Senegal Frontera

Panorama económico e industrial

Senegal is a lower-middle-income economy in West Africa with a nominal GDP of approximately 32.2 billion USD in 2024, supported by services, agriculture, fishing, phosphate mining, construction, and a nascent but rapidly growing oil and gas sector. The Sangomar offshore oil field began commercial production in June 2024, providing a significant new export revenue stream and accelerating real GDP growth to an estimated 6.9 percent in 2024. The country uses the West African CFA franc and is a member of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU). Dakar serves as a major regional commercial, financial, and transportation hub for West Africa. Inflation was low at 0.8 percent in 2024, helped by price subsidies and easing global commodity prices.

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Macro

PIB nominal, USD	$32.17B
Crecimiento del PIB real, anual	6.9%
Inflación anual	0.8%
Población personas	18.8M
PIB per cápita USD	$1,759
Capitalización bursátil total cotizado, USD	$900.00M
Cap. bursátil / PIB	2.8%
Desempleo	19.2%
Empresas cotizadas	3
Bolsa	Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières. Senegalese companies are listed on this regional exchange, which serves all eight WAEMU member states and is headquartered in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. (BRVM)

Año de los datos: 2024. Fuentes: World Bank World Development Indicators, IMF World Economic Outlook, African Development Bank Economic Outlook, BRVM (brvm.org), MSCI Frontier Markets Index Factsheet, EBRD Transition Report 2025-26, UN DESA Country Monitoring Report 2025, Coface Country Risk File, Lloyd's Bank Trade Economic Context, FRED St. Louis Federal Reserve (World Bank data), AfDB Senegal Fact Sheet 2025. Individual figures may cover different reference periods — for example a fiscal year, or an estimate for the current year — and the overview above states these where known.

Bolsa local y acceso

Bolsa	Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières. Senegalese companies are listed on this regional exchange, which serves all eight WAEMU member states and is headquartered in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
Código	BRVM
Sitio web	www.brvm.org
Moneda	XOF

Acceso a brókers locales

Senegalese equities trade on the BRVM regional exchange in Abidjan. Access for international retail investors is limited; dedicated BRVM-member brokerage firms (Sociétés de Gestion et d'Intermédiation, or SGIs) licensed by the Conseil Régional de l'Épargne Publique et des Marchés Financiers (CREPMF) are the standard route for direct share purchases. Some frontier-market and pan-African online brokers provide indirect access. Liquidity is thin for Senegal-domiciled stocks, with only three companies listed.

Brókers globales con acceso a mercados extranjeros

• Interactive Brokers — Direct access to 90+ markets worldwide, including many emerging exchanges.
• Saxo Bank — Multi-market access across Asia, Europe and the Middle East.
• Charles Schwab (Global) — Foreign ordinary shares on select markets; US-listed ADRs and ETFs.
• Fidelity International Trading — International stock trading on a number of developed and emerging markets.

Listado solo a efectos informativos, no constituye recomendación. Los mercados disponibles, las comisiones y los requisitos de incorporación varían según el bróker y el país de residencia.

Reubicación y residencia

Acceso para inversores extranjeros

Foreigners residing in Senegal typically obtain a resident permit (carte de séjour) renewable annually or biennially. APIX facilitates investor registration and can assist with business-related residency formalities. Dakar has a growing expatriate community, with relatively affordable living costs compared to other African capital cities. French is the official language of government and business.