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Mozambique vs Senegal
How Mozambique and Senegal compare on 38 measures, from 1820 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Senegal was higher: 68.7 years against 63.6 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Senegal was higher: $1,582 against $586
- Population · In 2023, Mozambique was higher: 33.6 million people against 18.1 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Mozambique was higher: 1.87% of GDP against 1.56% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Senegal was higher: 0.77 tonnes against 0.29 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyMozambique: 63.6 years in 2023Senegal: 68.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityMozambique: 5.9 per 100 live births in 2024Senegal: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityMozambique: 49.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Senegal: 24.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionMozambique: 3.9% in 2017Senegal: 3.37% in 2017
- Suicide rateMozambique: 17.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Senegal: 12.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationMozambique: 33.6 million people in 2023Senegal: 18.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthMozambique: 2.94% a year in 2023Senegal: 2.33% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateMozambique: 4.76 births per woman in 2023Senegal: 3.82 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationMozambique: 37.2% in 2025Senegal: 55.8% in 2025
- Median ageMozambique: 16.3 years in 2023Senegal: 19.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overMozambique: 2.8% in 2023Senegal: 3.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateMozambique: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Senegal: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingMozambique: 1.87% of GDP in 2025Senegal: 1.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsMozambique: $446M in 2025Senegal: $533M in 2025
- Military spending per personMozambique: $13 in 2025Senegal: $30 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingMozambique: 6% of government spending in 2025Senegal: 5.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelMozambique: 11,000 people in 2020Senegal: 19,000 people in 2020
- National powerMozambique: 0.13% of world capability in 2022Senegal: 0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersMozambique: 0.08% of the labour force in 2020Senegal: 0.37% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsMozambique: 14 million TIV in 2025Senegal: 79 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exportsMozambique: 1 million TIV in 1977Senegal: 3 million TIV in 1976
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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