Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Senegal

78.6% of people in Senegal lived on less than $8.30 a day in 2021.

Measure: Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) Unit: % of population Data: 1991 to 2021 Source: World Bank
Senegal, 2021 78.6% % of population
Change from 2018 +0.4percentage points 2018: 78.2%
World, 2021 48.7% Official aggregate
Position in 2021 12th of 81 See the full ranking

Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Senegal over time

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

Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population), 2001 to 2024
Period SenegalWorld
2024 – 46.2%
2023 – 47.1%
2022 – 48.3%
2021 78.6% 48.7%
2020 – 50.4%
2018 78.2% 50.4%
2017 – 51.5%
2016 – 52.4%
2015 – 53.5%
2014 – 54.7%
2013 – 55.8%
2012 – 57.5%
2011 92.0% 58.8%
2010 – 60.2%
2009 – 61.7%
2008 – 62.5%
2007 – 63.6%
2006 – 65.0%
2005 93.4% 66.2%
2004 – 67.4%
2003 – 68.7%
2002 – 69.3%
2001 95.2% 70.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 78.2% in 2018, a change of +0.4 percentage points.
  • Since 1991, when it was 95.8%, the figure has changed by −17.2 percentage points.
  • Among the 81 countries with data for 2021, Senegal has the 12th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2021 was 48.7%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.POV.UMIC · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1991 to 2021 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: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform