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African Tax Observatory · Country brief · SenegalData pulled 14 October 2026 · taxintellilyticsstories.com/africa/countries/SEN

Centre 14°22′N 14°28′W

Gazetteer · Western Africa · Lower middle income

Senegal

Collected 17.9% of GDP in tax in 2024, 13 of 38 reporting members.

17.9%

Tax, % of GDP, 2024

−0.8

Points since 2010

0.93

Tax buoyancy

over 15 years

$957

Tax per person

PPP dollars

Plate I·Over time

Fifteen years, against the continent

Over time

Senegal against the continent

0.0%5.0%10.0%15.0%20.0%10111213141516171819202122232425
SenegalWestern Africa medianATAF median and middle half
The shaded band is the middle half of ATAF members each year (25th to 75th percentile); the dashed line is the median of Western Africa. The members reporting change from year to year, so the band can move because the set of countries changed; the CSV gives the count for each year.
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YearSenegalWestern Africa medianATAF medianATAF 25th percentileATAF 75th percentileMembers reporting
201018.6514.5614.3410.6716.4326
201118.9715.7114.8410.9916.6233
201218.6216.2115.0711.4516.7533
201318.3313.9313.8311.2316.8932
201419.2814.2314.2611.8717.1332
201519.8414.3415.0812.3318.5533
201615.9214.2814.3812.4017.4333
201714.7514.7514.7511.5016.9535
201814.6613.3214.1810.8616.1036
201917.4412.5013.5711.5117.2338
202016.9012.2213.2710.8516.0738
202116.9212.4612.7210.4416.0640
202218.1213.4514.1811.3418.1639
202319.5013.3014.4311.3018.8237
202417.8613.5114.3012.1718.0538
202513.3813.7412.1820.5334

Plate II·Peers, 2024

Each tax beside the medians

Against its peers, 2024

Each tax as a share of GDP, beside the medians

0%5%10%15%20%Tax-to-GDPDomestic taxesCustoms taxesVATPITCIT
The line joins Senegal (orange) to the ATAF median (grey); the blue tick is the Western Africa median. All three are for 2024.
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MeasureSenegalWestern Africa medianATAF median
Tax-to-GDP17.8613.5114.30
Domestic taxes12.118.389.01
Customs taxes5.755.324.87
VAT6.743.435.20
PIT3.371.482.04
CIT2.062.222.72

