Rwanda vs Senegal
Rwanda vs Senegal: Arms imports
Arms imports: 37 million TIV in Rwanda in 2023 and 79 million TIV in Senegal in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Senegal, by 135 million TIV, or 4.65 times that in Rwanda.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Senegal has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Rwanda.
- The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Rwanda | Senegal | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | – | 79 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 37 million | 172 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 17 million | 28 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 65 million | 21 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | – | 22 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 1 million | 40 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 3 million | 15 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 8 million | 48 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | – | 40 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 29 million | 24 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 15 million | 9 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 15 million | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 5 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | 16 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 4 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 11 million | 6 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 14 million | 6 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 20 million | 12 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 3 million | 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 | 15 million | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 21 million | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 9 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 3 million | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 1 million | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 6 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 1 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 5 million | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 5 million | – | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 3 million | – | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 3 million | – | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 2 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | – | 18 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 2 million | 14 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 3 million | – | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 6 million | 4 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 4 million | 38 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | – | 7 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | – | – | 42 billion |
| 1980 | – | – | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | – | 29 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | – | 20 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 1 million | 41 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | – | 15 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 3 million | – | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 1 million | 17 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 2 million | 1 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 0 | – | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 0 | 4 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | – | 0 | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 11 million | – | 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
Rwanda vs Senegal
Health
- Life expectancyRwanda: 67.8 years in 2023Senegal: 68.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityRwanda: 3.8 per 100 live births in 2024Senegal: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityRwanda: 27.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023Senegal: 24.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionRwanda: 3.87% in 2017Senegal: 3.37% in 2017
- Suicide rateRwanda: 11 per 100,000 people in 2017Senegal: 12.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationRwanda: 14 million people in 2023Senegal: 18.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthRwanda: 2.18% a year in 2023Senegal: 2.33% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateRwanda: 3.7 births per woman in 2023Senegal: 3.82 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationRwanda: 30.9% in 2025Senegal: 55.8% in 2025
- Median ageRwanda: 19.4 years in 2023Senegal: 19.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overRwanda: 3.8% in 2023Senegal: 3.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateRwanda: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Senegal: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingRwanda: 1.29% of GDP in 2025Senegal: 1.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsRwanda: $194M in 2025Senegal: $533M in 2025
- Military spending per personRwanda: $13 in 2025Senegal: $30 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingRwanda: 4.7% of government spending in 2025Senegal: 5.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelRwanda: 35,000 people in 2020Senegal: 19,000 people in 2020
- National powerRwanda: 0.07% of world capability in 2022Senegal: 0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersRwanda: 0.7% of the labour force in 2020Senegal: 0.37% of the labour force in 2020