What is the age of consent in Senegal?
16–17
The age of consent is 16.
Senegal is one of 80 countries classified “16–17” for the age of consent — 43% of the 188 with data.
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Age of consent by country
- Last checked
- 15 September 2026
- How it was classified
- Read directly from the source’s own table, without interpretation.
Nearby countries
- The Gambia
- 16–17 The age of consent is 16.
- Guinea-Bissau
- 16–17 The age of consent is 16.
- Guinea
- 14–15 The age of consent is 15.
- Mauritania
- 18+ The age of consent is 18.
- Sierra Leone
- 18+ The age of consent is 18.
- Mali
- 14–15 The age of consent is 15.
Other laws in Senegal
- Same-Sex Activity
- Illegal
- Sex Work
- Legal & regulated
- Incest Laws
- Criminal offense
- Marriage Age
- 18+
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