Extensive Margin, Theil index in Senegal
Senegal: Extensive Margin, Theil index was 0.6776 in 2014. ▼ Falling
Extensive Margin, Theil index in Senegal, 1962–2014
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
In 2014, extensive margin, theil index in Senegal stood at 0.6776.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and up 34.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, extensive margin, theil index in Senegal peaked at 1.06 in 1962 and was at its lowest, 0.1785, in 1981.
That places Senegal 30th out of 189 countries with data for 2014, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 53 years of available data.
Extensive Margin, Theil index in Senegal, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 1.06 | — |
| 1963 | 1.01 | -5.3% |
| 1964 | 1.04 | +2.7% |
| 1965 | 1.04 | +0.6% |
| 1966 | 1.03 | -0.9% |
| 1967 | 0.9855 | -4.5% |
| 1968 | 0.9865 | +0.1% |
| 1969 | 0.7742 | -21.5% |
| 1970 | 0.8994 | +16.2% |
| 1971 | 0.8423 | -6.3% |
| 1972 | 0.8478 | +0.6% |
| 1973 | 0.7836 | -7.6% |
| 1974 | 0.7758 | -1.0% |
| 1975 | 0.7828 | +0.9% |
| 1976 | 0.8593 | +9.8% |
| 1977 | 0.7422 | -13.6% |
| 1978 | 0.6256 | -15.7% |
| 1979 | 0.7036 | +12.5% |
| 1980 | 0.4706 | -33.1% |
| 1981 | 0.1785 | -62.1% |
| 1982 | 0.7124 | +299.0% |
| 1983 | 0.8755 | +22.9% |
| 1984 | 0.8032 | -8.3% |
| 1985 | 0.8065 | +0.4% |
| 1986 | 0.4645 | -42.4% |
| 1987 | 0.457 | -1.6% |
| 1988 | 0.82 | +79.4% |
| 1989 | 0.5866 | -28.5% |
| 1990 | 0.4594 | -21.7% |
| 1991 | 0.4774 | +3.9% |
| 1992 | 0.4519 | -5.3% |
| 1993 | 0.3591 | -20.5% |
| 1994 | 0.3823 | +6.5% |
| 1995 | 0.5791 | +51.5% |
| 1996 | 0.3596 | -37.9% |
| 1997 | 0.4384 | +21.9% |
| 1998 | 0.567 | +29.3% |
| 1999 | 0.5123 | -9.6% |
| 2000 | 0.6154 | +20.1% |
| 2001 | 0.7223 | +17.4% |
| 2002 | 0.4377 | -39.4% |
| 2003 | 0.6221 | +42.1% |
| 2004 | 0.5041 | -19.0% |
| 2005 | 0.5747 | +14.0% |
| 2006 | 0.5711 | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 0.5699 | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 0.6679 | +17.2% |
| 2009 | 0.7064 | +5.8% |
| 2010 | 0.7832 | +10.9% |
| 2011 | 0.762 | -2.7% |
| 2012 | 0.7097 | -6.9% |
| 2013 | 0.6795 | -4.3% |
| 2014 | 0.6776 | -0.3% |
Senegal compared with similar countries
- Senegal's 0.6776 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.1387, 4.9× the median. (45 countries reporting)
- Senegal's 0.6776 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.2112, 3.2× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Extensive Margin, Theil index in Senegal changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | +299.0% | 0.1785 | 0.7124 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9909 | 0.7742 | 1.06 | 8 |
| 1970s | 0.7862 | 0.6256 | 0.8994 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.6175 | 0.1785 | 0.8755 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.4587 | 0.3591 | 0.5791 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5991 | 0.4377 | 0.7223 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7224 | 0.6776 | 0.7832 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
- 27 Barbados 0.7512 compare
- 28 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.7024 compare
- 29 Cote d'Ivoire 0.6888 compare
- 31 Pakistan 0.6437 compare
- 32 Mali 0.642 compare
- 33 Burkina Faso 0.6023 compare
More trade data for Senegal
- Commodity Net Export Price Index, Individual Commodities Weighted by 124.39 (2025)
- Commodity Net Export Price Index, Individual Commodities Weighted by 103.69 (2025)
- Commodity Export Price Index, Individual Commodites Weighted by Ratio 99.34 (2025)
- Commodity Export Price Index, Individual Commodites Weighted by Ratio 86.73 (2025)
- Commodity Import Price Index, Individual Commodites Weighted by Ratio 95.8 (2025)
- Commodity Import Price Index, Individual Commodites Weighted by Ratio 68.8 (2025)
- Imports of low carbon technology products, Percent of GDP 1.12 (2024)
- Imports of low carbon technology products, US dollar (World), per 19.9 units per person (2024)
- Imports of low carbon technology products, US dollar (World), per 0.0114 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Exports of low carbon technology products, US dollar (World), gaps 25.66 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is extensive margin, theil index in Senegal?
- Extensive margin, theil index in Senegal was 0.6776 in 2014, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest extensive margin, theil index recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 1.06 in 1962.
- What is the lowest extensive margin, theil index recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1785 in 1981.
- How does Senegal rank for extensive margin, theil index?
- Senegal ranks 30th out of 189 countries with data for 2014.
- Is extensive margin, theil index rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Senegal data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Extensive Margin, Theil index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Covers 200 countries with data from 1962 to 2014. It has three main indicators: the Export Diversification Index, which can be disaggregated into sub-indices covering the Extensive Margin and the Intensive Margin. As these are Theil indices, higher values for all three correspond to lower export diversification.