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Government consumption (% of GDP) — Senegal

Government consumption (% of GDP) in Senegal in 2025 — 15.4%. Ranked 73 in the world out of 132. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 10.2 pp.

2025 15.4% −1 pp vs 2024
World rank 73of 132
Period maximum 23%1980
Period minimum 4.8%1961

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Government consumption (% of GDP) — Senegal, 1960–2025010203019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 5.2%1962: 5%1964: 5.3%1966: 5.4%1968: 16.9%1970: 15.6%1972: 15.6%1974: 15.5%1976: 16.4%1978: 19.3%1980: 23%1982: 18.5%1984: 16.7%1986: 16.4%1988: 16.9%1990: 17.1%1992: 16%1994: 13.3%1996: 12.8%1998: 11.8%2000: 12.1%2002: 12.2%2004: 12.7%2006: 12.9%2008: 12.8%2010: 14.2%2012: 14.6%2014: 14.7%2016: 14%2018: 13.8%2020: 14.3%2022: 15.1%2024: 16.4%2025: 15.4%
Change over the period: +10.2 pp Annual average: 0.16 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Senegal

Senegal 15.4%
Sub-Saharan Africa 17%
Western Africa computed 12.3%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 11.6%
Government consumption (% of GDP) — Senegal, by year Senegal All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 15.4 −1 pp
2024 16.4 +0.6 pp
2023 15.8 +0.7 pp
2022 15.1 −0 pp
2021 15.2 +0.9 pp
2020 14.3 +0.3 pp
2019 14 +0.2 pp
2018 13.8 +0.1 pp
2017 13.7 −0.4 pp
2016 14 −0.3 pp
2015 14.3 −0.4 pp
2014 14.7 +0.1 pp
2013 14.6 +0 pp
2012 14.6 −0.3 pp
2011 14.8 +0.7 pp
2010 14.2 +0.6 pp
2009 13.6 +0.8 pp
2008 12.8 −0.8 pp
2007 13.6 +0.7 pp
2006 12.9 +0.4 pp
2005 12.4 −0.2 pp
2004 12.7 +0.6 pp
2003 12 −0.1 pp
2002 12.2 +0.8 pp
2001 11.4 −0.7 pp
2000 12.1 −0.4 pp
1999 12.5 +0.6 pp
1998 11.8 −0.6 pp
1997 12.4 −0.4 pp
1996 12.8 +0.5 pp
1995 12.3 −1 pp
1994 13.3 −1.6 pp
1993 14.9 −1.1 pp
1992 16 −0.1 pp
1991 16.1 −1 pp
1990 17.1 +0.7 pp
1989 16.4 −0.4 pp
1988 16.9 +0.5 pp
1987 16.3 −0 pp
1986 16.4 +0.2 pp
1985 16.2 −0.6 pp
1984 16.7 −0.9 pp
1983 17.6 −0.9 pp
1982 18.5 −3 pp
1981 21.5 −1.6 pp
1980 23 +3 pp
1979 20 +0.7 pp
1978 19.3 +2.4 pp
1977 16.9 +0.5 pp
1976 16.4 +0.4 pp
1975 15.9 +0.5 pp
1974 15.5 −1 pp
1973 16.5 +0.9 pp
1972 15.6 −0.8 pp
1971 16.4 +0.9 pp
1970 15.6 −0.7 pp
1969 16.3 −0.6 pp
1968 16.9 +11.4 pp
1967 5.5 +0.1 pp
1966 5.4 −0.1 pp
1965 5.4 +0.2 pp
1964 5.3 −0 pp
1963 5.3 +0.3 pp
1962 5 +0.2 pp
1961 4.8 −0.3 pp
1960 5.2 —

Western Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

CV Cabo Verde 22.9 BF Burkina Faso 17.8 GN Guinea 16.7 MR Mauritania 16 GW Guinea-Bissau 15.5 SN Senegal 15.4 ML Mali 13.1 NE Niger 12.2 GM Gambia 10.2 BJ Benin 8.9 CI Côte d'Ivoire 8.7 SL Sierra Leone 5.9
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About the indicator

General government final consumption expenditure as a percent of GDP: compensation of public employees, purchases of goods and services for delivering public services, and spending on defense and security. It leaves out public investment and social transfers, so the indicator is lower than the overall size of the budget.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.

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