Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Senegal
37.3% of people in Senegal lived on less than $4.20 a day in 2021. The value for 2021 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1991.
Senegal, 2021
37.3%
Change from 2018
−1.2percentage points
World, 2021
21.4%
Position in 2021
13th of 81
Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Senegal over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Senegal | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 18.2% |
| 2023 | – | 19.3% |
| 2022 | – | 20.5% |
| 2021 | 37.3% | 21.4% |
| 2020 | – | 22.1% |
| 2018 | 38.5% | 22.3% |
| 2017 | – | 23.6% |
| 2016 | – | 24.9% |
| 2015 | – | 26.3% |
| 2014 | – | 27.9% |
| 2013 | – | 29.3% |
| 2012 | – | 32.0% |
| 2011 | 71.7% | 33.6% |
| 2010 | – | 35.8% |
| 2009 | – | 38.1% |
| 2008 | – | 39.3% |
| 2007 | – | 40.5% |
| 2006 | – | 42.2% |
| 2005 | 71.3% | 43.7% |
| 2004 | – | 45.4% |
| 2003 | – | 47.2% |
| 2002 | – | 48.6% |
| 2001 | 79.8% | 49.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 38.5% in 2018, a change of −1.2 percentage points.
- Since 1991, when it was 86.2%, the figure has changed by −48.9 percentage points.
- Among the 81 countries with data for 2021, Senegal has the 13th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2021 was 21.4%.