$1.601 billion (31 December 2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 115 $1.66 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Debt - external:
$2.627 billion (31 December 2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 132 $2.19 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Exchange rates:
Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) per US dollar - 447.81 (2008 est.), 481.83 (2007), 522.89 (2006), 527.47 (2005), 528.29 (2004)
note: since 1 January 1999, the West African CFA franc (XOF) has been pegged to the euro at a rate of 655.957 CFA francs per euro; West African CFA franc (XOF) coins and banknotes are not accepted in countries using Central African CFA francs (XAF), and vice versa, even though the two currencies trade at par
Communications ::Senegal
Telephones - main lines in use:
237,800 (2008) country comparison to the world: 121
Telephones - mobile cellular: