Kuwait and Senegal Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
Kuwait	Senegal
Leader
Emir: Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Jaber al-Sabah	President: Macky Sall
Population
2,646,314	12,969,606
Life Expectancy
77.280 years	60.180 years
Capital City
Kuwait	Dakar
Largest city
As Salimiyah (population: 147,649)	Dakar (population: 2,476,400)
Human Development Index
0.912	0.502
GDP per capita
$42,200 US	$1,900 US
Literacy Rate
93.3%	39.3%
Corruption Perception Index
4.3	3.4
Percentage of Women in Parliament
3.1%	29.2%
Wealthiest Citizens
Nasser Al-Kharafi & family ($8.1bn US)	NA
Unemployment Rate
2.200%	48.000%
Death Penalty
Legal	Abolished

Political System
constitutional emirate	republic
Independence date
19 June 1961 (from UK)	4 April 1960 (from France); note - complete independence achieved upon dissolution of federation with Mali on 20 August 1960
Religions
Muslim 85% (Sunni 70%, Shia 30%), other (includes Christian, Hindu, Parsi) 15%	Muslim 94%, Christian 5% (mostly Roman Catholic), indigenous beliefs 1%
Languages
Arabic (official), English widely spoken	French (official), Wolof, Pulaar, Jola, Mandinka
Exports
oil and refined products, fertilizers	fish, groundnuts (peanuts), petroleum products, phosphates, cotton
External Debt
$41,730,000,000 $	$4,429,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
Kuwaiti dinars (KD) per US dollar - 0.2679 (2008 est.), 0.2844 (2007), 0.29 (2006), 0.292 (2005), 0.2947 (2004)	Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) per US dollar 438.77 (2008 est.), 481.83 (2007), 522.89 (2006), 527.47 (2005), 528.29 (2004) note: since 1 January 1999, the XOF franc has been pegged to the euro at a rate of 655.957 XOF francs per euro
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
5.300%	1.400%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count

Location
Middle East, bordering the Persian Gulf, between Iraq and Saudi Arabia	Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea-Bissau and Mauritania
Area
17,818 km sq	196,722 km sq
Coastline
499 km	531 km
Climate
dry desert; intensely hot summers; short, cool winters	tropical; hot, humid; rainy season (May to November) has strong southeast winds; dry season (December to April) dominated by hot, dry, harmattan wind

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