Plate III·Tax heads

How Senegal's tax is made up

Tax heads

What each tax brings in, as a share of GDP

0%5%10%15%20%101112131415161718192021222324
Domestic VATPersonal income taxCorporate income taxOther domestic taxesVAT on importsImport dutyNot attributed to a headOther customs taxesWithholding taxExcise on importsPresumptive tax
Each bar stacks the tax heads ATAF publishes for that year. Where the heads do not add up to total tax revenue, the gap is drawn in light grey and labelled, never spread across the heads. A head missing from a year was not reported for that year.
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YearTax headRevenue (PPP $)% of GDP
2010Domestic VAT10920740524.05
2010Personal income tax7917108482.93
2010Corporate income tax4480974961.66
2010Other domestic taxes5751269422.13
2010VAT on imports10116326033.75
2010Import duty7274140232.69
2010Not attributed to a head3889153491.44
2011Domestic VAT11642762974.14
2011Personal income tax8766669173.12
2011Corporate income tax4150748201.48
2011Other domestic taxes5217203481.86
2011VAT on imports11517926714.10
2011Import duty7825061402.78
2011Not attributed to a head4216857411.50
2012Domestic VAT10753998653.64
2012Personal income tax10021303783.39
2012Corporate income tax4691506611.59
2012Other domestic taxes5824275611.97
2012VAT on imports11522810333.90
2012Import duty7951960622.69
2012Not attributed to a head4270821981.45
2013Domestic VAT9895315963.34
2013Personal income tax9308924473.14
2013Corporate income tax5490239801.85
2013Other domestic taxes4788999831.62
2013VAT on imports12119157004.09
2013Import duty8818345222.98
2013Not attributed to a head3888681441.31
2014Domestic VAT11837590293.81
2014Personal income tax10547284883.39
2014Corporate income tax5489148991.77
2014Other domestic taxes3707143601.19
2014VAT on imports14469354474.66
2014Import duty9280910772.99
2014Not attributed to a head4573767491.47
2015Domestic VAT12503667903.77
2015Personal income tax11764453533.55
2015Corporate income tax6070167051.83
2015Other domestic taxes6622936612.00
2015VAT on imports14509783324.37
2015Import duty9274733642.80
2015Not attributed to a head5088212051.53
2016Domestic VAT16289451583.54
2016Personal income tax13885164653.02
2016Corporate income tax6770836151.47
2016Other domestic taxes6713432911.46
2016VAT on imports14448757533.14
2016Import duty9588906702.09
2016Not attributed to a head5541532051.20
2017Domestic VAT13413175512.65
2017Personal income tax12318331612.43
2017Corporate income tax7767842661.53
2017Other domestic taxes10406500432.05
2017VAT on imports15499216583.06
2017Import duty10677238092.11
2017Other customs taxes117510400.02
2017Not attributed to a head4560301340.90
2018Domestic VAT14715117292.62
2018Personal income tax15273911372.72
2018Corporate income tax8009388041.43
2018Other domestic taxes11054715401.97
2018VAT on imports16914287603.01
2018Import duty11716973112.09
2018Other customs taxes58584870.01
2018Not attributed to a head4505988890.80
2019Domestic VAT17462620003.03
2019Personal income tax17657561833.06
2019Corporate income tax9403362621.63
2019Other domestic taxes12860264142.23
2019VAT on imports20480294263.55
2019Import duty15365019272.67
2019Not attributed to a head7321030811.27
2020Domestic VAT17340705462.98
2020Personal income tax17523764733.01
2020Corporate income tax9348504121.60
2020Other domestic taxes15310578322.63
2020VAT on imports18425967633.16
2020Import duty14142580412.43
2020Not attributed to a head6379614271.09
2021Domestic VAT16054006242.46
2021Personal income tax20349483623.11
2021Corporate income tax9758283161.49
2021Other domestic taxes17388328032.66
2021VAT on imports24472403563.74
2021Import duty16554946982.53
2021Other customs taxes271484300.04
2021Not attributed to a head5742300650.88
2022Domestic VAT15880271482.18
2022Personal income tax23583394683.24
2022Corporate income tax12538282201.72
2022Withholding tax22820322153.13
2022VAT on imports24521695583.36
2022Import duty16576156112.27
2022Other customs taxes4023265170.55
2022Not attributed to a head12096633601.66
2023Domestic VAT25469987823.03
2023Personal income tax30382786593.62
2023Corporate income tax16457824461.96
2023Withholding tax24321498722.90
2023VAT on imports28352887043.38
2023Import duty14668302951.75
2023Excise on imports612759870.07
2023Other customs taxes19364796452.31
2023Not attributed to a head4137572950.49
2024Domestic VAT32785413663.31
2024Personal income tax33387202753.37
2024Corporate income tax20399026482.06
2024Presumptive tax282184470.03
2024Other domestic taxes22961165052.32
2024VAT on imports34056594063.43
2024Import duty18871742511.90
2024Other customs taxes4129548760.42
2024Not attributed to a head10267789341.04

The mix in 2024

Every shilling, franc or rand of tax, by head

VAT on imports19.2%Personal income tax18.8%Domestic VAT18.5%Other domestic taxes13.0%Corporate income tax11.5%Import duty10.7%Not attributed to a head5.8%
Rectangle areas are proportional to revenue in 2024 (US dollars at purchasing-power parity). Total tax revenue: $17.7bn.
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Tax headRevenue (PPP $)Share of tax revenue
Domestic VAT32785413660.19
Personal income tax33387202750.19
Corporate income tax20399026480.12
Presumptive tax282184470.00
Other domestic taxes22961165050.13
VAT on imports34056594060.19
Import duty18871742510.11
Other customs taxes4129548760.02
Not attributed to a head10267789340.06

Every published number

Senegal in the ATAF Databank

All 23 freely available indicators, exactly as ATAF publishes them. A blank cell means ATAF has no figure for that year; nothing is filled in.

