Economic Community of West African States
ECOWAS Digital Observatory - ECODOB
Postal Sector Information
Total number of permanent post offices in the region
Senegal | ![]() |
- 🔹 Autorité de Régulation des Télécommunications et des Poste (ARTP)
- 3,943 employees
- 13,526,568,335.00
- 590
- 0
- 48,429 boxes
- 0 postal operators
- 0 post office branches
Posts National Data
Senegal
| Senegal | 2024 | Total number of staff | 3,824.00 |
| Senegal | 2024 | Active mobile-broadband subscriptions | 0.00 |
| Senegal | 2024 | Operating revenue (SDR) | 10,376,457,616.00 |
| Senegal | 2024 | Percentage of income linked to other products | 27.11% |
| Senegal | 2024 | Percentage of income linked to letter post | 14.80% |
| Senegal | 2024 | Population (millions) | 18.08 |
| Senegal | 2024 | Area of territory (km²) | 196,722.00 |
| Senegal | 2023 | Total number of staff | 3,943.00 |
| Senegal | 2023 | Total number of permanent post offices | 590.00 |
| Senegal | 2023 | Operating revenue (SDR) | 13,526,568,335.00 |
| Senegal | 2023 | Number of post office boxes | 48,429.00 |
| Senegal | 2023 | Number of letter-post items, domestic service | 210,041.00 |
| Senegal | 2023 | Number of express items, domestic service | 663,887.00 |
| Senegal | 2022 | Total number of staff | 4,807.00 |
| Senegal | 2022 | Total number of permanent post offices | 420.00 |
| Senegal | 2022 | Operating revenue (SDR) | 17,145,322,597.00 |
| Senegal | 2022 | Number of post office boxes | 48,875.00 |
| Senegal | 2022 | Number of express items, domestic service | 416,793.00 |
| Senegal | 2021 | Total number of staff | 5,014.00 |
| Senegal | 2021 | Total number of permanent post offices | 412.00 |
| Senegal | 2021 | Operating revenue (SDR) | 15,566,308,925.00 |
| Senegal | 2021 | Number of post office boxes | 48,284.00 |
| Senegal | 2021 | Number of letter-post items, domestic service | 2,254,369.00 |
| Senegal | 2021 | Number of express items, domestic service | 536,143.00 |
| Senegal | 2020 | Total number of staff | 4,629.00 |
| Senegal | 2020 | Total number of permanent post offices | 387.00 |
| Senegal | 2020 | Operating revenue (SDR) | 13,403,313,100.00 |
| Senegal | 2020 | Number of post office boxes | 45,555.00 |
| Senegal | 2020 | Number of letter-post items, domestic service | 2,648,021.00 |
| Senegal | 2020 | Number of express items, domestic service | 252,270.00 |
| Senegal | 2019 | Total number of permanent post offices | 242.00 |
| Senegal | 2019 | Total number of staff | 3,586.00 |
| Senegal | 2019 | Number of permanent post offices connected to an electronic network | 225.00 |
| Senegal | 2019 | Average area covered by a permanent office (km²) | 812.90 |
| Senegal | 2019 | Number of letter-post items, domestic service | 10,988,899.00 |
| Senegal | 2019 | Number of letter-post items, international service - dispatch | 933,919.00 |
| Senegal | 2019 | Number of letter-post items, international service - receipt | 1,589,795.00 |
| Senegal | 2019 | Number of express items, domestic service | 29,537.00 |
| Senegal | 2019 | Number of express items, international service - dispatch | 4,109.00 |
| Senegal | 2019 | Number of express items, international service - receipt | 9,775.00 |
| Senegal | 2019 | Number of parcels, international service - dispatch | 9,422.00 |
| Senegal | 2019 | Number of parcels, international service - receipt | 9,094.00 |
| Senegal | 2019 | Number of parcels, domestic service | 21.00 |
| Senegal | 2019 | Female employees as a percentage of total staff | 30.00% |
| Senegal | 2019 | Number of letter-boxes | 242.00 |
| Senegal | 2019 | Number of post office boxes | 76,293.00 |
| Senegal | 2019 | Domestic letter delivery services - number of items | 8,019,801.00 |
| Senegal | 2019 | Domestic parcel delivery services - number of items | 142,114.00 |
| Senegal | 2019 | Domestic express delivery services - number of items | 791,483.00 |
| Senegal | 2018 | Total number of staff | 3,225.00 |
| Senegal | 2017 | Total number of staff | 3,008.00 |
| Senegal | 2015 | Area of territory (km²) | 196,722.00 |
| Senegal | 2015 | Population (millions) | 15,129,000.00 |
| Senegal | 2014 | Area of territory (km²) | 196,722.00 |
| Senegal | 2014 | Population (millions) | 14,636,000.00 |
| Senegal | 2013 | Area of territory (km²) | 196,722.00 |
| Senegal | 2013 | Population (millions) | 14,133,000.00 |
| Senegal | 2013 | Rate of exchange (national currency for one SDR) | 73,248,800.00 |
| Senegal | 2013 | Total number of staff | 2,253.00 |
| Senegal | 2013 | Number of full-time staff | 2,012.00 |
| Senegal | 2013 | Number of part-time staff | 241.00 |
| Senegal | 2013 | Female employees as a percentage of total staff | 25.00% |
| Senegal | 2013 | Percentage of delivery staff | 19.00% |
| Senegal | 2013 | Percentage of female management staff | 20.00% |
| Senegal | 2013 | Total number of permanent post offices | 1,297.00 |
| Senegal | 2013 | Number of permanent offices staffed by administration officials | 191.00 |
| Senegal | 2013 | Number of permanent offices staffed by people from outside the administration | 1,106.00 |
| Senegal | 2013 | Average area covered by a permanent office (km²) | 15,168.00 |
| Senegal | 2013 | Average number of inhabitants served by a permanent office | 1,089,690.00 |
| Senegal | 2013 | Number of post offices (permanent and mobile) accepting financial transactions | 191.00 |
| Senegal | 2013 | Number of permanent post offices connected to an electronic network | 206.00 |
| Senegal | 2013 | Number of permanent post offices using counter automation systems | 206.00 |
| Senegal | 2013 | Percentage of income linked to letter post | 41.00% |
| Senegal | 2013 | Percentage of income linked to parcels and logistics services | 5.00% |
| Senegal | 2013 | Percentage of income linked to postal financial services | 53.00% |
| Senegal | 2013 | Percentage of income linked to other products | 1.00% |
| Senegal | 2013 | Income from philately as a percentage of total income | 0.10% |
| Senegal | 2013 | Number of letter-boxes | 206.00 |
| Senegal | 2013 | Average number of deliveries per working day in urban areas | 1.00 |
| Senegal | 2013 | Average number of deliveries per week in rural areas | 3.00 |
| Senegal | 2013 | Number of post office boxes | 75,267.00 |
| Senegal | 2013 | Percentage of the population having mail delivered at home | 90.00% |
| Senegal | 2013 | Percentage of the population having to collect mail from a postal establishment | 0.00% |
| Senegal | 2013 | Percentage of the population without postal services | 10.00% |
| Senegal | 2013 | Number of letter-post items, domestic service | 4,747,141.00 |
| Senegal | 2013 | Number of letter-post items, international service - dispatch | 557,124.00 |
| Senegal | 2013 | Number of letter-post items, international service - receipt | 1,133,256.00 |
| Senegal | 2013 | Number of copies of newspapers, domestic service | 29,448.00 |
| Senegal | 2013 | Number of express items, domestic service | 94,623.00 |
| Senegal | 2013 | Number of express items, international service - dispatch | 10,797.00 |
| Senegal | 2013 | Number of express items, international service - receipt | 14,074.00 |
| Senegal | 2013 | Number of parcels, international service - dispatch | 6,079.00 |
| Senegal | 2013 | Number of parcels, international service - receipt | 17,428.00 |
| Senegal | 2013 | Total number of payments, domestic service | 772,519.00 |
| Senegal | 2013 | Number of payments, international service - dispatch | 119,795.00 |
| Senegal | 2013 | Number of payments, international service - receipt | 1,228,925.00 |
