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Africa > Senegal > Economy

SENEGALESE ECONOMY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Agriculture > products
peanuts, millet, corn, sorghum, rice, cotton, tomatoes, green vegetables; cattle, poultry, pigs; fish
Aid as % of GDP 9.7% [33rd of 129]
Economic freedom 1.95 [82nd of 156]
Exchange rates
Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) per US dollar - 528.29 (2004), 581.2 (2003), 696.99 (2002), 733.04 (2001), 711.98 (2000)
Exports to US $800,000.00 [178th of 224]
GDP > PPP $18,242,000,000.00 [102nd of 163]
Income category Low income
Income distribution > Poorest 10% 2.6% [60th of 114]
Income distribution > Poorest 20% 6.4% [63rd of 114]
Income distribution > Richest 10% 33.5% [39th of 114]
Income distribution > Richest 20% 48.2% [41st of 114]
Population under $1 a day 26.3 [26th of 59]
Poverty > Share of all poor people 0.22 % of world's poor [32nd of 80]
Technological achievement 0.16 [62nd of 68]
Trade with US > US exports of textile, sewing machines 1,407 [62nd of 183]
World Trade > Exports > Base metal handheld equipment 1,146 [77th of 110]
World Trade > Imports > Mech transmission equipment 4,498 [79th of 137]
World Trade > Imports > Mechanical handling equipment 21,058 [74th of 146]
World Trade > Imports > Special industrial machines nes 20,492 [87th of 144]
World Trade > Imports > Special transactions nes 125 [103rd of 118]

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; calculated on the basis of data on ODA from OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), Development Assistance Committee. 2002. DAC Online. Database. Paris.; and data on GDP from World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC; The Heritage Foundation; US Census Bureau; World Bank. 2005. World Development Indicators 2005.; ; World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC; World Bank 2002b via backone.pdf; Country Responsibilities in Achieving the Millenium Development Goals", April 8 2003, by Janice Poling; United Nations Development Program. Human Development Report 2001. New York: Oxford University Press,2001, Table A2.1. via ciesin.org; FTDWebMaster, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau; International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO; International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO; International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO; International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO; International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Senegal, Republic of Senegal, Republique du Senegal

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