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Consumer prices (CPI) during each president's tenure

Every president since 1991, ranked by how consumer prices (CPI) changed from their first day in office. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.

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1PDS Abdoulaye Wade 1 Apr 2000 – 2 Apr 2012 +29.9% Mar 2000 → Mar 2012+2.2%/yr
2APR Macky Sall 2 Apr 2012 – 2 Apr 2024 +28.0% Mar 2012 → Mar 2024+2.1%/yr
3Kiiraay Bassirou Diomaye Faye 2 Apr 2024 – now +5.1% Mar 2024 → Sep 2026+2.0%/yr

Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last month complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that period had no data, or because the period cut it); Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in %; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. index, 2010 = 100 · ANSD harmonised consumer price index (IHPC) via the IMF (CPI, all items, ANSD's bases spliced into one index by the IMF, 2010 = 100): Dakar's before the 2014 base, national after · Senegal data · as of Sep 2026.

Sources: ANSD (national accounts and consumer prices via the IMF, the employment survey via ILOSTAT), IMF (World Economic Outlook: government debt and deficits, as revised after the 2025 audit), World Bank (GDP before 2014, population), ILO, Natural Earth, World Bank (Worldwide Governance Indicators), V-Dem Institute, Transparency International, World Happiness Report, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons; heads of state checked against the official lists. Every chart is indexed to the office-holder's first day. Correlation is not credit. CreditsPrivacy