Mauritania vs Senegal
Mauritania vs Senegal: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $61 in Mauritania and $30 in Senegal, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Mauritania, by $31, or 2.03 times that in Senegal.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Mauritania has been higher since 1994, when it overtook Senegal.
- In 2025, Mauritania ranked 93 and Senegal ranked 113 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Mauritania | Senegal |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $61 | $30 |
| 2024 | $54 | $35 |
| 2023 | $56 | $25 |
| 2022 | $47 | $24 |
| 2021 | $49 | $28 |
| 2020 | $44 | $21 |
| 2019 | $37 | $22 |
| 2018 | $37 | $25 |
| 2017 | $35 | $20 |
| 2016 | $34 | $21 |
| 2015 | $34 | $15 |
| 2014 | $38 | $17 |
| 2013 | $39 | $18 |
| 2012 | $40 | $15 |
| 2011 | – | $18 |
| 2010 | – | $16 |
| 2009 | $36 | $18 |
| 2008 | $39 | $18 |
| 2007 | – | $17 |
| 2006 | $28 | $13 |
| 2005 | $23 | $11 |
| 2004 | – | $10 |
| 2003 | $23 | $9 |
| 2002 | $13 | $7 |
| 2001 | $20 | $7 |
| 2000 | $15 | $6 |
| 1999 | $13 | $8 |
| 1998 | $10 | $8 |
| 1997 | $17 | $8 |
| 1996 | $16 | $9 |
| 1995 | $14 | $9 |
| 1994 | $13 | $8 |
| 1993 | $14 | $14 |
| 1992 | $19 | $14 |
| 1991 | $20 | $14 |
| 1990 | $21 | $16 |
| 1989 | $21 | $13 |
| 1988 | $24 | $15 |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Mauritania vs Senegal
Health
- Life expectancyMauritania: 68.5 years in 2023Senegal: 68.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityMauritania: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024Senegal: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityMauritania: 30.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Senegal: 24.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionMauritania: 3.09% in 2017Senegal: 3.37% in 2017
- Suicide rateMauritania: 6.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Senegal: 12.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationMauritania: 5.02 million people in 2023Senegal: 18.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthMauritania: 2.95% a year in 2023Senegal: 2.33% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateMauritania: 4.7 births per woman in 2023Senegal: 3.82 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationMauritania: 61.5% in 2025Senegal: 55.8% in 2025
- Median ageMauritania: 17.1 years in 2023Senegal: 19.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overMauritania: 3.2% in 2023Senegal: 3.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateMauritania: 0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Senegal: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingMauritania: 2.75% of GDP in 2025Senegal: 1.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsMauritania: $315M in 2025Senegal: $533M in 2025
- Military share of state spendingMauritania: 10.8% of government spending in 2025Senegal: 5.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelMauritania: 21,000 people in 2020Senegal: 19,000 people in 2020
- National powerMauritania: 0.03% of world capability in 2022Senegal: 0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersMauritania: 2% of the labour force in 2020Senegal: 0.37% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsMauritania: 126 million TIV in 2024Senegal: 79 million TIV in 2024