🇸🇳 Senegal Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇸🇳 Senegal SN / SEN #86

Nomad Score 51.0

Cities 14

Region African Union, Francophone, Sahel, Africa, Africa, Western Africa, Least Developed Countries, Developing Countries

Currency XOF

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary Presidential system

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 46/100

Press Freedom (2025) 59.4/100 #74

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.633

HDI 0.530

Regional Blocs AU

🏛 WORLD GOVERNANCE INDICATORS

Political Stability (2023) 41th pct

Rule of Law (2023) 43th pct

Corruption Control (2023) 57th pct

Govt Effectiveness (2023) 54th pct

Regulatory Quality (2023) 39th pct

Voice & Accountability (2023) 52th pct

Source: World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI). Percentile rank among all countries (0=lowest, 100=highest).

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Homicide Rate (2015) 0.3/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 23.5/100k

Military Spending (2024) 1.6% of GDP

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary Presidential system

Title	Name
President of Senegal	Bassirou Diomaye Faye
Prime Minister of Senegal	Ousmane Sonko

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 46 / 100

Interpretation Moderate corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 59.4 / 100

Global Rank #74 / 180

Rank Change +20 vs previous year

RSF Zone Afrique

Political #63 53.5

Economic #84 42.5

Legal #99 58.1

Social #62 67.3

Safety #95 75.9

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Higher scores = better press freedom.

📊 PRESS FREEDOM DIMENSIONS

Five dimensions of press freedom tracked over time. Higher = better.

🗳 DEMOCRACY INDEX

Electoral (2025) 0.633

Liberal 0.484

Participatory 0.402

Deliberative 0.555

Egalitarian 0.460

Source: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), CC-BY-SA. Scale: 0 (least democratic) to 1 (most democratic).

📋 PRESS FREEDOM HISTORICAL DATA

Year	Score	Rank	Political	Economic	Legal	Social	Safety
2025	59.4	74	53.5	42.5	58.1	67.3	75.9
2024	55.4	94	52.9	44.2	62.5	65.9	51.7
2023	55.8	104	56.4	46.1	55.7	65.4	55.5
2022	63.1	73	59.3	42.1	66.7	72.4	74.8
2021	74.8	49	-	-	-	-	71.7
2020	76.0	47	-	-	-	-	89.0
2019	74.2	49	-	-	-	-	100.0
2018	74.4	50	-	-	-	-	100.0
2017	73.3	58	-	-	-	-	100.0
2016	72.0	65	-	-	-	-	75.2
2015	72.2	71	-	-	-	-	86.1
2014	73.3	62	-	-	-	-	-
2013	73.8	59	-	-	-	-	-
2012	26.0	76	-	-	-	-	-
2010	25.0	93	-	-	-	-	-
2009	22.0	89	-	-	-	-	-
2008	19.0	86	-	-	-	-	-
2007	25.0	83	-	-	-	-	-
2006	17.5	79	-	-	-	-	-
2005	19.0	78	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index