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Table 1 Senegal Basic Indicators
Indicator 1990s 2010s
exact
year
for
1990s
exact
year
for
2010s
Population Population, total 7,514,201 15,129,273 1990 2015
Population growth (annual %) 3.1 3.1 1990 2015
Population ages 0-14 (% of total) 47.1 43.8 1990 2015
Urban population (% of total) 38.9 43.7 1990 2015
GDP GDP growth (annual %) -0.7 6.5 1990 2015
GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2011
international $) 1852.1 2273.6 1990 2015
Poverty &
Inequality
Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a
day (2011 PPP) (% of population) 68.4 38.0 1991 2011
Income share held by lowest 20% 3.5 6.1 1991 2011
GINI index (World Bank estimate) 54.1 40.3 1991 2011
Other
development
indicators
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000
live births) 140.4 47.2 1990 2015
Prevalence of stunting, height for age
(% of children under 5) 35.3 19.4 1992 2014
Improved water source (% of
population with access) 59.9 78.5 1990 2015
Improved sanitation facilities (% of
population with access) 35.5 47.6 1990 2015
Access to electricity (% of
population) 26.0 56.5 1990 2012
Education Gross enrolment ratio, pre-primary,
both sexes (%) 2.2 14.9 1990 2015
Gross enrolment ratio, primary, both
sexes (%) 54.4 82.2 1990 2015
Gross enrolment ratio, lower
secondary, both sexes (%) 17.6 58.8 1996 2015
Gross enrolment ratio, upper
secondary, both sexes (%) 10.5 36.1 1996 2015
Pupil-teacher ratio in primary
education (headcount basis) 57.6 32.1 1990 2015
Pupil-teacher ratio in lower
secondary education (headcount
basis) 42.8 34.8 1996 2008
Government expenditure on
education as % of GDP (%) 3.2 7.2 1998 2014
Expenditure on education as % of
total government expenditure (%) 18.7 24.8 1998 2014
Source: UNESCO Institute of Statistics Database and World Bank World Development Indicators Database