Income inequality: Atkinson index in Senegal
Senegal: Income inequality: Atkinson index was 0.3928 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Senegal, 2010–2023
Source: UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Senegal recorded 0.3928 for income inequality: atkinson index in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is down 9.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: atkinson index in Senegal peaked at 0.4343 in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.3928, in 2019.
Senegal ranks 38th of 174 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Senegal, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0.4195 | — |
| 2011 | 0.4195 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.4343 | +3.5% |
| 2013 | 0.4343 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.4343 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.4343 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.4343 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.4343 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.4343 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.3928 | -9.5% |
| 2020 | 0.3928 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.3928 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.3928 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.3928 | +0.0% |
Senegal compared with similar countries
- Senegal's 0.3928 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.3514, 1.1× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Senegal's 0.3928 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.4345, 90% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.4272 | 0.3928 | 0.4343 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3928 | 0.3928 | 0.3928 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
More poverty & inequality data for Senegal
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 2 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (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)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 13.47 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 19.39 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 19.4% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: atkinson index in Senegal?
- Income inequality: atkinson index in Senegal was 0.3928 in 2023, according to UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4343 in 2012.
- What is the lowest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3928 in 2019.
- How does Senegal rank for income inequality: atkinson index?
- Senegal ranks 38th out of 174 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality: atkinson index rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Senegal data come from?
- The figures come from UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Atkinson index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Atkinson index measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. Depending on the country and year, the data relates to income measured after taxes and benefits, or to consumption, per capita.