| Senegal | 2013 | Number of giro accounts | 53,565.00 |
| Senegal | 2013 | Number of postal savings bank or postal bank accounts | 167,444.00 |
| Senegal | 2013 | End-of-year assets in postal savings bank or postal bank accounts (SDR) | 12,732,586.00 |
| Senegal | 2012 | Area of territory (km²) | 196,722.00 |
| Senegal | 2012 | Population (millions) | 13,108,000.00 |
| Senegal | 2012 | Rate of exchange (national currency for one SDR) | 76,410,000.00 |
| Senegal | 2012 | Total number of staff | 2,260.00 |
| Senegal | 2012 | Number of full-time staff | 2,260.00 |
| Senegal | 2012 | Number of part-time staff | 0.00 |
| Senegal | 2012 | Female employees as a percentage of total staff | 26.00% |
| Senegal | 2012 | Percentage of delivery staff | 9.00% |
| Senegal | 2012 | Percentage of female management staff | 18.00% |
| Senegal | 2012 | Total number of permanent post offices | 207.00 |
| Senegal | 2012 | Number of permanent offices staffed by administration officials | 177.00 |
| Senegal | 2012 | Number of permanent offices staffed by people from outside the administration | 30.00 |
| Senegal | 2012 | Average area covered by a permanent office (km²) | 95,035.00 |
| Senegal | 2012 | Average number of inhabitants served by a permanent office | 6,332,341.00 |
| Senegal | 2012 | Number of mobile post offices (including rural delivery staff) | 0.00 |
| Senegal | 2012 | Number of post offices (permanent and mobile) accepting financial transactions | 207.00 |
| Senegal | 2012 | Number of sorting centres | 1.00 |
| Senegal | 2012 | Average number of collections from boxes per working day in urban areas | 1.00 |
| Senegal | 2012 | Average number of collections from boxes per week in rural areas | 3.00 |
| Senegal | 2012 | Number of letter-boxes | 200.00 |
| Senegal | 2012 | Average number of deliveries per working day in urban areas | 1.00 |
| Senegal | 2012 | Average number of deliveries per week in rural areas | 1.00 |
| Senegal | 2012 | Number of post office boxes | 80,000.00 |
| Senegal | 2012 | Percentage of items delivered through post office boxes | 75.00% |
| Senegal | 2012 | Percentage of the population having mail delivered at home | 5.00% |
| Senegal | 2012 | Percentage of the population having to collect mail from a postal establishment | 95.00% |
| Senegal | 2012 | Average number of letter-post items posted per inhabitant | 0.35 |
| Senegal | 2012 | Number of letter-post items, domestic service | 3,986,994.00 |
| Senegal | 2012 | Number of letter-post items, international service - dispatch | 561,439.00 |
| Senegal | 2012 | Number of letter-post items, international service - receipt | 5,549,964.00 |
| Senegal | 2012 | Number of copies of newspapers, domestic service | 611,040.00 |
| Senegal | 2012 | Number of hybrid mail items, domestic service | 800,000.00 |
| Senegal | 2012 | Number of express items, domestic service | 95,741.00 |
| Senegal | 2012 | Number of express items, international service - dispatch | 9,498.00 |
| Senegal | 2012 | Number of express items, international service - receipt | 16,239.00 |
| Senegal | 2012 | Number of parcels, domestic service | 1,006.00 |
| Senegal | 2012 | Number of parcels, international service - dispatch | 1,576.00 |
| Senegal | 2012 | Number of parcels, international service - receipt | 15,479.00 |
| Senegal | 2012 | Total number of payments, domestic service | 722,432.00 |
| Senegal | 2012 | Number of payments, international service - dispatch | 7,673.00 |
| Senegal | 2012 | Number of payments, international service - receipt | 29,046.00 |
| Senegal | 2012 | Number of giro accounts | 25,172.00 |
| Senegal | 2012 | Number of postal savings bank or postal bank accounts | 81,729.00 |
| Senegal | 2012 | End-of-year assets in postal savings bank or postal bank accounts (SDR) | 32,895,962.00 |
