Labor force

6.326 million (2014 est.) | country comparison to the world: 67

Labor force - by occupation

agriculture: 77.5% | industry and services: 22.5% (2007 est.)

Market value of publicly traded shares

$NA

Population below poverty line

46.7% (2011 est.)

Public debt

47.5% of GDP (2014 est.) | 43.6% of GDP (2013 est.) | country comparison to the world: 75

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold

$1.95 billion (31 December 2014 est.) | $2.253 billion (31 December 2013 est.) | country comparison to the world: 123

Stock of broad money

$6.443 billion (31 December 2014 est.) | $6.574 billion (31 December 2013 est.) | country comparison to the world: 120

Stock of domestic credit

$5.549 billion (31 December 2014 est.) | $5.394 billion (31 December 2013 est.) | country comparison to the world: 118

Stock of narrow money

$4.086 billion (31 December 2014 est.) | $4.177 billion (31 December 2013 est.) | country comparison to the world: 108

Taxes and other revenues

24.2% of GDP (2014 est.) | country comparison to the world: 125

Unemployment rate

48% (2007 est.) | country comparison to the world: 196

Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy

7.139 million Mt (2012 est.) | country comparison to the world: 116

Crude oil - exports

0 bbl/day (2010 est.) | country comparison to the world: 179

Crude oil - imports

15,500 bbl/day (2010 est.) | country comparison to the world: 72

Crude oil - production

0 bbl/day (2013 est.) | country comparison to the world: 128

Crude oil - proved reserves

0 bbl (1 January 2014 est.) | country comparison to the world: 185

Electricity - consumption

2.586 billion kWh (2012 est.) | country comparison to the world: 139

Electricity - exports

0 kWh (2013 est.) | country comparison to the world: 194

Electricity - from fossil fuels

99.7% of total installed capacity (2011 est.) | country comparison to the world: 46

Electricity - from hydroelectric plants

0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.) | country comparison to the world: 198

Electricity - from nuclear fuels

0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.) | country comparison to the world: 176

Electricity - from other renewable sources

0.3% of total installed capacity (2011 est.) | country comparison to the world: 94

Electricity - imports

0 kWh (2013 est.) | country comparison to the world: 198

Electricity - installed generating capacity

623,000 kW (2011 est.) | country comparison to the world: 136

Electricity - production

3.148 billion kWh (2012 est.) | country comparison to the world: 130

Natural gas - consumption

20.48 million cu m (2012 est.) | country comparison to the world: 109

Natural gas - exports

0 cu m (2013 est.) | country comparison to the world: 176

Natural gas - imports

0 cu m (2013 est.) | country comparison to the world: 128

Natural gas - production

20.48 million cu m (2012 est.) | country comparison to the world: 86

Natural gas - proved reserves

0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.) | country comparison to the world: 190

Refined petroleum products - consumption

43,720 bbl/day (2013 est.) | country comparison to the world: 108

Refined petroleum products - exports

562 bbl/day (2010 est.) | country comparison to the world: 110

Refined petroleum products - imports

23,760 bbl/day (2010 est.) | country comparison to the world: 98

Refined petroleum products - production

35,800 bbl/day (2011 est.) | country comparison to the world: 100

Area

total: 196,722 sq km | land: 192,530 sq km | water: 4,192 sq km | country comparison to the world: 88

Area - comparative

slightly smaller than South Dakota

Climate

tropical; hot, humid; rainy season (May to November) has strong southeast winds; dry season (December to April) dominated by hot, dry, harmattan wind

Coastline

531 km

Elevation extremes

lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m | highest point: unnamed elevation southwest of Kedougou 581 m

Environment - current issues

wildlife populations threatened by poaching; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification; overfishing

Environment - international agreements

party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling | signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural)

total: 2.22 cu km/yr (4%/3%/93%) | per capita: 221.6 cu m/yr (2002)

Geographic coordinates

14 00 N, 14 00 W

Geography - note

westernmost country on the African continent; The Gambia is almost an enclave within Senegal

Irrigated land

1,197 sq km (2003)

Land boundaries

total: 2,684 km | border countries (5): The Gambia 749 km, Guinea 363 km, Guinea-Bissau 341 km, Mali 489 km, Mauritania 742 km

Land use

agricultural land: 46.8% | arable land 17.4%; permanent crops 0.3%; permanent pasture 29.1% | forest: 43.8% | other: 9.4% (2011 est.)

