Democratic change in Senegal
Senegal: Democratic change was 0 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Democratic change in Senegal, 1904–2025
Source: Episodes of Regime Transformation (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Senegal recorded 0 for democratic change in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 122 years on record.
The figure is down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, democratic change in Senegal peaked at 2 in 1945 and was at its lowest, 0, in 2021.
Senegal ranks 131st of 175 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 122 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 1910s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 1920s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 1930s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 1940s | 1.2 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 1950s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 1960s | 1.2 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 1970s | 1.2 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.4 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.5 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 2000s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1667 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
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- 131 Belarus 0 compare
- 131 Burkina Faso 0 compare
- 131 Cambodia 0 compare
- 131 Central African Republic 0 compare
- 131 Cote d'Ivoire 0 compare
- 131 Croatia 0 compare
- 131 El Salvador 0 compare
- 131 Georgia 0 compare
- 131 Greece 0 compare
- 131 Guinea 0 compare
- 131 Guinea-Bissau 0 compare
- 131 Guyana 0 compare
- 131 Haiti 0 compare
- 131 Hong Kong 0 compare
- 131 Hungary 0 compare
- 131 India 0 compare
- 131 Indonesia 0 compare
- 131 Italy 0 compare
- 131 Kuwait 0 compare
- 131 Kyrgyzstan 0 compare
- 131 Libya 0 compare
- 131 Madagascar 0 compare
- 131 Mali 0 compare
- 131 Mauritania 0 compare
- 131 Mexico 0 compare
- 131 Moldova 0 compare
- 131 Mozambique 0 compare
- 131 Myanmar 0 compare
- 131 Nicaragua 0 compare
- 131 Niger 0 compare
- 131 Pakistan 0 compare
- 131 Peru 0 compare
- 131 Philippines 0 compare
- 131 Romania 0 compare
- 131 Serbia 0 compare
- 131 Slovakia 0 compare
- 131 Slovenia 0 compare
- 131 Togo 0 compare
- 131 Ukraine 0 compare
- 131 United Kingdom 0 compare
- 131 United States 0 compare
More reference data data for Senegal
- Spring temperature anomalies -0.7106 °C (2026)
- Summer temperature anomalies -0.265 °C (2026)
- Temperature anomalies by month -0.0252 °C (2026)
- Universal right to vote in practice 2 (2025)
- Autumn temperature anomalies -0.1143 °C (2025)
- Winter temperature anomalies -1.05 °C (2025)
- Consumer price index 136.06 2010 = 100 (2025)
- Universal right to vote 2 (2025)
- Competitive elections 1 (2025)
- Men's universal right to vote 1 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is democratic change in Senegal?
- Democratic change in Senegal was 0 in 2025, according to Episodes of Regime Transformation (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest democratic change recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 2 in 1945.
- What is the lowest democratic change recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 2021.
- How does Senegal rank for democratic change?
- Senegal ranks 131st out of 175 countries with data for 2025.
- Is democratic change rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Senegal data come from?
- The figures come from Episodes of Regime Transformation (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Democratic change. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Data by Episodes of Regime Transformation and V-Dem.