Senegal's total debt service (% of GNI) was 11.32% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 9.47 percentage points from 1.86% in 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 11.32% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 5.46% | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 1.86% | 2014 |
| Highest | 11.32% | 2024 |
| Lowest | 0.91% | 1970 |
| Average since 2015 | 5.56% | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 0.91% | 1970 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Senegal's total debt service (% of GNI) rose 3.44 percentage points on 2023 (from 7.88% to 11.32%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +0.2 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.36 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.4 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 3.9 percentage points in 2015 and the biggest yearly fall was 3.5 percentage points in 2016. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.65 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 58% 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.
How it compares
In 2024, Senegal had the 13th highest value of the 117 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 | 11.32% | 2024 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 4.84% | 2024 |
| Lower middle income | 3.83% | 2024 |
Closest to Senegal in the 2024 ranking
What this measures
Total debt service is the sum of principal repayments and interest actually paid in currency, goods, or services on long-term debt, interest paid on short-term debt, and repayments (repurchases and charges) to the IMF.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 55 values
| Year | Total debt service (% of GNI) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 11.32 |
| 2023 | 7.88 |
| 2022 | 5.35 |
| 2021 | 5.6 |
| 2020 | 5.43 |
| 2019 | 5.46 |
| 2018 | 3.57 |
| 2017 | 3 |
| 2016 | 2.25 |
| 2015 | 5.76 |
| 2014 |
Total debt service (% of GNI) in nearby economies
- Angola — 11.26% (2024)
- Benin — 5.38% (2024)
- Botswana — 1.45% (2024)
- Burkina Faso — 4.06% (2024)
- Burundi — 1.18% (2024)
- Cabo Verde — 5.72% (2024)
- Cameroon — 3.21% (2024)
- Central African Republic — 1.94% (2024)
- Chad — 1.91% (2024)
- Comoros — 1.52% (2024)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 0.64% (2024)
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$23.62 billion (2025)
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 13.75 trillion (2025)
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Senegal's total debt service (% of GNI)?
- 11.32% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1970?
- It is up 10.41 percentage points from 0.91% in 1970. The highest value was 11.32% in 2024 and the lowest 0.91% in 1970.
- How does Senegal rank?
- 13th highest of 117 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in total debt service (% of GNI) unusual for Senegal?
- In 2024, Senegal's total debt service (% of GNI) rose 3.44 percentage points on 2023 (from 7.88% to 11.32%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +0.2 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.36 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.4 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
- Where does this data come from?
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator DT.TDS.DECT.GN.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Debt Statistics, 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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