Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Senegal
Senegal: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day was 99.1% in 2021. ▬ Flat
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Senegal, 1991–2021
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Senegal recorded 99.1% for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in 2021.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Senegal peaked at 99.9% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 98.9%, in 2018.
Senegal ranks 26th of 120 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 99.7% | 99.6% | 99.8% | 2 |
| 2000s | 99.7% | 99.6% | 99.9% | 2 |
| 2010s | 99.4% | 98.9% | 99.9% | 2 |
| 2020s | 99.1% | 99.1% | 99.1% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
- 23 Mauritania 99.4% compare
- 24 Kyrgyzstan 99.4% compare
- 25 Bangladesh 99.1% compare
- 27 Gambia 99.1% compare
- 28 Rwanda 99.1% compare
- 29 Philippines 99.0% 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 poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Senegal?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Senegal was 99.1% in 2021, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 99.9% in 2005.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 98.9% in 2018.
- How does Senegal rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day?
- Senegal ranks 26th out of 120 countries with data for 2021.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. 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 (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day. 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.