Ethiopia vs Senegal
Ethiopia vs Senegal: Arms imports
Arms imports: 63 million TIV in Ethiopia in 2025 and 79 million TIV in Senegal in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Senegal, by 31 million TIV, or 1.65 times that in Ethiopia.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Senegal has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Ethiopia.
- The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Ethiopia | Senegal | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 63 million | – | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 48 million | 79 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 2 million | 172 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 45 million | 28 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 16 million | 21 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 25 million | 22 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 76 million | 40 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 14 million | 15 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 51 million | 48 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 55 million | 40 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 10 million | 24 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 33 million | 9 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 154 million | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 193 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 76 million | 16 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 58 million | 4 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 6 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | – | 6 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 12 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | 15 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | – | 16 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 239 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 174 million | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 20 million | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | – | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 114 million | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 152 million | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 208 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 69 million | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 6 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 1 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 80 million | – | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 2 million | – | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 47 million | – | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 155 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 239 million | 18 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 348 million | 14 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 268 million | – | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 228 million | 4 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 403 million | 38 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 516 million | 7 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 328 million | – | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 330 million | – | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 113 million | 29 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 965 million | 20 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 1.13 billion | 41 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 113 million | 15 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 58 million | – | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 36 million | 17 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 5 million | 1 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 53 million | – | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 54 million | 12 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 90 million | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 24 million | 38 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 34 million | 1 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 31 million | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 99 million | 2 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 14 million | 0 | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 4 million | 4 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 27 million | 0 | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 21 million | – | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 4 million | 8 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 24 million | 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
Ethiopia vs Senegal
Health
- Life expectancyEthiopia: 67.3 years in 2023Senegal: 68.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEthiopia: 4.5 per 100 live births in 2024Senegal: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEthiopia: 33 per 1,000 live births in 2023Senegal: 24.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterEthiopia: 13.2% in 2022Senegal: 26.7% in 2022
- DepressionEthiopia: 3.82% in 2017Senegal: 3.37% in 2017
- Suicide rateEthiopia: 9.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Senegal: 12.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEthiopia: 129 million people in 2023Senegal: 18.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthEthiopia: 2.59% a year in 2023Senegal: 2.33% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEthiopia: 3.99 births per woman in 2023Senegal: 3.82 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEthiopia: 24.1% in 2025Senegal: 55.8% in 2025
- Median ageEthiopia: 18.7 years in 2023Senegal: 19.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEthiopia: 3.2% in 2023Senegal: 3.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateEthiopia: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Senegal: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEthiopia: 0.49% of GDP in 2025Senegal: 1.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsEthiopia: $785M in 2025Senegal: $533M in 2025
- Military spending per personEthiopia: $4 in 2025Senegal: $30 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingEthiopia: 4.1% of government spending in 2025Senegal: 5.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelEthiopia: 138,000 people in 2020Senegal: 19,000 people in 2020
- National powerEthiopia: 0.85% of world capability in 2022Senegal: 0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEthiopia: 0.28% of the labour force in 2020Senegal: 0.37% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsEthiopia: 17 million TIV in 1997Senegal: 3 million TIV in 1976