Broadcast media (Radio broadcast stations) [time series]

AM 8, FM 6, shortwave 1

Radios [time series]

850,000 (1993 est.)

Telecommunication systems (Telephone system) [time series]

domestic: above-average urban system; microwave radio relay, coaxial cable and fiber optic cable in trunk system international : 4 submarine cables; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

Telephones - fixed lines (Telephones) [time series]

81,988 (1995 est.)

Broadcast media (Television broadcast stations) [time series]

1

Televisions [time series]

61,000 (1993 est.)

Agricultural products (Agriculture - products) [time series]

peanuts, millet, corn, sorghum, rice, cotton, tomatoes, green vegetables; cattle, poultry, pigs; fish

Budget [time series]

revenues: $876 million expenditures: NA, including capital expenditures of $NA

Exchange rates (Currency) [time series]

1 Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (CFAF) = 100 centimes

Debt - external [time series]

$4.1 billion (1995 est.)

Economic aid [time series]

recipient: ODA, $439 million (1993)

Economic overview (Economy - overview) [time series]

In 1994 Senegal embarked on its most concerted structural adjustment effort yet to exploit the 50% devaluation of the currencies of the 14 Francophone African nations which took place on 12 January of that year. After years of foot-dragging, the government passed a liberalized labor code which should lower the cost of labor and improve the manufacturing sector's competitiveness. Inroads also have been made in closing tax loopholes, eliminating monopoly power in several sectors, and privatizing state-owned firms. At the same time, the government is holding the line on current fiscal expenditure under the watchful eyes of international organizations on which it depends for substantial support. The IMF, in mid-1995, announced that the government met most economic targets as called for in its Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility agreement and released the second $50 million tranche. The country's narrow tax and resource base, environmental degradation, and untamed growth of the population will continue to hold back improvement in living standards over the medium term. According to the draft budget, GDP will again rise by 5% in 1997.

Electricity - capacity [time series]

303,440 kW

Electricity - consumption per capita [time series]

109 kWh (1997 est.)

Electricity - production [time series]

1.027 billion kWh (1997 est.)

Exchange rates [time series]

CFA francs (CFAF) per US$1 - 541.69 (January 1997), 511.55 (1966), 499.15 (1995), 555.20 (1994), 283.16 (1993), 264.69 (1992) note: beginning 12 January 1994, the CFA franc was devalued to CFAF 100 per French franc from CFAF 50 at which it had been fixed since 1948

Exports [time series]

total value: $968 million (f.o.b., 1995) commodities: fish, ground nuts (peanuts), petroleum products, phosphates, cotton partners : France, other EU countries, Cote d'Ivoire, Mali

Fiscal year [time series]

calendar year

Real GDP (purchasing power parity) (GDP) [time series]

purchasing power parity - $15.6 billion (1996 est.)

GDP - composition, by sector of origin (GDP - composition by sector) [time series]

agriculture : 21% industry: 19% services: 60% (1995 est.)

Real GDP per capita (GDP - per capita) [time series]

purchasing power parity - $1,700 (1996 est.)

Real GDP growth rate (GDP - real growth rate) [time series]

5% (1996 est.)

Imports [time series]

total value: $1.22 billion (f.o.b., 1995.) commodities: foods and beverages, consumer goods, capital goods, petroleum products partners: France 30%, other EU countries, Nigeria, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Algeria, China, Japan

Industrial production growth rate [time series]

2% (1994)

Industries [time series]

agricultural and fish processing, phosphate mining, petroleum refining, construction materials

Inflation rate (consumer prices) (Inflation rate - consumer price index) [time series]

7.8% (1995)

Labor force [time series]

total: 2.509 million (77% are engaged in subsistence farming; 175,000 wage earners) by occupation: private sector 40%, government and parapublic 60%

Unemployment rate [time series]

NA%

Area [time series]

total: 196,190 sq km land: 192,000 sq km water: 4,190 sq km

Area - comparative [time series]

slightly smaller than South Dakota

Climate [time series]

tropical; hot, humid; rainy season (May to November) has strong southeast winds; dry season (December to April) dominated by hot, dry, harmattan wind

Coastline [time series]

531 km

Elevation (Elevation extremes) [time series]

lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point : unnamed location in the Futa Jaldon foothills 581 m

Environment - current issues [time series]

wildlife populations threatened by poaching; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification; overfishing

International environmental agreements (Environment - international agreements) [time series]

party to : Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: Marine Dumping

Geographic coordinates [time series]

14 00 N, 14 00 W

Geography - note [time series]

The Gambia is almost an enclave of Senegal

Irrigated land [time series]

710 sq km (1993 est.)

Land boundaries [time series]

total: 2,640 km border countries: The Gambia 740 km, Guinea 330 km, Guinea-Bissau 338 km, Mali 419 km, Mauritania 813 km

Land use [time series]

arable land : 12% permanent crops: 0% permanent pastures: 16% forests and woodland: 54% other: 18% (1993 est.)

Location [time series]

Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea-Bissau and Mauritania

Map references [time series]

Africa

Maritime claims [time series]

contiguous zone: 24 nm continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin exclusive economic zone : 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm

Natural hazards [time series]

lowlands seasonally flooded; periodic droughts

Natural resources [time series]

fish, phosphates, iron ore

Terrain [time series]

generally low, rolling, plains rising to foothills in southeast

Administrative divisions [time series]

10 regions (regions, singular - region); Dakar, Diourbel, Fatick, Kaolack, Kolda, Louga, Saint-Louis, Tambacounda, Thies, Ziguinchor

Constitution [time series]

3 March 1963, revised 1991

Country name [time series]

conventional long form: Republic of Senegal conventional short form: Senegal local long form : Republique du Senegal local short form: Senegal

Data code [time series]

SG

Diplomatic representation from the US [time series]

chief of mission: Ambassador Dane Farnsworth SMITH, Jr. (5 August 1996) embassy: Avenue Jean XXIII at the corner of Avenue Kleber, Dakar mailing address: B. P. 49, Dakar telephone: [221] 23 42 96, 23 34 24

Diplomatic representation in the US [time series]

chief of mission: Ambassador Mamadou Mansour SECK chancery: 2112 Wyoming Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008 telephone : [1] (202) 234-0540, 0541

Executive branch [time series]

chief of state: President Abdou DIOUF (since 1 January 1981) head of government: Prime Minister Habib THIAM (since 7 April 1991) cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the prime minister in consultation with the president elections : president elected by popular vote for a seven-year term; election last held 21 February 1993 (next to be held NA February 2000); prime minister appointed by the president election results: Abdou DIOUF reelected president; percent of vote - Abdou DIOUF (PS) 58.4%, Abdoulaye WADE (PDS) 32.03%, other 9.57%

Diplomatic representation in the US (FAX) [time series]

[221] 22 29 91

Flag (Flag description) [time series]

three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), yellow, and red with a small green five-pointed star centered in the yellow band; uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia

Government type [time series]

republic under multiparty democratic rule

Independence [time series]

4 April 1960 from France; complete independence was achieved upon dissolution of federation with Mali on 20 August 1960 (The Gambia and Senegal signed an agreement on 12 December 1981 that called for the creation of a loose confederation to be known as Senegambia, but the agreement was dissolved on 30 September 1989)

International organization participation [time series]

ACCT, ACP, AfDB, CCC, ECA, ECOWAS, FAO, FZ, G-15, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ITU, NAM, OAU, OIC, PCA, UN, UNAVEM III, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNIKOM, UNMIBH, UPU, WADB, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO

Judicial branch [time series]

under the terms of a reform of the judicial system implemented in 1992, the principal organs of the judiciary are as follows; Constitutional Court; Council of State; Court of Final Appeals or Cour de Cessation; Court of Appeals

Legal system [time series]

based on French civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts in Constitutional Court; the Council of State audits the government's accounting office; Senegal has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Legislative branch [time series]

unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (120 seats; members are elected by direct popular vote to serve five-year terms) elections: last held 9 May 1993 (next to be held NA May 1998) election results: percent of vote by party - PS 70%, PDS 23%, other 7%; seats by party - PS 84, PDS 27, LD-MPT 3, AND/JEF-PADS 3, PIT 2, UDS-R 1

Capital (National capital) [time series]

Dakar

National holiday [time series]

Independence Day, 4 April (1960)

Political parties (Political parties and leaders) [time series]