| Senegal | 2011 | Area of territory (km²) | 196,722.00 |
| Senegal | 2011 | Population (millions) | 12,768,000.00 |
| Senegal | 2011 | Rate of exchange (national currency for one SDR) | 77,832,200.00 |
| Senegal | 2011 | Total number of staff | 2,241.00 |
| Senegal | 2011 | Number of full-time staff | 2,241.00 |
| Senegal | 2011 | Number of part-time staff | 0.00 |
| Senegal | 2011 | Number of posts (in full-time equivalent) | 2,241.00 |
| Senegal | 2011 | Female employees as a percentage of total staff | 25.00% |
| Senegal | 2011 | Percentage of female management staff | 16.00% |
| Senegal | 2011 | Total number of permanent post offices | 211.00 |
| Senegal | 2011 | Number of permanent offices staffed by administration officials | 173.00 |
| Senegal | 2011 | Number of permanent offices staffed by people from outside the administration | 38.00 |
| Senegal | 2011 | Average area covered by a permanent office (km²) | 93,233.00 |
| Senegal | 2011 | Average number of inhabitants served by a permanent office | 6,050,974.00 |
| Senegal | 2011 | Number of mobile post offices (including rural delivery staff) | 0.00 |
| Senegal | 2011 | Number of post offices (permanent and mobile) accepting financial transactions | 211.00 |
| Senegal | 2011 | Number of sorting centres | 1.00 |
| Senegal | 2011 | Operating revenue (SDR) | 16,911,101.00 |
| Senegal | 2011 | Operating expenditure (SDR) | 23,519,020.00 |
| Senegal | 2011 | Net result (SDR) | 58,677.00 |
| Senegal | 2011 | Percentage of income linked to letter post | 22.33% |
| Senegal | 2011 | Percentage of income linked to parcels and logistics services | 4.62% |
| Senegal | 2011 | Percentage of income linked to postal financial services | 58.89% |
| Senegal | 2011 | Percentage of income linked to other products | 14.16% |
| Senegal | 2011 | Income from philately as a percentage of total income | 0.10% |
| Senegal | 2011 | Average number of collections from boxes per working day in urban areas | 1.00 |
| Senegal | 2011 | Average number of collections from boxes per week in rural areas | 1.00 |
| Senegal | 2011 | Average number of deliveries per working day in urban areas | 1.00 |
| Senegal | 2011 | Average number of deliveries per week in rural areas | 1.00 |
| Senegal | 2011 | Number of post office boxes | 80,000.00 |
| Senegal | 2011 | Percentage of the population having mail delivered at home | 95.00% |
| Senegal | 2011 | Percentage of the population having to collect mail from a postal establishment | 5.00% |
| Senegal | 2011 | Percentage of the population without postal services | 0.00% |
| Senegal | 2011 | Number of copies of newspapers, domestic service | 236,873.00 |
| Senegal | 2011 | Number of hybrid mail items, domestic service | 900,000.00 |
| Senegal | 2011 | Number of express items, domestic service | 126,186.00 |
| Senegal | 2011 | Number of express items, international service - dispatch | 10,221.00 |
| Senegal | 2011 | Number of express items, international service - receipt | 16,363.00 |
| Senegal | 2011 | Number of parcels, domestic service | 1,554.00 |
| Senegal | 2011 | Number of parcels, international service - dispatch | 5,546.00 |
| Senegal | 2011 | Number of parcels, international service - receipt | 18,333.00 |
| Senegal | 2011 | Total number of payments, domestic service | 1,199,717.00 |
| Senegal | 2011 | Number of payments, international service - dispatch | 7,276.00 |
| Senegal | 2011 | Number of payments, international service - receipt | 34,501.00 |
| Senegal | 2011 | Number of giro accounts | 39,766.00 |
| Senegal | 2011 | Number of postal savings bank or postal bank accounts | 297,217.00 |
| Senegal | 2011 | End-of-year assets in postal savings bank or postal bank accounts (SDR) | 26,171,283.00 |
| Senegal | 2011 | Operating result (SDR) | -6,607,919.00 |
