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Senegal: Unemployment rate

Percent · 1991–2024 · 12 observations · unemp

2024
5.83%percent
Change on 2023
+1.2 pointsfrom 4.67%
Average, 2015–2024
4.66%8 years
Record high and low
11.1% (2006)low 2.85% (2011)

Unemployment rate

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2%4%6%8%10%12%199520002005201020152020SenegalSenegal, 1991: 10.3%Senegal
Percent

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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
20245.83
20234.67
20225.06
20192.87
20183.57
20174.08
20164.45
20156.76
20112.85
200611.1

Sources

  • IMF International Financial Statistics1991–2024
  • African Development Bank2002–2011
  • International Labour Organization2002–2022

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Senegal documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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