Senegal vs Tanzania
Senegal vs Tanzania: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $30 in Senegal and $15 in Tanzania, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Senegal, by $15, or 2.04 times that in Tanzania.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Senegal has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1988.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Senegal | Tanzania |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $30 | $15 |
| 2024 | $35 | $14 |
| 2023 | $25 | $15 |
| 2022 | $24 | $14 |
| 2021 | $28 | $12 |
| 2020 | $21 | $11 |
| 2019 | $22 | $11 |
| 2018 | $25 | $11 |
| 2017 | $20 | $10 |
| 2016 | $21 | $10 |
| 2015 | $15 | $10 |
| 2014 | $17 | $10 |
| 2013 | $18 | $9 |
| 2012 | $15 | $8 |
| 2011 | $18 | $7 |
| 2010 | $16 | $6 |
| 2009 | $18 | $5 |
| 2008 | $18 | $5 |
| 2007 | $17 | $4 |
| 2006 | $13 | $4 |
| 2005 | $11 | $4 |
| 2004 | $10 | $3 |
| 2003 | $9 | $3 |
| 2002 | $7 | $4 |
| 2001 | $7 | $4 |
| 2000 | $6 | $4 |
| 1999 | $8 | $4 |
| 1998 | $8 | $4 |
| 1997 | $8 | $4 |
| 1996 | $9 | $3 |
| 1995 | $9 | $3 |
| 1994 | $8 | $2 |
| 1993 | $14 | $2 |
| 1992 | $14 | $4 |
| 1991 | $14 | $4 |
| 1990 | $16 | $3 |
| 1989 | $13 | $4 |
| 1988 | $15 | $5 |
- 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
Senegal vs Tanzania
Health
- Life expectancySenegal: 68.7 years in 2023Tanzania: 67 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySenegal: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024Tanzania: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySenegal: 24.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Tanzania: 28.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterSenegal: 26.7% in 2022Tanzania: 11.3% in 2022
- DepressionSenegal: 3.37% in 2017Tanzania: 3.69% in 2017
- Suicide rateSenegal: 12.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Tanzania: 8.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSenegal: 18.1 million people in 2023Tanzania: 66.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthSenegal: 2.33% a year in 2023Tanzania: 2.88% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSenegal: 3.82 births per woman in 2023Tanzania: 4.61 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSenegal: 55.8% in 2025Tanzania: 36.9% in 2025
- Median ageSenegal: 19.1 years in 2023Tanzania: 17.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSenegal: 3.6% in 2023Tanzania: 3% in 2023
- Net migration rateSenegal: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Tanzania: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSenegal: 1.56% of GDP in 2025Tanzania: 1.16% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSenegal: $533M in 2025Tanzania: $983M in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSenegal: 5.2% of government spending in 2025Tanzania: 5.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSenegal: 19,000 people in 2020Tanzania: 28,000 people in 2020
- National powerSenegal: 0.1% of world capability in 2022Tanzania: 0.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSenegal: 0.37% of the labour force in 2020Tanzania: 0.1% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSenegal: 79 million TIV in 2024Tanzania: 4 million TIV in 2025