External balance on goods and services in Senegal
Senegal: External balance on goods and services was -6.1% in 2025. ▼ Falling
External balance on goods and services in Senegal, 1960–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2025, external balance on goods and services in Senegal stood at -6.1%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 64.7% on the previous year and up 52.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, external balance on goods and services in Senegal peaked at -1.1% in 1960 and was at its lowest, -26.0%, in 2022.
That places Senegal 118th out of 193 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 66 years of available data.
External balance on goods and services in Senegal, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | -1.1% | — |
| 1961 | -2.0% | +85.3% |
| 1962 | -2.0% | +2.1% |
| 1963 | -3.8% | +86.2% |
| 1964 | -4.1% | +7.8% |
| 1965 | -2.9% | -28.3% |
| 1966 | -3.2% | +10.8% |
| 1967 | -4.5% | +37.9% |
| 1968 | -8.5% | +91.6% |
| 1969 | -9.5% | +11.7% |
| 1970 | -7.2% | -24.9% |
| 1971 | -9.0% | +26.1% |
| 1972 | -7.6% | -15.8% |
| 1973 | -11.6% | +52.4% |
| 1974 | -10.8% | -6.7% |
| 1975 | -9.3% | -14.1% |
| 1976 | -11.2% | +20.3% |
| 1977 | -12.7% | +14.0% |
| 1978 | -14.4% | +13.4% |
| 1979 | -12.1% | -16.0% |
| 1980 | -17.1% | +41.0% |
| 1981 | -23.2% | +35.6% |
| 1982 | -17.9% | -22.8% |
| 1983 | -21.1% | +18.1% |
| 1984 | -19.6% | -6.9% |
| 1985 | -15.2% | -22.8% |
| 1986 | -11.7% | -22.8% |
| 1987 | -10.7% | -8.3% |
| 1988 | -10.6% | -1.4% |
| 1989 | -10.2% | -3.7% |
| 1990 | -10.7% | +4.8% |
| 1991 | -11.2% | +4.4% |
| 1992 | -11.5% | +2.9% |
| 1993 | -11.7% | +1.6% |
| 1994 | -12.3% | +5.4% |
| 1995 | -11.4% | -7.2% |
| 1996 | -10.1% | -11.5% |
| 1997 | -10.6% | +4.7% |
| 1998 | -10.9% | +3.3% |
| 1999 | -11.5% | +5.0% |
| 2000 | -13.2% | +14.6% |
| 2001 | -14.3% | +8.9% |
| 2002 | -13.9% | -2.9% |
| 2003 | -14.4% | +3.4% |
| 2004 | -15.5% | +7.4% |
| 2005 | -15.3% | -1.1% |
| 2006 | -15.6% | +2.2% |
| 2007 | -18.2% | +16.2% |
| 2008 | -21.1% | +16.0% |
| 2009 | -13.5% | -35.8% |
| 2010 | -12.5% | -7.6% |
| 2011 | -15.0% | +19.8% |
| 2012 | -17.0% | +13.7% |
| 2013 | -15.9% | -6.5% |
| 2014 | -14.9% | -6.5% |
| 2015 | -12.8% | -14.3% |
| 2016 | -11.0% | -13.9% |
| 2017 | -13.9% | +26.4% |
| 2018 | -15.9% | +14.4% |
| 2019 | -14.3% | -10.2% |
| 2020 | -18.6% | +30.7% |
| 2021 | -20.1% | +7.8% |
| 2022 | -26.0% | +29.4% |
| 2023 | -25.4% | -2.4% |
| 2024 | -17.3% | -31.9% |
| 2025 | -6.1% | -64.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | -4.2% | -9.5% | -1.1% | 10 |
| 1970s | -10.6% | -14.4% | -7.2% | 10 |
| 1980s | -15.7% | -23.2% | -10.2% | 10 |
| 1990s | -11.2% | -12.3% | -10.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | -15.5% | -21.1% | -13.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | -14.3% | -17.0% | -11.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | -18.9% | -26.0% | -6.1% | 6 |
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More economy & growth data for Senegal
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.53 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 4.03 Percent per annum (2029)
- Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$), per capita 1,224 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current US$), annual growth rate 4.07 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP 1.06 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current US$), per capita 2,074 current US$ per person (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current LCU), annual growth rate -0.122 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current LCU), per unit of GDP 617.39 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current LCU), per capita 1.21 million current LCU per person (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 0.0619 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is external balance on goods and services in Senegal?
- External balance on goods and services in Senegal was -6.1% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks.
- What is the highest external balance on goods and services recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was -1.1% in 1960.
- What is the lowest external balance on goods and services recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was -26.0% in 2022.
- How does Senegal rank for external balance on goods and services?
- Senegal ranks 118th out of 193 countries with data for 2025.
- Is external balance on goods and services rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 52.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Senegal data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks, published as part of External balance on goods and services (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The balance of international trade in goods and services is the difference between the exports and imports of goods and services. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.