A study by the National Agency for Statistics and Demography (ANSD) between 2011 and 2018 mentioned that Senegal has the lowest poverty rate in the UEMOA zone. It was presented by the Operational Bureau for Monitoring the Emerging Senegal Plan (BOS) on November 23, 2022 in a local hotel.

The report that was made between 2011 and 2018 and entitled “Study on the transition in poverty and income inequalities in Senegal” mentioned that the country's poverty rate is 37.8% and 5% of Senegalese have come out of poverty. For the director of ANSD, this positive data that Senegal has compared to other countries in the UEMOA zone is nothing more than the result of “income distribution. In terms of culture, Senegal is in a revenue-sharing society, there is no one in Senegal who does not share their salary.

This survey aims to obtain data on how Senegalese people enter and exit poverty.