Location

Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea-Bissau and Mauritania

Map references

Africa

Maritime claims

territorial sea: 12 nm | contiguous zone: 24 nm | exclusive economic zone: 200 nm | continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin

Natural hazards

lowlands seasonally flooded; periodic droughts

Natural resources

fish, phosphates, iron ore

Terrain

generally low, rolling, plains rising to foothills in southeast

Total renewable water resources

38.8 cu km (2011)

Administrative divisions

14 regions (regions, singular - region); Dakar, Diourbel, Fatick, Kaffrine, Kaolack, Kedougou, Kolda, Louga, Matam, Saint-Louis, Sedhiou, Tambacounda, Thies, Ziguinchor

Capital

name: Dakar | geographic coordinates: 14 44 N, 17 38 W | time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)

Constitution

previous 1959 (preindependence), 1963; latest adopted by referendum 7 January 2001, promulgated 22 January 2001; amended many times, last in 2009 (2014)

Country name

conventional long form: Republic of Senegal | conventional short form: Senegal | local long form: Republique du Senegal | local short form: Senegal | former: Senegambia (along with The Gambia), Mali Federation

Diplomatic representation from the US

chief of mission: Ambassador James P. Zumwalt (since 9 January 2015); note - also accredited to Guinea-Bissau | embassy: Route des Almadies, Dakar | mailing address: B. P. 49, Dakar | telephone: [221] 33-879-4000 | FAX: [221] 33-822-2991

Diplomatic representation in the US

chief of mission: Ambassador Babacar DIAGNE (since 18 November 2014) | embassy: 2215 M Street, NW, Washington, DC 20007 | telephone: [1] (202) 234-0540 | FAX: [1] (202) 629-2961 | consulate(s) general: Houston, New York

Executive branch

chief of state: President Macky SALL (since 2 April 2012) | head of government: Prime Minister Mohammed Abdallah Boun DIONNE (since 4 July 2014) | cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the prime minister in consultation with the president | elections/appointments: president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 7-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 26 February 2012 with a runoff on 25 March 2012 (next to be held in 2019); prime minister appointed by the president | election results: Macky SALL elected president; percent of vote in runoff - Macky SALL ( Alliance for the Republic-Yakaar ) 65.8%, Abdoulaye WADE (PDS) 34.2%

Flag description

three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), yellow, and red with a small green five-pointed star centered in the yellow band; green represents Islam, progress, and hope; yellow signifies natural wealth and progress; red symbolizes sacrifice and determination; the star denotes unity and hope | note: uses the popular Pan-African colors of Ethiopia; the colors from left to right are the same as those of neighboring Mali and the reverse of those on the flag of neighboring Guinea

Government type

republic

Independence

4 April 1960 (from France); note - complete independence achieved upon dissolution of federation with Mali on 20 August 1960

International law organization participation

accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; accepts ICCt jurisdiction

International organization participation

ACP, AfDB, AU, CD, CPLP (associate), ECOWAS, EITI (candidate country), FAO, FZ, G-15, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINUSMA, MONUSCO, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNMIL, UNMISS, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

Judicial branch

highest court(s): Court of Final Appeals or Cour de Cassation (consists of NA judges); Constitutional Council (consists of 5 members including the court president, vice-president, and 3 judges) | judge selection and term of office: Court of Final Appeals judges' appointed by the president upon recommendation of the Higher Council of the Judiciary, a body chaired by the president of the republic; judge tenure NA; Constitutional Council members appointed by the president of the republic to serve 6-year terms with renewal of 3 members every 2 years | subordinate courts: High Court of Justice (for crime of high treason by president); Supreme Court (for abuses by government executives and local officials); Court of Auditors; Courts of Appeal; Assize Courts (4); Regional and District Courts, Labor Court

Legal system

civil law system based on French law; judicial review of legislative acts in Constitutional Court

Legislative branch

description: unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (150 seats; 90 members directly elected in single- and multi-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 60 directly elected in single- and multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms) | elections: National Assembly - last held on 1 July 2012 (next to be held in 2017) | election results: National Assembly results - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Benno Bokk Yakaar coalition 119, PDS 12, Bokk Giss Giss coalition 4, MCRN-Bes Du Nakk 4, PVD 2, MRDS 2, URD 1, AJ/PADS 1, other 5

National anthem

name: "Pincez Tous vos Koras, Frappez les Balafons" (Pluck Your Koras, Strike the Balafons) | lyrics/music: Leopold Sedar SENGHOR/Herbert PEPPER | note: adopted 1960; lyrics written by Leopold Sedar SENGHOR, Senegal's first president; the anthem sometimes played incorporating the Koras (harp-like stringed instruments) and Balafons (types of xylophones) mentioned in the title

National holiday

Independence Day, 4 April (1960)

National symbol(s)

lion; national colors: green, yellow, red

Political parties and leaders

Alliance for the Republic-Yakaar [Macky SALL] | Alliance of Forces of Progress or AFP [Moustapha NIASSE] | And-Jef/African Party for Democracy and Socialism or AJ/PADS [Mamadou DIOP, Landing SAVANE] | Benno Bokk Yakaar coaltion [Macky SALL] | Benno Siggil Senegal (a coalition of opposition parties) | Bokk Giss Giss coalition [pape DIOP] | Citizen Movement for National Reform or MCRN-Bes Du Nakk | Convergence Democratique �BOKK GIS GIS’ (Common Vision) Pape DIOP | Democratic League-Labor Party Movement or LD-MPT [Mamadou NDOYE] | Front for Socialism and Democracy/Benno Jubel or FSD/BJ [Cheikh Abdoulaye Bamba DIEYE] | Gainde Centrist Bloc or BGC [Jean-Paul DIAS] | Independence and Labor Party or PIT [Magette THIAM] | People's Labor Party or PTP [El Hadji DIOUF] | Reform Party or PR [Abdourahim AGNE] | Republican Movement for Socialism and Democracy or MRDS | Rewmi Party [Idrissa SECK] | Senegalese Democratic Party or PDS [Abdoulaye WADE] | Socialist Party or PS [Ousmane Tanor DIENG] | Union Centriste du Senegal or UCS [Abdoulaye BALDE'] | Union for Democratic Renewal or URD [Djibo Leyti KA]

Political pressure groups and leaders

other: labor; students; Sufi brotherhoods, including the Mourides and Tidjanes; teachers

Suffrage

18 years of age; universal

Background

The French colonies of Senegal and French Sudan were merged in 1959 and granted independence in 1960 as the Mali Federation. The union broke up after only a few months. Senegal joined with The Gambia to form the nominal confederation of Senegambia in 1982. The envisaged integration of the two countries was never implemented, and the union was dissolved in 1989. The Movement of Democratic Forces in the Casamance has led a low-level separatist insurgency in southern Senegal since the 1980s, and several peace deals have failed to resolve the conflict. Nevertheless, Senegal remains one of the most stable democracies in Africa and has a long history of participating in international peacekeeping and regional mediation. Senegal was ruled by a Socialist Party for 40 years until Abdoulaye WADE was elected president in 2000. He was reelected in 2007 and during his two terms amended Senegal's constitution over a dozen times to increase executive power and weaken the opposition. His decision to run for a third presidential term sparked a large public backlash that led to his defeat in a March 2012 runoff election with Macky SALL, a former ally and prime minister. Since taking office, SALL has launched an economic reform program aimed at boosting economic growth, and his administration has conducted corruption investigations against senior figures in WADE's government.

Manpower available for military service

males age 16-49: 2,699,196 | females age 16-49: 3,018,565 (2010 est.)

Manpower fit for military service

males age 16-49: 1,788,493 | females age 16-49: 2,133,370 (2010 est.)

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually

male: 145,509 | female: 145,064 (2010 est.)

Military branches

Senegalese Armed Forces: Army, Senegalese National Navy (Marine Senegalaise, MNS), Senegalese Air Force (Armee de l'Air du Senegal) (2013)

Military service age and obligation

18 years of age for voluntary military service; 20 years of age for selective conscript service; 2-year service obligation; women have been accepted into military service since 2008 (2013)

Age structure

0-14 years: 42.16% (male 2,960,395/female 2,931,298) | 15-24 years: 20.4% (male 1,420,180/female 1,431,571) | 25-54 years: 30.67% (male 1,960,745/female 2,325,620) | 55-64 years: 3.84% (male 233,892/female 303,394) | 65 years and over: 2.92% (male 184,196/female 224,543) (2015 est.)

Birth rate

34.52 births/1,000 population (2015 est.) | country comparison to the world: 24

Child labor - children ages 5-14

total number: 657,216 | percentage: 22% (2005 est.)

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

16.8% (2013) | country comparison to the world: 40

Contraceptive prevalence rate

17.8% (2012/13)

Death rate

8.46 deaths/1,000 population (2015 est.) | country comparison to the world: 78

Dependency ratios

total dependency ratio: 87.6% | youth dependency ratio: 82.1% | elderly dependency ratio: 5.5% | potential support ratio: 18.2% (2015 est.)

