49.5%
turnout
- Seats
- 165
- Registered
- 7,371,891
- Voters
- 3,650,120
- Parties with seats
- 13
- Women elected
- 41.2%
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Senegal
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Macro signals
Sovereign risk
Currency and markets
Political context
Sovereign Ratings
Exchange Rates
Markets
Latest News
Office holders
Bassirou Diomaye Faye
in office
Macky Sall
Abdoulaye Wade
Abdou Diouf
Léopold Sédar Senghor
How a head of state came to power is not recorded in this dataset, and is not inferred here.
Parliamentary elections
46.6%
turnout
- Seats
- 165
- Registered
- 7,036,466
- Voters
- 3,279,110
- Parties with seats
- 6
- Women elected
- 44.2%
53.7%
turnout
- Seats
- 165
- Registered
- 6,219,446
- Voters
- 3,337,494
- Parties with seats
- 14
- Women elected
- 41.8%
Constitutions
2001
in force
Senegal's Constitution of 2001 with Amendments through 2016
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year 2001
National constitutions (Constitute Project)
retrieved 2026-07-28
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Governance indicators
Battle-related deaths
reported outcome
year 2011
Safety, stability and governance indices (WGI + outcome measures)
retrieved 2026-07-28
25.0people
Control of corruption
year 2024
Safety, stability and governance indices (WGI + outcome measures)
retrieved 2026-07-28
50.1score 0-100
Government effectiveness
year 2024
Safety, stability and governance indices (WGI + outcome measures)
retrieved 2026-07-28
55.9score 0-100
Intentional homicides
reported outcome
year 2015
Safety, stability and governance indices (WGI + outcome measures)
retrieved 2026-07-28
0.3per 100,000 people
Internally displaced, new displacements by conflict
reported outcome
year 2012
Safety, stability and governance indices (WGI + outcome measures)
retrieved 2026-07-28
170.0people
Political stability and absence of violence
year 2024
Safety, stability and governance indices (WGI + outcome measures)
retrieved 2026-07-28
62.0score 0-100
Political stability estimate
year 2024
Safety, stability and governance indices (WGI + outcome measures)
retrieved 2026-07-28
-0.2-2.5 to +2.5
Regulatory quality
year 2024
Safety, stability and governance indices (WGI + outcome measures)
retrieved 2026-07-28
51.1score 0-100
Rule of law
year 2024
Safety, stability and governance indices (WGI + outcome measures)
retrieved 2026-07-28
53.4score 0-100
Voice and accountability
year 2024
Safety, stability and governance indices (WGI + outcome measures)
retrieved 2026-07-28
57.1score 0-100
These are the World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators. Freedom House ratings are not collected by this observatory and are therefore not shown.
Country evolution timeline 2001–2026
Dated political, economic, and security records only. Each item keeps its source and retrieval date where the upstream table provides it. Latest retrieval 2026-08-24
Politics10
Economy6
Security5
- 2025 Economy 6.7% Latest GDP growth GDP growth (annual %) year 2025 world_bank_api_v2 retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2025 Economy 1.5% Latest inflation Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) year 2025 world_bank_api_v2 retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2025 Economy $1,955 Latest GDP per capita GDP per capita (current US$) year 2025 world_bank_api_v2 retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2025 Security Latest organized-violence fatalities Organized violence fatalities, total (best estimate) year 2025 ucdp_organized_violence_cy_26_1 retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2024 Politics Senegal National Assembly November 2024 Election 49.5% turnout year 2024 ipu_parline retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2024 Politics Bassirou Diomaye Faye President of Senegal year 2024 wikidata retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2022 Economy 9.7% Inflation peak Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) year 2022 world_bank_api_v2 retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2022 Politics Senegal National Assembly July 2022 Election 46.6% turnout year 2022 ipu_parline retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2017 Economy 7.4% Growth peak GDP growth (annual %) year 2017 world_bank_api_v2 retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2017 Politics Senegal National Assembly July 2017 Election 53.7% turnout year 2017 ipu_parline retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2015 Security Latest homicide rate Intentional homicides (per 100,000 people) year 2015 world_bank_api_v2 retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2012 Security 170 Latest conflict displacement Internally displaced persons, new displacement associated with conflict and violence year 2012 world_bank_api_v2 retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2012 Politics Senegal National Assembly July 2012 Election year 2012 ipu_parline retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2012 Politics Macky Sall President of Senegal year 2012 wikidata retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2010 Security 4,000 Conflict displacement peak Internally displaced persons, new displacement associated with conflict and violence year 2010 world_bank_api_v2 retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2007 Politics Senegal National Assembly August 2007 Election year 2007 ipu_parline retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2007 Politics Senegal National Assembly June 2007 Election year 2007 ipu_parline retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2006 Security 126 Highest organized-violence fatalities Organized violence fatalities, total (best estimate) year 2006 ucdp_organized_violence_cy_26_1 retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2002 Economy 0.1% Growth trough GDP growth (annual %) year 2002 world_bank_api_v2 retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2001 Politics Senegal National Assembly April 2001 Election year 2001 ipu_parline retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2001 Politics Constitution enacted in force year 2001 National constitutions (Constitute Project) retrieved 2026-07-28
Organized-violence fatalities per year (UCDP)
ucdp_organized_violence_cy_26_1
retrieved 2026-08-24
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