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Unemployment Rate and Employment Data in Senegal

Senegal Unemployment Data

Indicator Data Period
Unemployment Rate 18.6 % 2Q/23


Latest data on Unemployment Rate (%)

Unemployment Rate
                     Senegal - Historical Data (%)

What is Unemployment Rate in Senegal?

  • Unemployment Rate in Senegal decreased to 18.6 % in the second quarter of 2023. The maximum rate was 26.1 % and minimum was 5.6 %.
  • Data published Quarterly by National Agency of Statistics and Demography.

Historical Data (%) by years

Data
Period
Date
18.6 2Q/23 03.10.2023
21.5 1Q/23 14.07.2023
22 4Q/22 04.05.2023
22.9 3Q/22 23.03.2023
22 2Q/22 27.10.2022
24.1 4Q/21 20.09.2022
22.6 1Q/21 26.08.2021
16.7 4Q/20 16.06.2021


Historical Chart by presidents (%)

Unemployment Rate in Senegal by presidents

Name Period Start Data End Data Max Value Min Value CHG% Start/End
Macky Sall 02.04.2012 - 25.7000 10.8000 25.7000 10.8000 -57.98%
Abdoulaye Wade 01.04.2000 - 01.04.2012 5.6000 10.2000 12.0000 5.6000 82.14%
Abdou Diouf 01.01.1981 - 01.04.2000 7.5000 7.5000 7.5000 7.5000 0.00%

Other labor indicators in Senegal

Index Updated Actual Previous
Wages 2Q/23 181.543 USD/Month 172.766
Living Wage Individual 2018 153.214 USD/Month 153.214

Unemployment Rate in other countries

Country Updated Actual Previous
Egypt 2Q/23 7 % 7.1
Kenya 2022 4.9 % 5.3
Madagascar 2022 2.1 % 2.3
Zimbabwe 20 7.9 % 8.1
Tanzania 2022 8.9 % 9
Togo 2022 4.1 % 4.2
Tunisia 1Q/23 16.1 % 15.2
Nigeria 1Q/23 4.1 % 5.3
Sudan 2022 18.7 % 19.1
Morocco 2Q/23 12.4 % 12.9
Senegal 2Q/23 18.6 % 21.5
Seychelles 2020 4 % 2.4
South Africa 2Q/23 32.6 % 32.9
Uganda 2022 4.3 % 4.3
Rwanda May/23 16.8 % 17.2
Liberia 2022 3.6 % 3.7
Zambia 2022 6.1 % 6.2
Mozambique 2017 25.04 % 24.37
Namibia 2022 20.8 % 21.3
Ghana 2022 3.9 % 3.9
Swaziland 2022 24.4 % 24.6
Libya 2022 20.7 % 20.6
Algeria 3Q/18 11.7 %
Angola 2022 29.6 % 30
Benin 2022 1.7 % 1.8
Botswana 2022 25.4 % 26
Burkina Faso 2018 6.1 %
Burundi 2022 1 % 1.1
Central African Republic 2022 6.4 % 6.5
Chad 2022 1.4 % 1.5
Comoros 2022 8.8 % 9
Republic of the Congo 2022 21.8 % 22.2
Equatorial Guinea 2022 8.7 % 9.1
Eritrea 2022 6.6 % 6.8
Ethiopia 2018 19.1 % 16.9
Gabon 2022 21.5 % 21.8
Gambia 2022 4.8 % 5
Guatemala 4Q/22 3 % 2.2
Guinea 2022 5.7 % 5.8
Guinea Bissau 2022 3.6 % 3.7
Lesotho 2022 18 % 18.3
Malawi 2022 5.6 % 5.7
Mali 2022 2.8 % 2.6
Mauritania 2022 11.1 % 11.3
Niger 2022 0.5 % 0.7
Sao Tome and Principe 2022 15.3 % 15.3
Sierra Leone 2022 3.6 % 3.7