Current account balance in Senegal

The current account balance of Senegal was -19.8% of GDP in 2023.

Measure: Current account balance (World Bank) Unit: % of GDP Data: 1974 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Senegal, 2023 -19.8% % of GDP
Change from 2022 +0.2percentage points 2022: -19.9%

Current account balance in Senegal over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Current account balance (World Bank) (% of GDP), 2001 to 2023
Period Senegal
2023 -19.8%
2022 -19.9%
2021 -12.1%
2020 -10.9%
2019 -8.1%
2018 -9.6%
2017 -7.3%
2016 -4.2%
2015 -5.3%
2014 -6.8%
2013 -8.2%
2012 -8.7%
2011 -6.4%
2010 -3.7%
2009 -5.3%
2008 -11.2%
2007 -9.4%
2006 -7.4%
2005 -6.1%
2004 -5.1%
2003 -5.0%
2002 -4.5%
2001 -3.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from -19.9% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was -8.2%, the figure has changed by −11.6 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1974 to 2023 for Senegal
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics