Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Senegal
Senegal: Income inequality vs. GDP per capita was 0.3616 in 2021. ▼ Falling
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Senegal, 1991–2021
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Senegal is 0.3616, measured in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 7 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.6% on the previous year and down 10.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Senegal peaked at 0.5404 in 1991 and was at its lowest, 0.3616, in 2021.
Senegal ranks 43rd of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4664 | 0.3925 | 0.5404 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.4022 | 0.3921 | 0.4123 | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.3929 | 0.3831 | 0.4027 | 2 |
| 2020s | 0.3616 | 0.3616 | 0.3616 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
- 40 Burkina Faso 0.3739 compare
- 41 Madagascar 0.3682 compare
- 42 Palestine 0.3638 compare
- 44 Tajikistan 0.3611 compare
- 45 Vietnam 0.3609 compare
- 46 Russia 0.3607 compare
More poverty & inequality data for Senegal
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 2 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 3.82 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 2,192 kg per hectare (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 19.4% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.49 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 15.3% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1354 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1354 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1567 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.3928 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Senegal?
- Income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Senegal was 0.3616 in 2021, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5404 in 1991.
- What is the lowest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3616 in 2021.
- How does Senegal rank for income inequality vs. gdp per capita?
- Senegal ranks 43rd out of 120 countries with data for 2021.
- Is income inequality vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Senegal data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 7 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality.