Labor force, total, per capita in Senegal
Senegal: Labor force, total, per capita was 0.3239 units per person in 2025. β² Rising
Labor force, total, per capita in Senegal, 1990β2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for labor force, total, per capita in Senegal is 0.3239 units per person, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 23.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, labor force, total, per capita in Senegal peaked at 0.3239 units per person in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.2622 units per person, in 2015.
Senegal ranks 166th of 188 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2774 units per person | 0.273 units per person | 0.2815 units per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.2832 units per person | 0.278 units per person | 0.2858 units per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2751 units per person | 0.2622 units per person | 0.2999 units per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3155 units per person | 0.3026 units per person | 0.3239 units per person | 6 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
More education data for Senegal
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 72,089 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 58.6% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 37.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 85.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0039 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is labor force, total, per capita in Senegal?
- Labor force, total, per capita in Senegal was 0.3239 units per person in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest labor force, total, per capita recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3239 units per person in 2025.
- What is the lowest labor force, total, per capita recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2622 units per person in 2015.
- How does Senegal rank for labor force, total, per capita?
- Senegal ranks 166th out of 188 countries with data for 2025.
- Is labor force, total, per capita rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Senegal data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Labor force, total, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Labor force, total divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Labor force, total Γ· Population, total
Computed from
- Labor force, total International Labour Organization (ILO), type: estimates based on external database
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Labor force, total divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.