Employers, male (% of male employment) in Senegal
Senegal: Employers, male (% of male employment) was 1.8% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Employers, male (% of male employment) in Senegal, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
In 2025, employers, male (% of male employment) in Senegal stood at 1.8%.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 59.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, employers, male (% of male employment) in Senegal peaked at 2.9% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 1.0%, in 1993.
That places Senegal 161st out of 187 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Employers, male (% of male employment) in Senegal, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 1.0% | — |
| 1992 | 1.0% | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 1.0% | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 1.0% | +2.0% |
| 1995 | 1.0% | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 1.0% | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 1.1% | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 1.1% | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 1.1% | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 1.1% | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 1.1% | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 1.1% | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 1.1% | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 1.1% | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 1.1% | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 1.1% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1.1% | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 1.1% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1.1% | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 1.1% | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 1.1% | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 1.1% | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 1.1% | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 1.1% | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 1.1% | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 2.3% | +111.2% |
| 2017 | 2.9% | +24.4% |
| 2018 | 2.7% | -6.0% |
| 2019 | 2.6% | -6.4% |
| 2020 | 2.2% | -14.1% |
| 2021 | 2.0% | -8.8% |
| 2022 | 1.8% | -12.6% |
| 2023 | 1.8% | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 1.8% | +0.4% |
| 2025 | 1.8% | +0.5% |
Senegal compared with similar countries
- Senegal's 1.8% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 3.6%, 50% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Senegal's 1.8% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2.7%, 64% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Employers, male (% of male employment) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | +111.2% | 1.1% | 2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.1% | 9 |
| 2000s | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.7% | 1.1% | 2.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.9% | 1.8% | 2.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
More work & labour data for Senegal
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual 0.3558 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth 0.335 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth 0.3759 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate 0.3778 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 2.78 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 21,943 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 12,088 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 23,953 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 23,061 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 47,014 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is employers, male (% of male employment) in Senegal?
- Employers, male (% of male employment) in Senegal was 1.8% in 2025, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest employers, male (% of male employment) recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 2.9% in 2017.
- What is the lowest employers, male (% of male employment) recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.0% in 1993.
- How does Senegal rank for employers, male (% of male employment)?
- Senegal ranks 161st out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is employers, male (% of male employment) rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 59.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Senegal data come from?
- The figures come from ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Employers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Employers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs" i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced), and, in this capacity, have engaged, on a continuous basis, one or more persons to work for them as employee(s).