West Africa
Senegal
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness
Market-entry intelligence →Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
The EU is Senegal's #1 import source (world lens). Senegal is the EU's #85 goods supplier.
Senegal on the world stage
Total imports
$11.4bn
2024 annual
Total exports
$6.3bn
164 partners
#1 import source
China
11.8%
#1 export dest.
Mali
20.8%
2024 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).
Senegal and the EU
EU imports from
€2.5bn
0.1% of extra-EU
EU exports to
€3.3bn
0.1% of extra-EU
EU supplier rank
EU's #85 supplier
EU trade balance
balanced or surplus
coverage 1.31
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember
Industrial
150
EUR/MWh
Consumer
130
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
535
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
18%
of generation
regulated market
Power market
● Import dependenceMarket model
State monopoly (SENELEC)
Direct PPA
Limited
grid access: closed
Reserve margin
–
Regulator
Independent
CRSE (Commission de Regulation du Secteur de l'Electricite)
Expensive imported HFO/diesel generation (40% oil), transitioning to domestic gas from Tortue/Ahmeyim LNG (first gas 2024) and Greater Tortue, but downstream infrastructure not yet built to displace oil-fired generation.
Tracked infrastructure
3 gas plants
436 MW · 2 building
2 coal plants
155 MW
4 wind farms
208 MW
9 solar farms
240 MW · 1 building
0 hydro plants
capacity n/a · 1 building
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Metal mining
Tagged mines
11
none in the merged layer
Acid-drainage prone
0
high water-risk ore class
Main commodities
Gold
Water risk is inferred from the ore class, not site measurements. Global mines: full layer →
Demographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
19.4
→ 25.6 by 2050
Fertility
3.77
above replacement
Working-age
58.2%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
6.2
→ 9.3 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 18.5M · still growing past 2100
By 2050: +64% (30.4M)