Senegal is unique in that it is the westernmost point of the African continent, located at the tip of the Almadies in Dakar, the country's capital. Both in urban and rural areas, land in this small country is highly coveted by domestic and foreign actors with diverse, even incompatible objectives. In addition to the demand for family and industrial agriculture, pastoralism, mining, infrastructure, tourism and housing, the pressure on land is amplified by population growth and soil degradation.
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Land Area
19,253,000 ha
GDP/Capita
3,495.4 USD
Total population
16,876,700
Urban population
47.2 %
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Women owning land
0.5 %
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27 September 2022
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27 de septiembre de 2022 -- La Fundación Land Portal y la Carta de Datos Abiertos (Open Data Charter) lanzan el informe Estado de la Información sobre la Tierra en Senegal (State of Land Information in Senegal) , un primer paso para…
27 September 2022
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27 de setembro de 2022 -- A Land Portal Foundation e a Carta Aberta de Dados estão lançando o relatório State of Land Information in Senegal (Estado da Informação da Terra no Senegal), um primeiro passo para desvendar tanto a grande…
27 September 2022
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27 de septiembre de 2022 -- La Fundación Land Portal y la Carta de Datos Abiertos (Open Data Charter) lanzan el informe Estado de la Información sobre la Tierra en Senegal (State of Land Information in Senegal) , un primer paso para…
The urbanization rate has increased from 34% in 1976 to 47.38% in 2021. Nevertheless, the majority of the population remains rural, with 52.62% living in the countryside.
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04 July 2023
"El Estado de los Datos sobre la Tierra: Transformando África en una Potencia del Futuro" tuvo lugar el 22 de junio y contó con cinco ponentes. El evento fue organizado por un equipo de organizaciones entre las que se encontraban la Fundación Land Portal, NELGA, GIZ y la Cooperación Alemana.
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Around the world, insecure property rights prevent families from feeling confident about the future, businesses from investing, and communities from becoming more productive. Hundreds of millions of us lack property security. This makes the world poorer, less free, and less just.
There is a growing…