Gambia vs Senegal
Gambia vs Senegal: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $5 in Gambia and $30 in Senegal, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Senegal, by $25, or 5.74 times that in Gambia.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Senegal has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1988.
- In 2025, Gambia ranked 144 and Senegal ranked 113 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Gambia | Senegal |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $5 | $30 |
| 2024 | $5 | $35 |
| 2023 | $5 | $25 |
| 2022 | $6 | $24 |
| 2021 | $6 | $28 |
| 2020 | $6 | $21 |
| 2019 | $6 | $22 |
| 2018 | $5 | $25 |
| 2017 | – | $20 |
| 2016 | – | $21 |
| 2015 | $6 | $15 |
| 2014 | $7 | $17 |
| 2013 | $5 | $18 |
| 2012 | $6 | $15 |
| 2011 | – | $18 |
| 2010 | – | $16 |
| 2009 | $4 | $18 |
| 2008 | $10 | $18 |
| 2007 | $3 | $17 |
| 2006 | $2 | $13 |
| 2005 | $2 | $11 |
| 2004 | $1 | $10 |
| 2003 | $1 | $9 |
| 2002 | $1 | $7 |
| 2001 | $2 | $7 |
| 2000 | $2 | $6 |
| 1999 | $3 | $8 |
| 1998 | $3 | $8 |
| 1997 | $3 | $8 |
| 1996 | $3 | $9 |
| 1995 | $2 | $9 |
| 1994 | $2 | $8 |
| 1993 | $2 | $14 |
| 1992 | $3 | $14 |
| 1991 | $4 | $14 |
| 1990 | $3 | $16 |
| 1989 | $3 | $13 |
| 1988 | $2 | $15 |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- 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
Gambia vs Senegal
Health
- Life expectancyGambia: 65.9 years in 2023Senegal: 68.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityGambia: 4.2 per 100 live births in 2024Senegal: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityGambia: 29.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023Senegal: 24.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterGambia: 47.7% in 2022Senegal: 26.7% in 2022
- DepressionGambia: 4.16% in 2017Senegal: 3.37% in 2017
- Suicide rateGambia: 9.7 per 100,000 people in 2017Senegal: 12.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationGambia: 2.7 million people in 2023Senegal: 18.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthGambia: 2.3% a year in 2023Senegal: 2.33% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateGambia: 4.01 births per woman in 2023Senegal: 3.82 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationGambia: 65% in 2025Senegal: 55.8% in 2025
- Median ageGambia: 18.2 years in 2023Senegal: 19.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overGambia: 3% in 2023Senegal: 3.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateGambia: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Senegal: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingGambia: 0.57% of GDP in 2025Senegal: 1.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsGambia: $14.7M in 2025Senegal: $533M in 2025
- Military share of state spendingGambia: 2.2% of government spending in 2025Senegal: 5.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelGambia: 4,000 people in 2020Senegal: 19,000 people in 2020
- National powerGambia: 0.02% of world capability in 2022Senegal: 0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersGambia: 0.58% of the labour force in 2020Senegal: 0.37% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsGambia: 1 million TIV in 2025Senegal: 79 million TIV in 2024