Senegal: Adjusted net national income per capita (annual % growth)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2021, Senegal's adjusted net national income per capita (annual % growth) rose 2.69 percentage points on 2020 (from -0.12% to 2.57%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2020), the average change was +0.04 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 7.12 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 19.52 percentage points in 1995 and the biggest yearly fall was 13.11 percentage points in 2002. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2012 to 2021 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 1% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2021, Senegal had the 79th highest value of the 137 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Senegal in the 2021 ranking

• Germany — 75th of 137: 2.67%
• New Zealand — 76th of 137: 2.64%
• Slovak Republic — 77th of 137: 2.63%
• Côte d'Ivoire — 79th of 137: 2.57%
• Gabon — 80th of 137: 2.55%
• Mauritius — 81st of 137: 2.47%

What this measures

Adjusted net national income is GNI minus consumption of fixed capital and natural resources depletion. The core indicator has been divided by the general population to achieve a per capita estimate. This indicator denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.

Limitations: Adjusted net national income differs from the adjustments made in the calculation of adjusted net savings, by not accounting for investments in human capital or the damages from pollution. Thus, adjusted net national income remains within the boundaries of the United Nations System of National Accounts (SNA). The SNA includes non-produced natural assets (such as land, mineral resources, and forests) within the asset boundary when they are under the effective control of institutional units. The calculation of adjusted net national income, which accounts for net forest, energy, and mineral depletion, as well as consumption of fixed capital, thus remains within the SNA boundaries.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 50 values

Adjusted net national income per capita (annual % growth) in nearby economies

• Angola — 0.89% (2021)
• Benin — 5.53% (2021)
• Botswana — 1.7% (2021)
• Burkina Faso — -7.68% (2021)
• Cabo Verde — 6.87% (2021)
• Cameroon — -3.7% (2021)
• Central African Republic — -2.29% (2021)
• Chad — 2.36% (2021)
• Comoros — 0.2% (2021)

More economic policy & debt data for Senegal

• General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$5.69 billion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 3.31 trillion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) — US$4.21 billion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) — 2.52 trillion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) — 15.39% (2025)
• Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$23.62 billion (2025)
• Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 13.75 trillion (2025)
• Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$)

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Questions people ask

What is Senegal's adjusted net national income per capita (annual % growth)?

2.57% in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1972?

It is down 0.34 percentage points from 2.92% in 1972. The highest value was 10.09% in 1999 and the lowest -13.59% in 1994.

How does Senegal rank?

79th highest of 137 economies with data for 2021.

Is the latest change in adjusted net national income per capita (annual % growth) unusual for Senegal?

In 2021, Senegal's adjusted net national income per capita (annual % growth) rose 2.69 percentage points on 2020 (from -0.12% to 2.57%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2020), the average change was +0.04 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 7.12 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.ADJ.NNTY.PC.KD.ZG, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB); The Changing Wealth of Nations: Measuring Sustainable Development in the New Millennium, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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