Senegal's labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) (national estimate) was 45.04% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 0.45 percentage points from 45.49% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 45.04% | 2025 |
| Ten years earlier | 45.49% | 2015 |
| Highest | 65.62% | 2002 |
| Lowest | 44.56% | 2024 |
| Average since 2016 | 47.47% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 52.27% | 1988 |
Since 1988 it is down 7.23 percentage points from 52.27% in 1988. The World Bank has no value for 25 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
How it compares
In 2025, Senegal had the 83rd highest value of the 83 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Senegal | 45.04% | 2025 |
| World | 58.44% | 2019 |
| Lower middle income | 59.17% | 2024 |
Closest to Senegal in the 2025 ranking
- Romania — 80th of 83: 51.39%
- Italy — 81st of 83: 49.91%
- West Bank and Gaza — 82nd of 83: 45.52%
What this measures
Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15 and older that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.
Limitations: Data on the labor force are compiled by the ILO from labor force surveys, censuses, and establishment censuses and surveys. For some countries a combination of these sources is used. Labor force surveys are the most comprehensive source for internationally comparable labor force data. They can cover all non-institutionalized civilians, all branches and sectors of the economy, and all categories of workers, including people holding multiple jobs. By contrast, labor force data from population censuses are often based on a limited number of questions on the economic characteristics of individuals, with little scope to probe.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 13 values
| Year | Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) (national estimate) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 45.04 |
| 2024 | 44.56 |
| 2023 | 49.72 |
| 2022 | 46.18 |
| 2021 | no data |
| 2020 | no data |
| 2019 | 50.71 |
| 2018 | no data |
| 2017 | 46 |
| 2016 | 50.12 |
Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) (national estimate) in nearby economies
- Angola — 74.34% (2025)
- Benin — 76.28% (2022)
- Botswana — 69.06% (2024)
- Burkina Faso — 68.11% (2025)
- Burundi — 78.56% (2020)
- Cameroon — 65.32% (2021)
- Côte d'Ivoire — 67.15% (2022)
- Ghana
More social protection & labor data for Senegal
- Net migration — -12,636 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum — 17,259 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin — 13,028 (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) — 19.03% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) — 43.52% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate) — 31.59% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate) — 39.18% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Senegal's labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) (national estimate)?
- 45.04% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1988?
- It is down 7.23 percentage points from 52.27% in 1988. The highest value was 65.62% in 2002 and the lowest 44.56% in 2024.
- How does Senegal rank?
- 83rd highest of 83 economies with data for 2025.
- Where does this data come from?
- The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO), uri: https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/bulk/, publisher: ILOSTAT, type: external database, date accessed: September 28, 2026.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SL.TLF.CACT.NE.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO), uri: https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/bulk/, publisher: ILOSTAT, type: external database, date accessed: September 28, 2026 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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