Senegal: ATAF Databank indicators by year
Indicator2010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Nominal GDP (PPP)$27.0bn$28.1bn$29.6bn$29.6bn$31.1bn$33.2bn$46.0bn$50.7bn$56.1bn$57.6bn$58.3bn$65.4bn$72.9bn$84.0bn$99.2bn$103.9bn
Real GDP4,881,959.1m4,967,936.2m5,187,081.6m5,367,864.4m5,599,275.9m5,962,396.8m11,045,018.1m11,862,858.5m12,642,784.9m13,301,109.6m13,209,835.6m14,042,689.1m14,840,532.7m16,647,520.6m18,491,025.6m19,551,240.4m
Final Consumption (PPP)$39.5bn$43.4bn$48.0bn$47.5bn$48.2bn$50.6bn$51.1bn$57.4bn
Total Tax Revenues (PPP)$5.0bn$5.3bn$5.5bn$5.4bn$6.0bn$6.6bn$7.3bn$7.5bn$8.2bn$10.1bn$9.8bn$11.1bn$13.2bn$16.4bn$17.7bn
Total Number Of Registered Taxpayers41k48k57k67k68k81k90k73k80k126k
Non-Tax-Revenues (PPP)$180.1m$205.2m$291.1m$365.3m$315.7m$460.4m$461.9m$392.6m$599.0m$642.6m$1.1bn
Domestic Tax Revenues (PPP)$3.3bn$3.4bn$3.6bn$3.3bn$3.6bn$4.2bn$4.9bn$4.8bn$5.4bn$6.5bn$6.6bn$6.9bn$8.7bn$10.1bn$12.0bn
Customs Tax Revenues (PPP)$1.7bn$1.9bn$1.9bn$2.1bn$2.4bn$2.4bn$2.4bn$2.6bn$2.9bn$3.6bn$3.3bn$4.1bn$4.5bn$6.3bn$5.7bn
Revenue From Agriculture, Forest & Fishing (PPP)
Revenue From Mining & Quarrying (PPP)
Revenue From Secondary Sector (PPP)
Revenue From Tertiary Sector (PPP)
Domestic VAT Revenues (PPP)$1.1bn$1.2bn$1.1bn$989.5m$1.2bn$1.3bn$1.6bn$1.3bn$1.5bn$1.7bn$1.7bn$1.6bn$1.6bn$2.5bn$3.3bn
VAT Refunded (PPP)$49.8m$53.9m$41.1m$97.5m$72.7m$56.1m$87.1m$90.6m$177.1m$180.9m$253.2m$154.9m
PIT Revenues (PPP)$791.7m$876.7m$1.0bn$930.9m$1.1bn$1.2bn$1.4bn$1.2bn$1.5bn$1.8bn$1.8bn$2.0bn$2.4bn$3.0bn$3.3bn
CIT Revenues (PPP)$448.1m$415.1m$469.2m$549.0m$548.9m$607.0m$677.1m$776.8m$800.9m$940.3m$934.9m$975.8m$1.3bn$1.6bn$2.0bn
Withholding Tax Revenues (PPP)$2.3bn$2.4bn
Presumptive Tax Revenues (PPP)$28.2m
Other Domestic Tax Revenues (PPP)$575.1m$521.7m$582.4m$478.9m$370.7m$662.3m$671.3m$1.0bn$1.1bn$1.3bn$1.5bn$1.7bn$2.3bn
VAT On Import Revenues (PPP)$1.0bn$1.2bn$1.2bn$1.2bn$1.4bn$1.5bn$1.4bn$1.5bn$1.7bn$2.0bn$1.8bn$2.4bn$2.5bn$2.8bn$3.4bn
Import Duty Revenues (PPP)$727.4m$782.5m$795.2m$881.8m$928.1m$927.5m$958.9m$1.1bn$1.2bn$1.5bn$1.4bn$1.7bn$1.7bn$1.5bn$1.9bn
Excises on Imports Revenues (PPP)$61.3m
Other Customs Tax Revenues (PPP)$11.8m$5.9m$27.1m$402.3m$1.9bn$413.0m

Values are rounded for display; the CSV has them exactly as published. Revenue and GDP are US dollars at purchasing-power parity.

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Source: ATAF Databank, the African Tax Administration Forum; World Bank World Development Indicators. Tax and GDP are in US dollars at purchasing-power parity, so their ratio equals the ratio in local currency. Cite as: Kaijamahe, W. H. (2026). Senegal. In African Tax Observatory (Edition 1, October 2026) [Data set and atlas]. TaxIntellilytics Stories. https://www.taxintellilyticsstories.com/africa/countries/SEN Every figure and its method: taxintellilyticsstories.com/africa/methods

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Senegal, in Edition 1

Kaijamahe, W. H. (2026). Senegal. In African Tax Observatory (Edition 1, October 2026) [Data set and atlas]. TaxIntellilytics Stories. https://www.taxintellilyticsstories.com/africa/countries/SEN

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