Government debt during each president's tenure
Every president since 1991, ranked by how the government debt changed from their first day in office. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.
| # | President | In office | Total | Per year | Chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | APR Macky Sall | 2 Apr 2012 – 2 Apr 2024 | +87.7 pp 2011 → 2023 | +7.3 pp/yr | |
| 2 | PDS Abdoulaye Wade | 1 Apr 2000 – 2 Apr 2012 from 2000 | −24.6 pp 2000 → 2011 | −2.2 pp/yr |
Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last count complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that count had no data, or because the period cut it); Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in pp; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. % of GDP · IMF World Economic Outlook (GGXWDG_NGDP), general government gross debt, the years the IMF marks actual; from 2019 the figures as revised after the Court of Auditors' report of 12 February 2025 found debt and deficits the previous government had not declared (debt at the end of 2023: 99.7 % of GDP in the audit, against 74.4 % reported); from 2000 (the WEO's figures for the 1990s are not plausible) · Senegal data · as of Sep 2026.