African Party for Democracy and Socialism or AND/JEF-PADS [Landing SAVANE, secretary-general]; Democratic League-Labor Party Movement or LD-MPT [Dr. Abdoulaye BATHILY]; Democratic and Patriotic Convention or CDP Garab-Gi [Dr. Iba Der THIAM]; Independent Labor Party or PIT [Amath DANSOKHO]; Let Us Unite Senegal (coalition of African Party for Democracy and Socialism and National Democratic Rally); National Democratic Rally or RND [Madier DIOUF]; Senegalese Democratic Party or PDS [Abdoulaye WADE]; Senegalese Democratic Union-Renewal or UDS-R [Mamadou Puritain FALL]; Socialist Party or PS [President Abdou DIOUF]; other small uninfluential parties

Political parties (Political pressure groups and leaders) [time series]

students; teachers; labor; Muslim Brotherhoods

Suffrage [time series]

18 years of age; universal

Current issues [time series]

Serbia and Montenegro have asserted the formation of a joint independent state, but this entity has not been formally recognized as a state by the US; the US view is that the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) has dissolved and that none of the successor republics represents its continuation.

Military and security forces (Military branches) [time series]

Army, Navy, Air Force, National Gendarmerie, National Police (Surete Nationale)

Military expenditures - dollar figure [time series]

$81 million (1996 est.)

Military expenditures (Military expenditures - percent of GDP) [time series]

2.1% (1996 est.)

Military manpower - availability [time series]

males age 15-49: 1,938,693 (1997 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service [time series]

males: 1,012,181 (1997 est.)

Military manpower - military age [time series]

18 years of age

Military manpower - reaching military age annually [time series]

males: 94,397 (1997 est.)

Age structure [time series]

0-14 years: 48% (male 2,259,765; female 2,270,363) 15-64 years: 49% (male 2,190,263; female 2,418,385) 65 years and over: 3% (male 130,742; female 134,028) (July 1997 est.)

Birth rate [time series]

44.91 births/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Death rate [time series]

11.4 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Ethnic groups [time series]

Wolof 36%, Fulani 17%, Serer 17%, Toucouleur 9%, Diola 9%, Mandingo 9%, European and Lebanese 1%, other 2%

Infant mortality rate [time series]

62.6 deaths/1,000 live births (1997 est.)

Languages [time series]

French (official), Wolof, Pulaar, Diola, Mandingo

Life expectancy at birth [time series]

total population: 56.93 years male: 54.15 years female: 59.79 years (1997 est.)

Literacy [time series]

definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population : 33.1% male: 43% female: 23.2% (1995 est.)

Nationality [time series]

noun: Senegalese (singular and plural) adjective: Senegalese

Net migration rate [time series]

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Population [time series]

9,403,546 (July 1997 est.)

Population growth rate [time series]

3.35% (1997 est.)

Religions [time series]

Muslim 92%, indigenous beliefs 6%, Christian 2% (mostly Roman Catholic)

Sex ratio [time series]

at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.91 male(s)/female 65 years and over : 0.98 male(s)/female total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (1997 est.)

Total fertility rate [time series]

6.24 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Disputes - international [time series]

short section of boundary with The Gambia is indefinite

Illicit drugs [time series]

transshipment point for Southwest and Southeast Asian heroin moving to Europe and North America; illicit cultivator of cannabis SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO

Airports [time series]

17 (1996 est.)

Airports - with paved runways [time series]

total : 10 over 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 7 914 to 1,523 m: 1 under 914 m: 1 (1996 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways [time series]

total : 7 1,524 to 2,437 m: 5 914 to 1,523 m: 2 (1996 est.)

Roadways (Highways) [time series]

total: 14,580 km paved: 4,214 km unpaved: 10,366 km (1995 est.)

Merchant marine [time series]

total: 1 bulk ship, 1,995 GRT/3,775 DWT (1996 est.)

Ports (Ports and harbors) [time series]

Dakar, Kaolack, Matam, Podor, Richard-Toll, Saint-Louis, Ziguinchor

Railways [time series]

total: 904 km narrow gauge: 904 km 1.000-meter gauge (70 km double track) (1995)

Waterways [time series]

897 km total; 785 km on the Senegal river, and 112 km on the Saloum river