Leadership
Barthélémy Toye Dias
Governance
The city of Dakar is the capital of Senegal. It is located in the Dakar region and has a legal personality and financial autonomy. It is divided into nineteen (19) communes each headed by a Mayor.
Election
- Human Resources Department
- Directorate of Health and Social Action
- Directorate of Education and Culture
- Directorate of Municipal Police
- Administrative Department
- Directorate of Urban Development
- Directorate of Youth and Sport
- Planning Department
- Civil Status Department
- IT Department
City Of Dakar Evaluation of The Management of Municipal Public Finance PEFA Report on Performance (2009) https://www.pefa.org/sites/pefa/files/assessments/reports/SN-Dakar-Jan09-PFMPR-SN-Public.pdf
Finances
69,478,506,843 CFA
(116 million USD)
Dakar city contact (received 31 January 2024)
- Real operating revenue (Operations, services and domain)
- Taxes (Patents and licences, Land)
- Taxes (Tax on horse-drawn vehicles)
- Tax on advertising
- Operating transfers
- Miscellaneous revenues
Overall revenue improvement strategy of the City of Dakar (2014) https://knowledge-uclga.org/IMG/pdf/strategieglobaledameliorationdesrecettesdelavillededakar.pdf
Dakar region plays a major role in the national economy, concentrating:
- 46% of Senegalese civil servants,
- 97% of trade and transport employees,
- 96% of bank employees,
- 95% of industrial and commercial enterprises, and
- 87% of permanent jobs.
Cities Alliance, 2010. Strategie de Developpement Urbain du Grand Dakar (Horizon 2025). Available: https://inondations-dakar.org/dataset/5fd3f85d-fa71-4005-8b43-dc1adf67bed7/resource/d2f6d3d3-4ccf-4ee0-b207-3dcc27d3fd37/download/acs_21.pdf
Development Profile
Dakar-Age-Pyramid
Age Pyramid
Population Trends
Population Trends
18,008 people/km2
Population Trends
82 km2
Population Trends
1,591,549
Population Trends
648,852
Population Trends
1,476,669
Population Trends
Informal Economy
Informal Economy
Unemployment
Unemployment
90.2%
Informal Economy
36.4%
Unemployment
49.8%
Unemployment
HDI Score
Human Development Index Score
Human Development Index Definition
The HDI score, ranging from 1 (best score) to 0 (worst score), summarises the average achievement across three basic dimensions of human development:
• A long and healthy life (life expectancy at birth)
• Knowledge (mean years of schooling for adults 25 years and older; expected years of schooling for children of school entering age)
• A decent standard of living
Education: Enrolment
Enrolment
0.611
HDI Score
0.512
HDI Score
80.1%
Education: Enrolment
Basic Services: Sanitation
Sanitation
Basic Services: Waste
Waste
Electricity
Electricity
Housing: Access
Access to Housing
Spatial Development: Maps
Urban Area Maps
Transport: Median Travel Times
Average Travel Times
Transport: Modes
Modes of Transport
Water
Water
1%
Transport: Modes
75%
Water
86.6%
Basic Services: Waste
10%
Transport: Modes
1%
Transport: Modes
4%
Transport: Modes
6%
Transport: Modes
11%
Transport: Modes
12%
Transport: Modes
20%
Transport: Modes
35%
Transport: Modes
25%
Basic Services: Sanitation
43.5%
Basic Services: Sanitation
98.7%
Electricity
Urban Development Challenges
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