Burkina Faso vs Senegal

Burkina Faso vs Senegal: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 3.3% of GDP in Burkina Faso and 1.56% of GDP in Senegal, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Burkina Faso, by 1.74 percentage points, or 2.12 times that in Senegal.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Burkina Faso vs Senegal: Military spendingMilitary spending in 2025: 3.3% of GDP in Burkina Faso and 1.56% of GDP in Senegal, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Burkina Faso, by 1.74 percentage points, or 2.12 times that in Senegal.
Burkina FasoSenegalSIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • Burkina Faso has been higher since 2018, when it overtook Senegal.
  • In 2025, Burkina Faso ranked 17 and Senegal ranked 81 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearBurkina FasoSenegal
20253.31.56
20244.391.97
20234.081.48
20222.981.52
20212.331.76
20202.111.41
20192.211.53
20181.931.67
20171.361.47
20161.171.6
20151.251.21
20141.271.21
20131.241.25
20121.181.11
20111.151.29
20101.231.22
20091.351.34
20081.241.29
20071.421.38
20061.111.27
20051.21.13
20041.211.06
20031.071.12
20021.181.1
20011.161.12
20001.241.05
19991.231.2
19981.281.18
19971.421.2
19961.291.24
19951.381.31
19941.421.35
19931.861.67
19922.051.44
19912.171.55
19902.711.63
19892.742.03
19882.312.11
19872.251.98
19862.622.04
19851.842.19
19843.022.41
19832.932.55
198232.35
19812.842.73
19802.752.76
19792.73.43
19783.28–
19773.04–
19763.12–
19752.81–
19741.15–
19731.24–
19721.14–
19711.18–
19701.17–
19691.25–
19681.18–
19671.33–
19661.65–
19651.53–
19642.61–
19632.38–
19622.35–
19610.83–
19600.68–
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Good to know

  • What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, by SIPRI’s count.
  • Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
  • Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
  • Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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