Guinea-Bissau vs Senegal

Guinea-Bissau vs Senegal: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 0.89% of GDP in Guinea-Bissau and 1.56% of GDP in Senegal, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Senegal, by 0.67 percentage points, or 1.75 times that in Guinea-Bissau.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Guinea-Bissau vs Senegal: Military spendingMilitary spending in 2025: 0.89% of GDP in Guinea-Bissau and 1.56% of GDP in Senegal, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Senegal, by 0.67 percentage points, or 1.75 times that in Guinea-Bissau.
Guinea-BissauSenegalSIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • Senegal has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Guinea-Bissau.
  • In 2025, Guinea-Bissau ranked 118 and Senegal ranked 81 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearGuinea-BissauSenegal
20250.891.56
20241.041.97
20230.891.48
20221.071.52
20211.461.76
20201.521.41
20191.491.53
20180.691.67
20171.321.47
20161.271.6
20151.481.21
20141.891.21
20131.961.25
20122.331.11
20111.521.29
20101.821.22
20091.551.34
2008–1.29
2007–1.38
2006–1.27
20051.91.13
2004–1.06
20031.581.12
20021.561.1
20011.631.12
20002.631.05
1999–1.2
19981.411.18
19970.651.2
19960.571.24
19950.51.31
19940.321.35
1993–1.67
1992–1.44
1991–1.55
1990–1.63
19890.182.03
1988–2.11
19870.061.98
19860.022.04
19850.012.19
19840.022.41
19830.012.55
19820.012.35
1981–2.73
1980–2.76
1979–3.43
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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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