Burkina Faso vs Senegal
Burkina Faso vs Senegal: Arms imports
Arms imports: 34 million TIV in Burkina Faso in 2025 and 79 million TIV in Senegal in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Senegal, by 42 million TIV, or 2.14 times that in Burkina Faso.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Senegal has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Burkina Faso.
- The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Burkina Faso | Senegal | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 million | – | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 37 million | 79 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 19 million | 172 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 12 million | 28 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 26 million | 21 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 3 million | 22 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 7 million | 40 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 24 million | 15 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 2 million | 48 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 7 million | 40 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 5 million | 24 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 9 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | – | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 3 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 16 million | 16 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 0 | 4 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 3 million | 6 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | – | 6 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 4 million | 12 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 4 million | 15 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 12 million | 16 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | – | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | – | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | – | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 0 | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 6 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 1 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 7 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 4 million | – | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | – | – | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | – | – | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 12 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | – | 18 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 3 million | 14 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 2 million | – | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 9 million | 4 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 16 million | 38 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 1 million | 7 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 9 million | – | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 0 | – | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | – | 29 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | – | 20 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 9 million | 41 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 8 million | 15 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 14 million | – | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 17 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | – | 1 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | – | – | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 1 million | 12 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 1 million | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 1 million | 38 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 0 | 1 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | – | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 0 | 2 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 0 | 0 | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 1 million | 4 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | – | 0 | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | – | – | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 1 million | 8 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | – | 0 | 15.7 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country received, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
- Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 110 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Burkina Faso vs Senegal
Health
- Life expectancyBurkina Faso: 61.1 years in 2023Senegal: 68.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBurkina Faso: 7.5 per 100 live births in 2024Senegal: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBurkina Faso: 52.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Senegal: 24.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBurkina Faso: 3.69% in 2017Senegal: 3.37% in 2017
- Suicide rateBurkina Faso: 13.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Senegal: 12.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBurkina Faso: 23 million people in 2023Senegal: 18.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthBurkina Faso: 2.26% a year in 2023Senegal: 2.33% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBurkina Faso: 4.19 births per woman in 2023Senegal: 3.82 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBurkina Faso: 28.9% in 2025Senegal: 55.8% in 2025
- Median ageBurkina Faso: 17.3 years in 2023Senegal: 19.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBurkina Faso: 2.6% in 2023Senegal: 3.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateBurkina Faso: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Senegal: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBurkina Faso: 3.3% of GDP in 2025Senegal: 1.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBurkina Faso: $844M in 2025Senegal: $533M in 2025
- Military spending per personBurkina Faso: $37 in 2025Senegal: $30 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBurkina Faso: 13.2% of government spending in 2025Senegal: 5.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBurkina Faso: 11,000 people in 2020Senegal: 19,000 people in 2020
- National powerBurkina Faso: 0.09% of world capability in 2022Senegal: 0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBurkina Faso: 0.12% of the labour force in 2020Senegal: 0.37% of the labour force in 2020