Climate | We have tropical; hot, humid; rainy season (May to November) has strong southeast winds; dry season (December to April) dominated by hot, dry, harmattan wind |
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Revenue from forest resources | |
Revenue from coal | |
Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 2.454 million tons (2024 est.) |
Total renewable water resources | 38.97 billion cubic meters (2022 est.) |
Major rivers (by length in km) | |
Total water withdrawal | |
Municipal | 261 million cubic meters (2022 est.) |
Industrial | 1.416 million cubic meters (2022 est.) |
Agricultural | 2.759 billion cubic meters (2022 est.) |
Land Use | |
Agricultural land | 49.4% (2022 est.) |
Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 19.9% (2022 est.) |
Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 0.4% (2022 est.) |
Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 29.1% (2022 est.) |
Forest | 41.5% (2022 est.) |
Other | 9.1% (2022 est.) |
Urbanization | |
Urban population | 49.6% of total population (2023) |
Rate of urbanization | 3.59% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
Major urban areas (Pop) | 3.340 million DAKAR (capital) (2023). |
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