Income per Person (GDP per capita, PPP) in Senegal: 1800 to Today (and Tomorrow)

To understand the statistics of human lives in Senegal, we must look at average yearly economic output per person, adjusted for purchasing power in 2017 international dollars. Every value recorded here tells a direct statistical fact about the lives actually lived across three centuries. Behind these measurements are the daily realities of work, sustenance, and trade. This data charts the material conditions that have shaped generations, offering a clear numerical window into the economic history of the region.

The historical arc of this metric reveals a steady, long-term climb. In the 1800s estimate, the figure stood at 600, creeping upward by steady increments each decade through the 1810s estimate (620), 1820s estimate (640), 1830s estimate (660), 1840s estimate (680), 1850s estimate (700), 1860s estimate (720), 1870s estimate (740), 1880s estimate (760), and 1890s estimate (780). By 1900 it was 800 intl-$, and it continued through the 1900s estimate (800), 1910s estimate (940), 1920s estimate (1,080), 1930s estimate (1,220), 1940s estimate (1,360), 1950s (1,500), 1960s (1,867), 1970s (2,233), 1980s (2,600), 1990s (2,550), 2000s (2,500), and 2010s (3,150).

In the 2020s, income per person (gdp per capita, ppp) in Senegal stands at 3,800 intl-$ — ranking #147 of 157 countries. Looking forward, projections trace a continued path through the 2030s projection (4,370), 2040s projection (5,026), 2050s projection (5,779), 2060s projection (6,646), 2070s projection (7,643), 2080s projection (8,790), 2090s projection (10,108), and 2100s projection (11,624). Where do YOU rank among everyone ever born? →