Editing Senegal (section)

== Economy ==
{{Main|Economy of Senegal}}{{Excerpt|Economy of Senegal|hat=no|files=no}}
[[File:Map of Trans-African Highways.PNG|thumb|left]]
[[File:GDP_per_capita_development_in_Senegal_and_Gambia.svg|thumb|Historical development of real GDP per capita in Senegal and Gambia, since 1950]]

=== Industry and trade ===
[[File:Senegal Product Exports (2019).svg|thumb|right|A proportional representation of Senegal exports, 2019]]

Three trans-African automobile routes pass through Senegal:
* [[Cairo-Dakar Highway]] (1)
* [[Dakar-Ndjamena Highway]] (5)
* [[Dakar-Lagos Highway]] (7)

The main industries include [[food processing]], mining, cement, [[artificial fertilizer]], [[chemical industry|chemicals]], [[textile industry|textiles]], [[refining]] imported petroleum, and [[Tourism in Senegal|tourism]]. Exports include fish, chemicals, cotton, fabrics, groundnuts, and [[calcium phosphate]]. The largest export markets as of 2020 are [[Mali]] (20.4%), Switzerland (12.2%), and India (8.3%).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37|title=CEPII – Baci|website=cepii.fr|publisher=Centre d'Etudes Prospectives et d'Informations Internationales|series=HS92|access-date=31 August 2022|archive-date=31 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220831162656/http://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37|url-status=live}}</ref>

As a member of the [[West African Economic and Monetary Union]] (WAEMU), Senegal is working toward greater regional integration with a unified external [[tariff]]. Senegal is also a member of the [[OHADA|Organization for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa]].<ref name="ohada.com">{{cite web
|title = OHADA.com: The business law portal in Africa
|url = http://www.ohada.com/index.php
|access-date = 22 March 2009
|archive-date = 26 March 2009
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090326033744/http://www.ohada.com/index.php
|url-status = live
}}</ref>

Senegal achieved full Internet connectivity in 1996, creating a mini-boom in information technology-based services. Private activity now accounts for 82 percent of its GDP. On the negative side, Senegal faces deep-seated urban problems of chronic high unemployment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/hellochina/helloSenegal2009/2009-09/01/content_8643211.htm|title=Economy of Senegal|website=China Daily|access-date=23 August 2017|archive-date=14 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914120740/http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/hellochina/helloSenegal2009/2009-09/01/content_8643211.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

Senegal is a major recipient of international development assistance. Donors include the [[United States Agency for International Development]] (USAID), Japan, France and China. Over 4,000 [[Peace Corps]] Volunteers have served in Senegal since 1963.<ref name="peacecorps.gov">{{cite web |url=https://www.peacecorps.gov/senegal/ |title=Peace Corps Senegal |publisher=peacecorps.gov |access-date=2 February 2023 |archive-date=8 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160708120917/https://www.peacecorps.gov/senegal/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Agriculture ===
{{Excerpt|Agriculture in Senegal}}

=== Fishing ===
[[File:Colourful Senegalese pirogue.jpg|thumb|Fishing boats in Dakar]]
Senegal has a {{convert|12|nmi|km mi|adj=on}} exclusive fishing zone that has been regularly breached in recent years ({{As of|2014|lc=y}}). It has been estimated that the country's fishermen lose 300,000 tonnes of fish each year to [[illegal fishing]]. The Senegalese government have tried to control the illegal fishing which is conducted by [[fishing trawlers]], some of which are registered in Russia, [[Mauritania]], [[Belize]] and Ukraine. In January 2014, a Russian trawler, ''Oleg Naydenov'', was seized by Senegalese authorities close to the maritime border with [[Guinea-Bissau]].<ref>'Russia says factory ship was seized on Greenpeace's orders; Trawler held by Senegal over alleged illegal fishing' by John Vidal The Guardian (UK newspaper) 10 January 2014 page 23</ref>

=== Energy ===
{{Excerpt|Energy in Senegal}}