Malawi vs Senegal
Malawi vs Senegal: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2024: 2 million TIV in Malawi and 79 million TIV in Senegal, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Senegal, by 77 million TIV, or 40 times that in Malawi.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Senegal has been higher since 2008, when it overtook Malawi.
- The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Malawi | Senegal | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 2 million | 79 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | – | 172 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 19 million | 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 | 0 | 40 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 3 million | 24 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 2 million | 9 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 3 million | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 1 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | 16 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 4 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 6 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 3 million | 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 | 4 million | 1 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | – | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 11 million | – | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 4 million | – | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 2 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 1 million | 18 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 10 million | 14 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 7 million | – | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 1 million | 4 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | – | 38 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | – | 7 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 14 million | – | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 14 million | – | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 8 million | 29 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 7 million | 20 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 6 million | 41 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 2 million | 15 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | – | – | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 17 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | – | 1 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 0 | – | 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 | 5 million | 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
Malawi vs Senegal
Health
- Life expectancyMalawi: 67.4 years in 2023Senegal: 68.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityMalawi: 4.9 per 100 live births in 2024Senegal: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityMalawi: 29.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Senegal: 24.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterMalawi: 17.8% in 2022Senegal: 26.7% in 2022
- DepressionMalawi: 3.45% in 2017Senegal: 3.37% in 2017
- Suicide rateMalawi: 12.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Senegal: 12.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationMalawi: 21.1 million people in 2023Senegal: 18.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthMalawi: 2.57% a year in 2023Senegal: 2.33% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateMalawi: 3.65 births per woman in 2023Senegal: 3.82 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationMalawi: 17.6% in 2025Senegal: 55.8% in 2025
- Median ageMalawi: 17.6 years in 2023Senegal: 19.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overMalawi: 2.6% in 2023Senegal: 3.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateMalawi: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Senegal: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingMalawi: 1.15% of GDP in 2025Senegal: 1.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsMalawi: $128M in 2025Senegal: $533M in 2025
- Military spending per personMalawi: $7 in 2025Senegal: $30 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingMalawi: 3.8% of government spending in 2025Senegal: 5.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelMalawi: 15,000 people in 2020Senegal: 19,000 people in 2020
- National powerMalawi: 0.07% of world capability in 2022Senegal: 0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersMalawi: 0.2% of the labour force in 2020Senegal: 0.37% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsMalawi: 1 million TIV in 2000Senegal: 3 million TIV in 1976