Senegal: PPP conversion factor, GDP (LCU per international $)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, Senegal's PPP conversion factor, GDP (LCU per international $) rose 1.38 on 2024 (from 206.83 to 208.21).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +0.05 and a typical year strayed about 6.1 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 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 48.89 in 1994 and the biggest yearly fall was 11.76 in 2021. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is downward, about 4.42 a year. A straight line explains 91% of the movement over 10 observed years.

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

A straight-line projection, tested first

Extending that straight line gives about 194.59 for 2028. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2023 to 2025 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 1.98, against 6.61 for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.

See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.

How it compares

In 2025, Senegal had the 33rd highest value of the 185 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 2025 ranking

• Gabon — 30th of 185: 216.42
• Côte d'Ivoire — 31st of 185: 216.22
• Comoros — 32nd of 185: 211.66
• Niger — 34th of 185: 207.23
• Chad — 35th of 185: 204.95
• Congo, Rep. — 36th of 185: 201.89

What this measures

The purchasing power parity (PPP) conversion factor is a currency conversion factor and a spatial price deflator. PPPs convert different currencies to a common currency and, in the process of conversion, equalize their purchasing power by eliminating the differences in price levels between countries, thereby allowing volume or output comparisons of gross domestic product (GDP) and its expenditure components. This conversion factor is for the level of GDP and the base currency is the US dollar.

Limitations: Global PPP estimates provided by ICP are produced by the ICP Global Office and regional implementing agencies, based on data supplied by the national implementing agencies in the participating economies, and in accordance with the methodology recommended by the ICP Technical Advisory Group and approved by the ICP Governing Board. As such, these results are not produced by participating economies as part of their national official statistics.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a no aggregation provided for this indicator..

All 36 values

PPP conversion factor, GDP (LCU per international $) in nearby economies

• Angola — 322.97 (2025)
• Benin — 200.34 (2025)
• Botswana — 5.07 (2025)
• Burkina Faso — 217.41 (2025)
• Burundi — 999.61 (2025)
• Cabo Verde — 46.63 (2025)
• Cameroon — 198.31 (2025)
• Central African Republic — 246.32 (2025)
• Chad — 204.95 (2025)
• Comoros

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 PPP conversion factor, GDP (LCU per international $)?

208.21 in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1990?

It is up 20.87% from 172.26 in 1990 (0.54% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 246.14 in 2013 and the lowest 156.5 in 1993.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator PA.NUS.PPP, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Comparison Program (ICP), World Bank (WB), uri: https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/icp/data, publisher: International Comparison Program, type: International statistical program, date accessed: May 30, 2024, date published: May 30, 2024; The Eurostat PPP Programme, Eurostat (ESTAT),… 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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