Libya and Senegal Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
Libya	Senegal
Leader
Chairman of the General National Congress: Mohamed Magarief	President: Macky Sall
Population
5,613,380	12,969,606
Life Expectancy
77.830 years	60.180 years
Capital City
Tripoli (Tarabulus)	Dakar
Largest city
Tripoli (population: 1,150,990)	Dakar (population: 2,476,400)
Human Development Index
0.84	0.502
GDP per capita
$14,100 US	$1,900 US
Literacy Rate
82.6%	39.3%
Corruption Perception Index
2.6	3.4
Percentage of Women in Parliament
7.7%	29.2%
Wealthiest Citizens

Unemployment Rate
30.000%	48.000%
Death Penalty
Legal	Abolished

Political System
Jamahiriya (a state of the masses) in theory, governed by the populace through local councils; in practice, an authoritarian state	republic
Independence date
24 December 1951 (from UN trusteeship)	4 April 1960 (from France); note - complete independence achieved upon dissolution of federation with Mali on 20 August 1960
Religions
Sunni Muslim 97%, other 3%	Muslim 94%, Christian 5% (mostly Roman Catholic), indigenous beliefs 1%
Languages
Arabic, Italian, English, all are widely understood in the major cities	French (official), Wolof, Pulaar, Jola, Mandinka
Exports
crude oil, refined petroleum products, natural gas, chemicals	fish, groundnuts (peanuts), petroleum products, phosphates, cotton
External Debt
$4,774,000,000 $	$4,429,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
Libyan dinars (LYD) per US dollar - 1.2112 (2008 est.), 1.2604 (2007), 1.3108 (2006), 1.3084 (2005), 1.305 (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
3.900%	1.400%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count

Location
Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Egypt and Tunisia	Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea-Bissau and Mauritania
Area
1,759,540 km sq	196,722 km sq
Coastline
1,770 km	531 km
Climate
Mediterranean along coast; dry, extreme desert interior	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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