The production Senegalese industrial, excluding cotton ginning, recorded a clear increase in November 2025, showing an increase of 18.3% compared to same period of 2024, according to data published by the National Agency for statistics and demography (ANSD). This performance marks a turning point. for the sector, largely supported by the entry into production of hydrocarbons.

The ANSD attributes this trend favorable mainly to the jump in industrial production extractive substances, up 39.1%. This dynamic is explained by the taking in Account of the start of oil extraction in Senegal, an event structuring for the national economy. To this contribution are added the increase in electricity, gas and water production (+14.4%), as well as the growth of manufacturing industries (+5.1%). On the other hand, environmental industries experienced a decline of 5.1% over the period.

Of the first eleven In the month of 2025, industrial production excluding cotton shows a overall improvement of 24.5% compared to the same period in 2024, confirming the knock-on effect of extractive activities on the whole industrial fabric.

In detail, the extractive industries recorded strong growth in November 2025 (+39.1% year-on-year), driven almost exclusively by operations oil. However, this performance contrasts with the setback observed in metal ore mining (-33.9%) and in other industries extractive (-2.1%). Cumulatively over the first eleven months of 2025, the extractive production jumped by 67.7% compared to the previous year.

In addition, the Electricity, gas and water production grew by 14.4% in November 2025 compared to November 2024, due to a simultaneous increase in production of water (+14.6%) and that of electricity and gas (+14.4%). On In the first eleven months of the year, this segment recorded cumulative growth by 7.2% year-on-year.

On the other hand, the cotton ginning business remained at a standstill in November 2025, without production recorded over the period. Overall, these indicators confirm the rise of the Senegalese industrial sector, now driven by hydrocarbons, and open up new perspectives for economic growth of the country.