Luxembourg and Senegal Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
Luxembourg	Senegal
Leader
Head of state: Grand Duke Henri Prime minister: Jean-Claude Juncker	President: Macky Sall
Population
509,074	12,969,606
Life Expectancy
79.750 years	60.180 years
Capital City
Luxembourg	Dakar
Largest city
Luxembourg (population: 76,684)	Dakar (population: 2,476,400)
Human Development Index
0.956	0.502
GDP per capita
$81,100 US	$1,900 US
Literacy Rate
100%	39.3%
Corruption Perception Index
8.3	3.4
Percentage of Women in Parliament
23.3%	29.2%
Wealthiest Citizens

Unemployment Rate
5.900%	48.000%
Death Penalty
Abolished	Abolished

Political System
constitutional monarchy	republic
Independence date
1839 (from the Netherlands)	4 April 1960 (from France); note - complete independence achieved upon dissolution of federation with Mali on 20 August 1960
Religions
Roman Catholic 87%, other (includes Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim) 13% (2000)	Muslim 94%, Christian 5% (mostly Roman Catholic), indigenous beliefs 1%
Languages
Luxembourgish (national language), German (administrative language), French (administrative language)	French (official), Wolof, Pulaar, Jola, Mandinka
Exports
machinery and equipment, steel products, chemicals, rubber products, glass	fish, groundnuts (peanuts), petroleum products, phosphates, cotton
External Debt
$2,146,000,000,000 $	$4,429,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6734 (2008 est.), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (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
0.900%	1.400%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count

Location
Western Europe, between France and Germany	Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea-Bissau and Mauritania
Area
2,586 km sq	196,722 km sq
Coastline
0 km	531 km
Climate
modified continental with mild winters, cool summers	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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