Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Senegal
Senegal: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 was 99.6% in 2021. ▬ Flat
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Senegal, 1991–2021
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2021, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Senegal stood at 99.6%.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Senegal peaked at 100.0% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 99.4%, in 2018.
Senegal ranks 30th of 119 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Senegal, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 99.8% | — |
| 1994 | 99.9% | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 99.8% | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 100.0% | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 99.9% | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 99.4% | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 99.6% | +0.2% |
Senegal compared with similar countries
- Senegal's 99.6% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 99.6%, 100% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Senegal's 99.6% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 99.8%, 100% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 99.8% | 99.8% | 99.9% | 2 |
| 2000s | 99.9% | 99.8% | 100.0% | 2 |
| 2010s | 99.6% | 99.4% | 99.9% | 2 |
| 2020s | 99.6% | 99.6% | 99.6% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
- 27 Cote d'Ivoire 99.6% compare
- 28 Nepal 99.6% compare
- 29 Gambia 99.6% compare
- 31 Egypt 99.4% compare
- 32 Tajikistan 99.4% compare
- 33 Philippines 99.4% compare
More poverty & inequality data for Senegal
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 2 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Senegal?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Senegal was 99.6% in 2021, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 2005.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 99.4% in 2018.
- How does Senegal rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices)?
- Senegal ranks 30th out of 119 countries with data for 2021.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Senegal data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $30 per day.