Level of water stress in Senegal

Freshwater withdrawals in Senegal were equal to 16.3% of available resources in 2022.

Measure: Level of water stress Unit: % of available freshwater resources Data: 1987 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Senegal, 2022 16.3% % of available freshwater resources
Change from 2021 0percentage points 2021: 16.3%
Position in 2022 73rd of 176 See the full ranking

Level of water stress in Senegal over time

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

Level of water stress (% of available freshwater resources), 1998 to 2022
Period Senegal
2022 16.3%
2021 16.3%
2020 16.3%
2019 16.3%
2018 16.1%
2017 13.2%
2016 13.1%
2015 13.0%
2014 12.9%
2013 12.8%
2012 12.7%
2011 12.6%
2010 12.5%
2009 12.4%
2008 12.4%
2007 12.3%
2006 12.2%
2005 12.1%
2004 12.0%
2003 11.9%
2002 11.8%
2001 10.1%
2000 8.5%
1999 8.4%
1998 8.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is unchanged from 2021.
  • Since 2012, when it was 12.7%, the figure has changed by +3.6 percentage points.
  • Among the 176 countries with data for 2022, Senegal has the 73rd highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, AQUASTAT
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
ER.H2O.FWST.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1987 to 2022 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: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, AQUASTAT