What every visitor should know about Senegal:
- Money
- Crime
- CrimeSafe Travel Score™: 3.5 out of 5 (Safe)
Areas of concern:
- Mugging
- Pick-pocketing / bag-snatching
- Capital
- Dakar
- Tap water
- Unsafe. Water purification efforts are inadequate to guarantee safe supply. Drink boiled or bottled water whenever possible.
Senegal facts and figures:
People
- Population
- 13,711,597
- Language
- French (official), Wolof, Pulaar, Jola, Mandinka
- Ethnicity
- Wolof 43.3%, Pular 23.8%, Serer 14.7%, Jola 3.7%, Mandinka 3%, Soninke 1.1%, European and Lebanese 1%, other 9.4%
Economy
- GDP
- US$1,800 (per capita)
- Income equality
- Moderate