Chad vs Senegal
Chad vs Senegal: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $598M in Chad and $533M in Senegal, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Chad, by $65.5M, or 1.12 times that in Senegal.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Chad has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Senegal.
- In 2025, Chad ranked 92 and Senegal ranked 100 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Chad | Senegal |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $598M | $533M |
| 2024 | $558M | $639M |
| 2023 | $406M | $453M |
| 2022 | $412M | $463M |
| 2021 | $387M | $518M |
| 2020 | $388M | $393M |
| 2019 | $300M | $423M |
| 2018 | $304M | $441M |
| 2017 | $290M | $371M |
| 2016 | $408M | $379M |
| 2015 | $288M | $269M |
| 2014 | $446M | $251M |
| 2013 | $839M | $245M |
| 2012 | – | $212M |
| 2011 | $724M | $232M |
| 2010 | $784M | $214M |
| 2009 | $878M | $227M |
| 2008 | $757M | $213M |
| 2007 | $569M | $217M |
| 2006 | $324M | $193M |
| 2005 | $87.8M | $167M |
| 2004 | $86.4M | $147M |
| 2003 | $72.9M | $146M |
| 2002 | $71.9M | $135M |
| 2001 | $60.8M | $134M |
| 2000 | $54.1M | $121M |
| 1999 | $47.7M | $133M |
| 1998 | $32.3M | $123M |
| 1997 | $34.4M | $116M |
| 1996 | $47.5M | $117M |
| 1995 | $41.7M | $119M |
| 1994 | $56M | $116M |
| 1993 | $71.6M | $142M |
| 1992 | $55.2M | $121M |
| 1991 | – | $129M |
| 1990 | $55.2M | $132M |
| 1989 | $106M | $130M |
| 1988 | $131M | $129M |
| 1987 | $67.1M | $121M |
| 1986 | $104M | $115M |
| 1985 | $90.6M | $120M |
| 1984 | $98.1M | $133M |
| 1983 | $101M | $140M |
| 1982 | – | $139M |
| 1981 | – | $161M |
| 1980 | – | $147M |
| 1979 | – | $158M |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Chad vs Senegal
Health
- Life expectancyChad: 55.1 years in 2023Senegal: 68.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityChad: 9.7 per 100 live births in 2024Senegal: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityChad: 64.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Senegal: 24.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterChad: 6.2% in 2022Senegal: 26.7% in 2022
- DepressionChad: 3.88% in 2017Senegal: 3.37% in 2017
- Suicide rateChad: 11 per 100,000 people in 2017Senegal: 12.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationChad: 19.3 million people in 2023Senegal: 18.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthChad: 5.71% a year in 2023Senegal: 2.33% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateChad: 6.12 births per woman in 2023Senegal: 3.82 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationChad: 27.6% in 2025Senegal: 55.8% in 2025
- Median ageChad: 15.4 years in 2023Senegal: 19.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overChad: 2.1% in 2023Senegal: 3.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateChad: 25.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Senegal: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingChad: 3.19% of GDP in 2025Senegal: 1.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personChad: $31 in 2025Senegal: $30 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingChad: 15.5% of government spending in 2025Senegal: 5.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelChad: 45,000 people in 2020Senegal: 19,000 people in 2020
- National powerChad: 0.1% of world capability in 2022Senegal: 0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersChad: 0.85% of the labour force in 2020Senegal: 0.37% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsChad: 4 million TIV in 2025Senegal: 79 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exportsChad: 20 million TIV in 1987Senegal: 3 million TIV in 1976