_#_Electricity: 210,000 kW capacity; 760 million kWh produced, 100 kWh per capita (1989)
_#_Industries: fishing, agricultural processing, phosphate mining, petroleum refining, building materials
_#_Agriculture: including fishing, accounts for 20% of GDP and more than 75% of labor force; major products—peanuts (cash crop), millet, corn, sorghum, rice, cotton, tomatoes, green vegetables; estimated two-thirds self-sufficient in food; fish catch of 299,000 metric tons in 1987
_#_Economic aid: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $551 million; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-88), $4.8 billion; OPEC bilateral aid (1979-89), $589 million; Communist countries (1970-89), $295 million
_#_Currency: Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (plural—francs); 1 CFA franc (CFAF) = 100 centimes
_#_Exchange rates: Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (CFAF) per US$1—256.54 (January 1991), 272.26 (1990), 319.01 (1989), 297.85 (1988), 300.54 (1987), 346.30 (1986), 449.26 (1985)
_#_Fiscal year: 1 July-30 June
_*Communications #_Railroads: 1,034 km 1.000-meter gauge; all single track except 70 km double track Dakar to Thies
_#_Highways: 14,000 km total; 3,770 km paved, 10,230 km laterite or improved earth
_#_Inland waterways: 900 km total; 785 km on the Senegal, 115 km on the Saloum