Ghana vs Senegal

Ghana vs Senegal: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 0.48% of GDP in Ghana and 1.56% of GDP in Senegal, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Senegal, by 1.08 percentage points, or 3.26 times that in Ghana.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Ghana vs Senegal: Military spendingMilitary spending in 2025: 0.48% of GDP in Ghana and 1.56% of GDP in Senegal, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Senegal, by 1.08 percentage points, or 3.26 times that in Ghana.
GhanaSenegalSIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • Senegal has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1979.
  • In 2025, Ghana ranked 141 and Senegal ranked 81 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearGhanaSenegal
20250.481.56
20240.351.97
20230.41.48
20220.341.52
20210.381.76
20200.351.41
20190.341.53
20180.331.67
20170.311.47
20160.291.6
20150.391.21
20140.491.21
20130.41.25
20120.591.11
20110.441.29
20100.281.22
20090.341.34
20080.291.29
20070.371.38
20060.261.27
20050.261.13
20040.281.06
20030.31.12
20020.261.1
20010.261.12
20000.441.05
19990.331.2
19980.331.18
19970.291.2
19960.291.24
19950.341.31
19940.431.35
19930.421.67
19920.381.44
19910.371.55
19900.281.63
19890.432.03
19880.442.11
19870.891.98
19860.92.04
198512.19
19840.592.41
19830.342.55
19820.542.35
19810.742.73
19800.772.76
19790.653.43
19780.85–
19771.25–
19761.57–
19751.72–
19741.58–
19731.37–
19721.43–
19711.7–
19702.12–
19692.5–
19682.66–
19662.23–
19651.73–
19641.92–
19632.02–
19622–
19612.1–
19601.71–
19591.03–
19581–
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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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