Ghana vs Senegal
Ghana vs Senegal: Arms imports
Arms imports: 5 million TIV in Ghana in 2025 and 79 million TIV in Senegal in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Senegal, by 68 million TIV, or 7.18 times that in Ghana.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Senegal has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Ghana.
- The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Ghana | Senegal | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 million | – | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 11 million | 79 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 8 million | 172 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 40 million | 28 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | – | 21 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 12 million | 22 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 2 million | 40 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 0 | 15 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | – | 48 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 22 million | 40 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 13 million | 24 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 17 million | 9 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 52 million | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 39 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 76 million | 16 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 2 million | 4 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 6 million | 6 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | – | 6 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 16 million | 12 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | 15 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 0 | 16 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 37 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 6 million | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 1 million | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 12 million | – | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 1 million | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 8 million | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 5 million | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 7 million | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 6 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 11 million | 1 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 1 million | – | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 4 million | – | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 2 million | – | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | – | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 13 million | 18 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | – | 14 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 5 million | – | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | 4 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | – | 38 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | – | 7 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 48 million | – | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 38 million | – | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 7 million | 29 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 18 million | 20 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | – | 41 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 39 million | 15 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 28 million | – | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 19 million | 17 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 13 million | 1 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 12 million | – | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | – | 12 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | – | 38 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | – | 1 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 1 million | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 24 million | 2 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 40 million | 0 | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 40 million | 4 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 6 million | 0 | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 20 million | – | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 107 million | 8 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 12 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
Ghana vs Senegal
Health
- Life expectancyGhana: 65.5 years in 2023Senegal: 68.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityGhana: 3.6 per 100 live births in 2024Senegal: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityGhana: 30.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Senegal: 24.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterGhana: 44.5% in 2022Senegal: 26.7% in 2022
- DepressionGhana: 3.4% in 2017Senegal: 3.37% in 2017
- Suicide rateGhana: 9.7 per 100,000 people in 2017Senegal: 12.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationGhana: 33.8 million people in 2023Senegal: 18.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthGhana: 1.9% a year in 2023Senegal: 2.33% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateGhana: 3.4 births per woman in 2023Senegal: 3.82 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationGhana: 58.9% in 2025Senegal: 55.8% in 2025
- Median ageGhana: 20.9 years in 2023Senegal: 19.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overGhana: 3.6% in 2023Senegal: 3.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateGhana: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Senegal: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingGhana: 0.48% of GDP in 2025Senegal: 1.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsGhana: $385M in 2025Senegal: $533M in 2025
- Military spending per personGhana: $15 in 2025Senegal: $30 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingGhana: 2.4% of government spending in 2025Senegal: 5.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelGhana: 16,000 people in 2020Senegal: 19,000 people in 2020
- National powerGhana: 0.17% of world capability in 2022Senegal: 0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersGhana: 0.13% of the labour force in 2020Senegal: 0.37% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsGhana: 19 million TIV in 2005Senegal: 3 million TIV in 1976