Guinea-Bissau vs Senegal
Guinea-Bissau vs Senegal: Arms imports
Arms imports: 5 million TIV in Guinea-Bissau in 1993 and 79 million TIV in Senegal in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 1986 the value was higher in Guinea-Bissau, by 21 million TIV, or 2.5 times that in Senegal.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Guinea-Bissau has been higher since 1984, when it overtook Senegal.
- The world as a whole: 35.5 billion TIV in 1986.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Guinea-Bissau | Senegal | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | – | 79 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | – | 172 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | 28 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | – | 21 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | – | 22 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | – | 40 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | – | 15 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | – | 48 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | – | 40 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | – | 24 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 9 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | – | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | 16 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 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 | – | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | – | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | – | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 6 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 1 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 5 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 6 million | – | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 22 million | – | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | – | – | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 20 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | – | 18 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 35 million | 14 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | – | – | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 11 million | 4 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | – | 38 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | – | 7 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 1 million | – | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 2 million | – | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 24 million | 29 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 14 million | 20 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | – | 41 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 14 million | 15 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 12 million | – | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 21 million | 17 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | – | 1 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | – | – | 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 | – | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | – | 2 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | – | 0 | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | – | 4 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | – | 0 | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | – | – | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | 8 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | – | 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.
- 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
Guinea-Bissau vs Senegal
Health
- Life expectancyGuinea-Bissau: 64.1 years in 2023Senegal: 68.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityGuinea-Bissau: 6.7 per 100 live births in 2024Senegal: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityGuinea-Bissau: 48.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Senegal: 24.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterGuinea-Bissau: 23.9% in 2022Senegal: 26.7% in 2022
- DepressionGuinea-Bissau: 3.67% in 2017Senegal: 3.37% in 2017
- Suicide rateGuinea-Bissau: 13.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Senegal: 12.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationGuinea-Bissau: 2.15 million people in 2023Senegal: 18.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthGuinea-Bissau: 2.23% a year in 2023Senegal: 2.33% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateGuinea-Bissau: 3.84 births per woman in 2023Senegal: 3.82 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationGuinea-Bissau: 46.7% in 2025Senegal: 55.8% in 2025
- Median ageGuinea-Bissau: 18.9 years in 2023Senegal: 19.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overGuinea-Bissau: 3.1% in 2023Senegal: 3.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateGuinea-Bissau: -0.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Senegal: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingGuinea-Bissau: 0.89% of GDP in 2025Senegal: 1.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsGuinea-Bissau: $21M in 2025Senegal: $533M in 2025
- Military spending per personGuinea-Bissau: $10 in 2025Senegal: $30 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingGuinea-Bissau: 4.7% of government spending in 2025Senegal: 5.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelGuinea-Bissau: 4,000 people in 2020Senegal: 19,000 people in 2020
- National powerGuinea-Bissau: 0.01% of world capability in 2022Senegal: 0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersGuinea-Bissau: 0.53% of the labour force in 2020Senegal: 0.37% of the labour force in 2020