Senegal Poverty Rate 1991-2024
Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.
- Senegal poverty rate for 2021 was 75.60%, a 1.2% increase from 2018.
- Senegal poverty rate for 2018 was 74.40%, a 16.5% decline from 2011.
- Senegal poverty rate for 2011 was 90.90%, a 1% decline from 2005.
- Senegal poverty rate for 2005 was 91.90%, a 2.4% decline from 2001.
| Senegal Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2021 |
75.60% |
1.20% |
| 2018 |
74.40% |
-16.50% |
| 2011 |
90.90% |
-1.00% |
| 2005 |
91.90% |
-2.40% |
| 2001 |
94.30% |
-2.00% |
| 1994 |
96.30% |
1.10% |
| 1991 |
95.20% |
1.10% |
