Madar (Dakar) - The price of a kilo of fresh local onions in Dakar rose from 520 CFA francs in August to 674 CFA francs in September 2026, according to a note on consumer prices by Senegal's National Agency for Statistics and Demography (ANSD), reported on Sunday, 8 November, by the Dakaractu news site.
According to the note, the sharpest rise was in Diourbel, where a kilo jumped from 378 to 691 CFA francs, an increase of 313 francs, while in Thies it reached 633 francs, up from 487 in August. In September, local onions sold for between 528 francs in Saint-Louis and 724 francs in Kolda.
Imported onions moved in different directions, rising from 443 to 602 francs in Kaolack and from 447 to 562 francs in Diourbel, but falling from 800 to 640 francs in Thies and from 806 to 690 francs in Saint-Louis. In Diourbel, potatoes fell from 627 to 497 francs a kilo.
Local ordinary broken rice kept the same average price in all six zones monitored, from 350 francs in Diourbel and Saint-Louis to 450 francs in Thies, with Dakar at 358 francs. A 50 kg bag of imported ordinary broken rice cost 13,344 francs in Dakar and 15,000 francs in Saint-Louis. Beef on the bone rose from 4,262 to 4,979 francs a kilo in Saint-Louis and from 5,102 to 5,262 francs in Dakar.
On energy, the average price of electricity rose 3.8% between August and September, a period of high demand, and fuel prices rose 4.4% over the month after the adjustment of pump prices, the note said. At stations with administered prices, a litre of ordinary diesel cost 755 francs and premium petrol 990 francs in September, against August averages of 719 and 956 francs.
The price of a 6 kg gas bottle, however, was unchanged in all six zones, ranging from 2,892 francs in Dakar to 3,510 francs in Kolda. Transport prices overall rose 0.2% over the month and 1.2% year on year, with air passenger transport down 4.9%.
