Gross public investment in Senegal
Senegal: Gross public investment was 11.9% in 2011. ▲ Rising
Gross public investment in Senegal, 1965–2011
Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Senegal recorded 11.9% for gross public investment in 2011. That is the highest value across all 47 years on record.
That represents a change of up 10.5% on the previous year and up 136.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross public investment in Senegal peaked at 11.9% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 2.2%, in 1971.
Senegal ranks 10th of 49 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 47 years of available data.
Gross public investment in Senegal, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 3.9% | — |
| 1966 | 4.5% | +15.9% |
| 1967 | 5.4% | +20.1% |
| 1968 | 3.0% | -43.7% |
| 1969 | 2.7% | -11.4% |
| 1970 | 3.7% | +36.1% |
| 1971 | 2.2% | -41.1% |
| 1972 | 4.4% | +102.1% |
| 1973 | 4.6% | +4.6% |
| 1974 | 3.2% | -30.4% |
| 1975 | 2.7% | -16.0% |
| 1976 | 3.6% | +36.1% |
| 1977 | 3.5% | -3.6% |
| 1978 | 3.7% | +4.8% |
| 1979 | 3.0% | -17.6% |
| 1980 | 4.7% | +55.7% |
| 1981 | 3.2% | -31.3% |
| 1982 | 3.2% | -1.3% |
| 1983 | 3.5% | +10.6% |
| 1984 | 3.4% | -2.6% |
| 1985 | 3.4% | -0.7% |
| 1986 | 3.6% | +4.7% |
| 1987 | 3.8% | +5.0% |
| 1988 | 3.9% | +3.8% |
| 1989 | 4.0% | +2.1% |
| 1990 | 4.1% | +2.1% |
| 1991 | 4.1% | +1.9% |
| 1992 | 4.8% | +14.7% |
| 1993 | 3.6% | -23.7% |
| 1994 | 3.3% | -10.1% |
| 1995 | 4.1% | +24.7% |
| 1996 | 4.4% | +7.9% |
| 1997 | 5.1% | +16.0% |
| 1998 | 5.1% | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 6.0% | +17.4% |
| 2000 | 4.5% | -25.0% |
| 2001 | 5.1% | +12.2% |
| 2002 | 5.7% | +12.0% |
| 2003 | 6.2% | +9.2% |
| 2004 | 6.7% | +7.6% |
| 2005 | 9.9% | +49.5% |
| 2006 | 9.7% | -2.5% |
| 2007 | 11.2% | +15.5% |
| 2008 | 10.0% | -10.7% |
| 2009 | 10.1% | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 10.8% | +6.9% |
| 2011 | 11.9% | +10.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.9% | 2.7% | 5.4% | 5 |
| 1970s | 3.4% | 2.2% | 4.6% | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.7% | 3.2% | 4.7% | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.5% | 3.3% | 6.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.9% | 4.5% | 11.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.4% | 10.8% | 11.9% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
- 7 Cape Verde 14.8% compare
- 8 Mozambique 13.6% compare
- 9 Djibouti 12.2% compare
- 11 Rwanda 11.1% compare
- 12 Sierra Leone 10.8% compare
- 13 Gabon 10.7% compare
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 gross public investment in Senegal?
- Gross public investment in Senegal was 11.9% in 2011, according to World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.
- What is the highest gross public investment recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 11.9% in 2011.
- What is the lowest gross public investment recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.2% in 1971.
- How does Senegal rank for gross public investment?
- Senegal ranks 10th out of 49 countries with data for 2011.
- Is gross public investment rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 136.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Senegal data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files, published as part of Gross public investment (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Gross public investment (see definition below) as a percentage of GDP (%) . Public sectors’ gross domestic fixed investment (gross fixed capital formation) comprises all additions to the stocks of fixed assets (purchases and own-account capital formation), less any sales of second-hand and scrapped fixed assets measured at constant prices, done by government units and non-financial public enterprises. Most outlays by government on military equipment are excluded. According to 1993 SNA are outlays on weapons and equipment with no alternative civil use treated as intermediate consumption, and part of governments consumption expenditure.