Getting credit, legal rights index in Senegal
Senegal: Getting credit, legal rights index was 6 in 2012. ▲ Rising
Getting credit, legal rights index in Senegal, 2004–2012
Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
Analysis
The most recent figure for getting credit, legal rights index in Senegal is 6, measured in 2012. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting credit, legal rights index in Senegal peaked at 6 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 3, in 2004.
That places Senegal 15th out of 51 countries with data for 2012, putting it in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2010s | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
- 15 Benin 6 compare
- 15 Burkina Faso 6 compare
- 15 Cameroon 6 compare
- 15 Central African Republic 6 compare
- 15 Chad 6 compare
- 15 Comoros 6 compare
- 15 Congo 6 compare
- 15 Côte d'Ivoire 6 compare
- 15 Equatorial Guinea 6 compare
- 15 Gabon 6 compare
- 15 Guinea 6 compare
- 15 Guinea-Bissau 6 compare
- 15 Lesotho 6 compare
- 15 Mali 6 compare
- 15 Mauritius 6 compare
- 15 Niger 6 compare
- 15 Eswatini 6 compare
- 15 Togo 6 compare
More private sector data for Senegal
- Merchandise trade 60.0% (2025)
- Food imports 19.0% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 46.4% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 11.95 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 21.6% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 22.3% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 10.24 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 541.04 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2768 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 62.33 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting credit, legal rights index in Senegal?
- Getting credit, legal rights index in Senegal was 6 in 2012, according to World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
- What is the highest getting credit, legal rights index recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 6 in 2011.
- What is the lowest getting credit, legal rights index recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 3 in 2004.
- How does Senegal rank for getting credit, legal rights index?
- Senegal ranks 15th out of 51 countries with data for 2012.
- Is getting credit, legal rights index rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Senegal data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/), published as part of Getting credit, legal rights index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The strength of legal rights index measures the degree to which collateral and bankruptcy laws protect the rights of borrowers and lenders and thus facilitate lending. For more information, visit http://www.doingbusiness.org/MethodologySurveys/.