Oil rents as a share of GDP in Senegal
Senegal: Oil rents as a share of GDP was 0.0% in 2021. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2021)
0.0%
World rank
122nd
of 199 countries
All-time high
0.0%
in 1997
All-time low
0.0%
in 1971
Years of data
51
1971–2021
Oil rents as a share of GDP in Senegal, 1971–2021
Source: The Changing Wealth of Nations, World Bank staff estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Senegal recorded 0.0% for oil rents as a share of gdp in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 51 years on record.
Over the whole period, oil rents as a share of gdp in Senegal peaked at 0.0% in 1997 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1971.
That places Senegal 122nd out of 199 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oil rents as a share of GDP in Senegal, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.0% | — |
| 1972 | 0.0% | — |
| 1973 | 0.0% | — |
| 1974 | 0.0% | — |
| 1975 | 0.0% | — |
| 1976 | 0.0% | — |
| 1977 | 0.0% | — |
| 1978 | 0.0% | — |
| 1979 | 0.0% | — |
| 1980 | 0.0% | — |
| 1981 | 0.0% | — |
| 1982 | 0.0% | — |
| 1983 | 0.0% | — |
| 1984 | 0.0% | — |
| 1985 | 0.0% | — |
| 1986 | 0.0% | — |
| 1987 | 0.0% | +437.0% |
| 1988 | 0.0% | +33.7% |
| 1989 | 0.0% | +144.8% |
| 1990 | 0.0% | +1.5% |
| 1991 | 0.0% | -54.2% |
| 1992 | 0.0% | -8.6% |
| 1993 | 0.0% | +18.1% |
| 1994 | 0.0% | +75.7% |
| 1995 | 0.0% | +23.8% |
| 1996 | 0.0% | +42.6% |
| 1997 | 0.0% | +22.4% |
| 1998 | 0.0% | -70.0% |
| 1999 | 0.0% | +14.2% |
| 2000 | 0.0% | +74.1% |
| 2001 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
| 2002 | 0.0% | — |
| 2003 | 0.0% | — |
| 2004 | 0.0% | — |
| 2005 | 0.0% | — |
| 2006 | 0.0% | — |
| 2007 | 0.0% | — |
| 2008 | 0.0% | — |
| 2009 | 0.0% | — |
| 2010 | 0.0% | — |
| 2011 | 0.0% | — |
| 2012 | 0.0% | — |
| 2013 | 0.0% | — |
| 2014 | 0.0% | — |
| 2015 | 0.0% | — |
| 2016 | 0.0% | — |
| 2017 | 0.0% | — |
| 2018 | 0.0% | — |
| 2019 | 0.0% | — |
| 2020 | 0.0% | — |
| 2021 | 0.0% | — |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2 |
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- 122 Bahamas 0.0%
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- 122 Bermuda 0.0%
- 122 Bhutan 0.0%
- 122 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0%
- 122 Botswana 0.0%
- 122 Burkina Faso 0.0%
- 122 Burundi 0.0%
- 122 Cape Verde 0.0%
- 122 Cayman Islands 0.0%
- 122 Central African Republic 0.0%
- 122 Comoros 0.0%
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- 122 Djibouti 0.0%
- 122 Dominica 0.0%
- 122 Dominican Republic 0.0%
- 122 Eritrea 0.0%
- 122 Eswatini 0.0% compare
- 122 Ethiopia 0.0% compare
- 122 Faroe Islands 0.0%
- 122 Fiji 0.0%
- 122 French Polynesia 0.0%
- 122 Gambia 0.0%
- 122 Greenland 0.0%
- 122 Grenada 0.0%
- 122 Guam 0.0%
- 122 Guinea 0.0%
- 122 Guinea-Bissau 0.0%
- 122 Haiti 0.0%
- 122 Iceland 0.0%
- 122 Kenya 0.0% compare
- 122 Kiribati 0.0%
- 122 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.0%
- 122 Lebanon 0.0%
- 122 Lesotho 0.0%
- 122 Liberia 0.0%
- 122 Luxembourg 0.0%
- 122 Macao 0.0%
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- 122 Maldives 0.0%
- 122 Mali 0.0%
- 122 Malta 0.0% compare
- 122 Mauritania 0.0% compare
- 122 Mauritius 0.0% compare
- 122 Montenegro 0.0%
- 122 Namibia 0.0%
- 122 Naoero 0.0%
- 122 Nepal 0.0%
- 122 New Caledonia 0.0%
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- 122 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0%
- 122 Saint Lucia 0.0%
- 122 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0%
- 122 Samoa 0.0%
- 122 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0%
- 122 Seychelles 0.0%
- 122 Sierra Leone 0.0%
- 122 Singapore 0.0% compare
- 122 Solomon Islands 0.0%
- 122 Somalia 0.0%
- 122 Sri Lanka 0.0%
- 122 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.0% compare
- 122 Togo 0.0%
- 122 Tonga 0.0%
- 122 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0%
- 122 Uganda 0.0%
- 122 United States Virgin Islands 0.0%
- 122 Vanuatu 0.0%
- 122 Zambia 0.0%
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- Coal consumption, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal consumption, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Coal production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
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- Ores and metals imports 1.5% (2024)
- Ores and metals exports 7.9% (2024)
- Gas production 0.3227 terawatt-hours (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oil rents as a share of gdp in Senegal?
- Oil rents as a share of gdp in Senegal was 0.0% in 2021, according to The Changing Wealth of Nations, World Bank staff estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest oil rents as a share of gdp recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0% in 1997.
- What is the lowest oil rents as a share of gdp recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1971.
- How does Senegal rank for oil rents as a share of gdp?
- Senegal ranks 122nd out of 199 countries with data for 2021.
- Where does this Senegal data come from?
- The figures come from The Changing Wealth of Nations, World Bank staff estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Oil rents as a share of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Economic profits generated from oil extraction, measured as the difference between production value and costs, expressed as a percentage of gross domestic product.