Drinking water source

urban: 92.9% of population | rural: 67.3% of population | total: 78.5% of population | urban: 7.1% of population | rural: 32.7% of population | total: 21.5% of population (2015 est.)

Education expenditures

5.6% of GDP (2010) | country comparison to the world: 53

Ethnic groups

Wolof 43.3%, Pular 23.8%, Serer 14.7%, Jola 3.7%, Mandinka 3%, Soninke 1.1%, European and Lebanese 1%, other 9.4%

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

0.53% (2014 est.) | country comparison to the world: 66

HIV/AIDS - deaths

2,400 (2014 est.) | country comparison to the world: 52

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

44,000 (2014 est.) | country comparison to the world: 58

Health expenditures

4.2% of GDP (2013) | country comparison to the world: 141

Hospital bed density

0.3 beds/1,000 population (2008)

Infant mortality rate

total: 51.54 deaths/1,000 live births | male: 57.62 deaths/1,000 live births | female: 45.29 deaths/1,000 live births (2015 est.) | country comparison to the world: 34

Languages

French (official), Wolof, Pulaar, Jola, Mandinka

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 61.32 years | male: 59.29 years | female: 63.42 years (2015 est.) | country comparison to the world: 195

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write | total population: 57.7% | male: 69.7% | female: 46.6% (2015 est.)

Major infectious diseases

degree of risk: very high | food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever | vectorborne diseases: dengue fever, malaria, and yellow fever | water contact disease: schistosomiasis | respiratory disease: meningococcal meningitis | animal contact disease: rabies (2013)

Major urban areas - population

DAKAR (capital) 3.52 million (2015)

Median age

total: 18.5 years | male: 17.7 years | female: 19.4 years (2015 est.)

Nationality

noun: Senegalese (singular and plural) | adjective: Senegalese

Net migration rate

-1.59 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2015 est.) | country comparison to the world: 159

Obesity - adult prevalence rate

8.3% (2014) | country comparison to the world: 145

Physicians density

0.06 physicians/1,000 population (2008)

Population

13,975,834 (July 2015 est.) | country comparison to the world: 73

Population growth rate

2.45% (2015 est.) | country comparison to the world: 29

Religions

Muslim 94% (most adhere to one of the four main Sufi brotherhoods), Christian 5% (mostly Roman Catholic), indigenous beliefs 1%

Sanitation facility access

urban: 65.4% of population | rural: 33.8% of population | total: 47.6% of population | urban: 34.6% of population | rural: 66.2% of population | total: 52.4% of population (2015 est.)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

total: 8 years | male: 8 years | female: 8 years (2010)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female | 0-14 years: 1.01 male(s)/female | 15-24 years: 0.99 male(s)/female | 25-54 years: 0.84 male(s)/female | 55-64 years: 0.77 male(s)/female | 65 years and over: 0.82 male(s)/female | total population: 0.94 male(s)/female (2015 est.)

Total fertility rate

4.44 children born/woman (2015 est.) | country comparison to the world: 30

Unemployment, youth ages 15-24

total: 14.8% | male: 11.9% | female: 20.1% (2006 est.) | country comparison to the world: 77

Urbanization

urban population: 43.7% of total population (2015) | rate of urbanization: 3.59% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

Disputes - international

The Gambia and Guinea-Bissau attempt to stem separatist violence, cross border raids, and arms smuggling into their countries from southern Senegal's Casamance region

Illicit drugs

transshipment point for Southwest and Southeast Asian heroin and South American cocaine moving to Europe and North America; illicit cultivator of cannabis

Refugees and internally displaced persons

refugees (country of origin): 13,699 (Mauritania) (2014) | IDPs: up to 24,000 (clashes between government troops and separatists in Casamance region) (2014)

Airports

20 (2013) | country comparison to the world: 136

Airports - with paved runways

total: 9 | over 3,047 m: 2 | 1,524 to 2,437 m: 6 | 914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2013)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 11 | 1,524 to 2,437 m: 7 | 914 to 1,523 m: 3 | 1 (2013)

Merchant marine

total: 1 | by type: passenger/cargo 1 (2010) | country comparison to the world: 154

Pipelines

gas 43 km; refined products 8 km (2013)

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Dakar

Railways

total: 906 km | narrow gauge: 906 km 1.000-m gauge (2014) | country comparison to the world: 92

Roadways

total: 15,000 km | paved: 5,300 km (includes 7 km of expressways) | unpaved: 9,700 km (2015) | country comparison to the world: 125

Waterways

1,000 km (primarily on the Senegal, Saloum, and Casamance Rivers) (2012) | country comparison to the world: 64