Summary
- China → Senegal
- $2.3billion
- Senegal → China
- $1billion
- China’s balance
- $1.3billion
Balance
China’s trade balance with Senegal
Trade between China and Senegal grew 90.3-fold since 1995
USD billions (current). China’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 2.3
- Imports 1
- Balance +1.3
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $36 million | $472 thousand | $36 million |
| 1996 | $49 million | $2 million | $47 million |
| 1997 | $37 million | $466 thousand | $37 million |
| 1998 | $47 million | $400 thousand | $47 million |
| 1999 | $46 million | $658 thousand | $45 million |
| 2000 | $46 million | $14 million | $32 million |
| 2001 | $52 million | $8 million | $44 million |
| 2002 | $55 million | $1 million | $54 million |
| 2003 | $79 million | $17 million | $62 million |
| 2004 | $115 million | $5 million | $110 million |
| 2005 | $156 million | $17 million | $139 million |
| 2006 | $210 million | $11 million | $199 million |
| 2007 | $338 million | $21 million | $318 million |
| 2008 | $474 million | $6 million | $467 million |
| 2009 | $440 million | $43 million | $397 million |
| 2010 | $487 million | $52 million | $435 million |
| 2011 | $504 million | $62 million | $441 million |
| 2012 | $597 million | $44 million | $553 million |
| 2013 | $693 million | $41 million | $652 million |
| 2014 | $793 million | $43 million | $750 million |
| 2015 | $985 million | $115 million | $870 million |
| 2016 | $933 million | $154 million | $779 million |
| 2017 | $1.1 billion | $171 million | $899 million |
| 2018 | $1.3 billion | $142 million | $1.2 billion |
| 2019 | $1.3 billion | $327 million | $970 million |
| 2020 | $1.2 billion | $305 million | $926 million |
| 2021 | $1.5 billion | $402 million | $1.1 billion |
| 2022 | $2 billion | $270 million | $1.7 billion |
| 2023 | $2.1 billion | $309 million | $1.8 billion |
| 2024 | $2.3 billion | $1 billion | $1.3 billion |
What they sell each other
What China sells to Senegal
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What Senegal sells to China
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
How it travels
The estimated sea route between Shanghai and Dakar is 11,579 nautical miles (21,445 km) long: ≈ 27–34.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).
Because of the 2024 disruptions, traffic is split: 85% via the Strait of Malacca and Singapore and the Cape of Good Hope (11,579 nautical miles); and 15% via the Strait of Malacca and Singapore, the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, the Suez Canal and the Strait of Gibraltar (10,783 nautical miles).
Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.
Split by transport mode
Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.
How much each matters to the other
Senegal was China’s 107th largest trading partner (0.1% of its trade), and China was Senegal’s largest (16%).
- Senegal in China’s trade
- 0.1%
- Senegal’s rank among China’s partners
- 107th
- China in Senegal’s trade
- 16.3%
- China’s rank among Senegal’s partners
- 1st
Compare with
Other partners of China
Other partners of Senegal
Sources and methodology
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- World Bank, Global Shipping Traffic Density · CC BY 4.0 (route network derived by this site)
- World Port Index (NGA) · Public domain (US Government work)
- Natural Earth · Public domain
Methodology
Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.