DATA VISUALIZATIONS

Explore data visualizations for stunting in Senegal below, or explore more Senegal-specific data in the Data Explorer.

Prevalence of stunting Senegal

Data Source: Joint Malnutrition Estimates (JME, UNICEF, WHO, World Bank Group)

Change in stunting rate versus change in GDP per capita

Note: Ethiopia was selected among East African low-income countries

Closest data point to 2000 available for both stunting and GDP per capita, ranging from 1998-2002, and the closest dat point to 2015 available for both stunting and GDP per capita, ranging from 2011-2015; 41 total countries represented

Data Source: Joint Malnutrition Estimates (UNICEF/WHO/World Bank) 2018

Women receiving antenatal care vists during pregnancy

Data Source: Demographic and Health Survey (DHS)

Groundnut production quantity (tons)

Groundnut production, 1961–2011 1961 (1,22,000) 1974 (1,444,000) 2001 (260,700) 2011 (669,300)
Data Source: Food and Agriculture Organization

2018 Global Hunger Index rank, French West Africa

Range: Most Hungry (119)–Least Hungry (1) Niger (99) Guinea (92) Mali (90) Burkina Faso (89) Mauritania (88) cote d'ivoire (80) Benin (80) Senegal (66) Average (68)
Data Source: Global Hunger Index calculations based on data from FAO (2018d); UNICEF/WHO/World Bank (2018a); WHO (2018); UN IGME (2017a) and GHI authors' estimates.

West Africa regional map

Map of Senegal and neighboring countries. Mauritania to the northeast; Mali to the Southeast; Guinea to the southeast) and Guinea-Bissau along the southern border, between Senegal and Guinea. Senegal’s capital, Dakar is labelled at the Westernmost tip of the country. The city of Banjul is labelled within the country of Gambia, located entirely within Senegal. The capital of Mali, Bamako, is also labelled.

A look at under-five mortality rates

Data Source:  World Bank

Population without health care access within 25 km

Population without healthcare center within 25 km per Square km
Data Source: Tufts University

Development assistance for health per capita

Data Source: Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)

Exclusive breastfeeding (% of children under 6 months)

Data Source: Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) 

Per capita and total GDP (PPP constant international $)

Data Source: World Bank

Health expenditure per capita

Data Source: Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)

Human resources for health

Data Source: World Bank

Youth literacy rate (people aged 15 to 24 who can read and write)

Data Source: World Bank

Percentage of the population living on less than $1.90 a day at PPP prices

Data Source: World Bank

Primary school enrollment rates

Data Source: World Bank

Remittances (% of GDP)

Data Source: World Bank

Total fertility rate

Data Source: Demographic and Health Survey (DHS); Malaria Indicators Survey (MIS)

Households using a toilet facility

Data Source: Demographic and Health Survey (DHS); Malaria Indicators Survey (MIS)

Worldwide governance indicators

Data Source: World Bank

Climate shocks in Senegal, 1992 - 2017

Data Source: The International Disasters Database (EM-DAT)

UNICEF / Lancet nutrition series undernutrition conceptual framework

Framework for the relations between poverty, food security, and other underlying and immediate causes to maternal and child undernutrition and its short-term and long-term consequences.
Framework of the relations between poverty, food insecurity, and other underlying and immediate causes to maternal and child undernutrition and its short-term and long-term consequences

Oaxaca Blinder Decomposition HAZ score increase in Senegal children under five 1992/3 - 2017

Regional map of prevalence of stunting

Regional map: the top 1/4 of the country is labelled as Warm desert. The middle 2/4s are labelled as warm semi-arid. The southern most is labelled as tropical savannah.  DHS 2017 values: Louga (16%) Tambacounda (26%) Kédougou (27%) Kolda 32% Sédhiou (29%)
Data Source: Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)

Methodology