Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
$780 million (2003)
Debt - external:
$3.009 billion (2003 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$362.6 million (2002 est.)
Currency:
Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF); note - responsible
authority is the Central Bank of the West African States
Currency code:
XOF
Exchange rates:
Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) per US dollar - 581.2
(2003), 696.988 (2002), 733.039 (2001), 711.976 (2000), 615.699
(1999)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Senegal
Telephones - main lines in use:
228,800 (2003)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
575,900 (2003)