Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Senegal
Senegal: Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) was 70.1% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Senegal, 2009–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Senegal stood at 70.1%. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 21.3% on the previous year and up 216.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Senegal peaked at 70.1% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 22.1%, in 2009.
Senegal ranks 167th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Senegal, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 22.1% | — |
| 2010 | 22.9% | +3.5% |
| 2011 | 23.7% | +3.3% |
| 2012 | 27.7% | +17.0% |
| 2013 | 28.4% | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 29.0% | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 53.7% | +85.1% |
| 2016 | 52.8% | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 55.3% | +4.7% |
| 2018 | 57.8% | +4.5% |
| 2019 | 70.1% | +21.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 22.1% | 22.1% | 22.1% | 1 |
| 2010s | 42.1% | 22.9% | 70.1% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
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 electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Senegal?
- Getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Senegal was 70.1% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 70.1% in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 22.1% in 2009.
- How does Senegal rank for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita)?
- Senegal ranks 167th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 216.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Senegal data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The score for cost benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.