Human Development & Quality of Life in Senegal
HDI 0.530 · UNDP rank 169 · latest published data
For 2023, Senegal records HDI 0.530 and UNDP rank 169; that headline belongs to the low human development category. The headline needs context: The health component is anchored by life expectancy of 68.7 years. Another part of the dashboard shows that the gender-development lens adds GDI 0.924 in UNDP group 4, which is kept separate from the headline HDI.
What sits inside Senegal's HDI
Within the UNDP framework, Senegal's health, education and income inputs are 68.7 life expectancy, 9.1 expected schooling, 2.9 mean schooling and $4,202 GNI per capita in 2021 PPP terms. They belong to the HDI calculation rather than separate DigifyWorld scores.
Inequality changes the headline
IHDI reframes Senegal's HDI by accounting for unequal outcomes within the population. That is a different question from how satisfied people say they are with life.
Gender and planetary-pressure adjustments
Beyond HDI, Senegal's UNDP profile also reports GDI 0.924, GII 0.490, PHDI 0.512. These measures answer different questions, so they are kept separate.
Quality-of-life coverage is conditional
A comparable life-satisfaction observation was not available in the OECD extract used for Senegal. The absence of a published observation is preserved explicitly. For the profile as a whole, preserve the distinction between level and distribution so the number is not mistaken for another indicator.
What Senegal's numbers say together
For a fuller view of Senegal, the page shows IHDI 0.340 with a 35.8% loss; PHDI 0.512 after a 3.4% adjustment; GDI 0.924. The indicators add context without becoming a single composite DigifyWorld rating.
In this country profile, the headline UNDP result for Senegal is HDI 0.530, rank 169, for 2023. Broader quality-of-life indicators remain outside that index. When the indicator is reused, do not infer an unstated comparison rather than creating a broader claim than the source supports.
The IHDI is 0.340, and UNDP reports an overall loss of 35.8% relative to the headline index.
The GDI value is 0.924 in group 4; it should be read alongside, not merged into, HDI.
The PHDI is 0.512, with a 3.4% adjustment from the HDI value in UNDP's 2023 table.
Frequently asked questions
What is Senegal's HDI?
The UNDP table records Senegal at 0.530 on HDI in 2023, with global rank 169.
How does inequality affect Senegal's HDI?
UNDP reports IHDI 0.340 for Senegal, which is 35.8% below the headline HDI after inequality across the three dimensions is taken into account. For the profile as a whole, preserve the source's country coverage before drawing conclusions from small differences.
Why is there no life satisfaction score on this page?
This profile does not fill the quality-of-life section for Senegal simply to complete the layout. For the evidence on this page, preserve the distinction between level and distribution rather than creating a broader claim than the source supports.
Is HDI the same as quality of life?
No. HDI has three core dimensions: health, knowledge and standard of living. Life satisfaction remains distinct from the health, education and income dimensions used by HDI.
Sources & methodology
Sources for the development indicators and definitions shown above.
View sources used for this page
Primary source for 2023 HDI and its components, plus IHDI, GDI, GII and PHDI where reported.
Report edition underlying the 2023 human-development indices and ranking.
Data note: Reference years are shown with each indicator; unavailable observations remain unfilled.