Senegal vs South Sudan
Senegal vs South Sudan: Arms imports
Arms imports: 79 million TIV in Senegal in 2024 and 10 million TIV in South Sudan in 2022, by SIPRI estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Senegal, by 18 million TIV, or 2.8 times that in South Sudan.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Senegal has been higher since 2015, when it overtook South Sudan.
- The world as a whole: 33 billion TIV in 2022.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Senegal | South Sudan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 79 million | – | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 172 million | – | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 28 million | 10 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 21 million | 8 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 | 40 million | 8 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 24 million | 19 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 9 million | 41 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | – | 13 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | 2 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 16 million | 65 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 4 million | 2 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 6 million | 1 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 6 million | 44 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 12 million | 37 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 | 1 million | – | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | – | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | – | – | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | – | – | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | – | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 18 million | – | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 14 million | – | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | – | – | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 4 million | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 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 | 41 million | – | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 15 million | – | 33 billion |
| 1975 | – | – | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 17 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 1 million | – | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | – | – | 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 | 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
Senegal vs South Sudan
Health
- Life expectancySenegal: 68.7 years in 2023South Sudan: 57.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySenegal: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024South Sudan: 9.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySenegal: 24.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023South Sudan: 63.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSenegal: 3.37% in 2017South Sudan: 3.7% in 2017
- Suicide rateSenegal: 12.9 per 100,000 people in 2017South Sudan: 12 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSenegal: 18.1 million people in 2023South Sudan: 11.5 million people in 2023
- Population growthSenegal: 2.33% a year in 2023South Sudan: 5.86% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSenegal: 3.82 births per woman in 2023South Sudan: 3.86 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSenegal: 55.8% in 2025South Sudan: 21.7% in 2025
- Median ageSenegal: 19.1 years in 2023South Sudan: 18 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSenegal: 3.6% in 2023South Sudan: 2.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateSenegal: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023South Sudan: 39.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSenegal: 1.56% of GDP in 2025South Sudan: 3.43% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSenegal: $533M in 2025South Sudan: $103M in 2025
- Military spending per personSenegal: $30 in 2025South Sudan: $15 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSenegal: 5.2% of government spending in 2025South Sudan: 18.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSenegal: 19,000 people in 2020South Sudan: 53,000 people in 2020
- National powerSenegal: 0.1% of world capability in 2022South Sudan: 0.08% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSenegal: 0.37% of the labour force in 2020South Sudan: 1.18% of the labour force in 2020