Senegal vs Uganda
Senegal vs Uganda: GDP per person
GDP per person in 2025: $1,582 in Senegal and $1,021 in Uganda, by World Bank estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Senegal, by $561, or 1.55 times that in Uganda.
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
What the numbers say
- Senegal has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1982.
- The world as a whole: $12,130 in 2025.
Every year
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
| Year | Senegal | Uganda | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,582 | $1,021 | $12,130 |
| 2024 | $1,518 | $986 | $11,890 |
| 2023 | $1,459 | $956 | $11,670 |
| 2022 | $1,433 | $933 | $11,450 |
| 2021 | $1,415 | $919 | $11,170 |
| 2020 | $1,362 | $917 | $10,580 |
| 2019 | $1,380 | $921 | $11,000 |
| 2018 | $1,355 | $895 | $10,820 |
| 2017 | $1,312 | $871 | $10,590 |
| 2016 | $1,257 | $875 | $10,360 |
| 2015 | $1,218 | $863 | $10,190 |
| 2014 | $1,181 | $846 | $10,000 |
| 2013 | $1,147 | $829 | $9,811 |
| 2012 | $1,154 | $824 | $9,654 |
| 2011 | $1,140 | $817 | $9,515 |
| 2010 | $1,154 | $769 | $9,322 |
| 2009 | $1,143 | $749 | $9,028 |
| 2008 | $1,139 | $723 | $9,266 |
| 2007 | $1,124 | $685 | $9,191 |
| 2006 | $1,119 | $650 | $8,913 |
| 2005 | $1,119 | $604 | $8,639 |
| 2004 | $1,098 | $585 | $8,409 |
| 2003 | $1,074 | $565 | $8,151 |
| 2002 | $1,042 | $547 | $8,011 |
| 2001 | $1,067 | $520 | $7,932 |
| 2000 | $1,048 | $509 | $7,880 |
| 1999 | $1,034 | $510 | $7,639 |
| 1998 | $996 | $487 | $7,479 |
| 1997 | $963 | $478 | $7,382 |
| 1996 | $957 | $468 | $7,203 |
| 1995 | $961 | $441 | $7,058 |
| 1994 | $935 | $407 | $6,944 |
| 1993 | $961 | $395 | $6,819 |
| 1992 | $974 | $378 | $6,801 |
| 1991 | $989 | $378 | $6,773 |
| 1990 | $991 | $370 | $6,804 |
| 1989 | $1,027 | $359 | $6,741 |
| 1988 | $1,017 | $348 | $6,620 |
| 1987 | $1,055 | $332 | $6,446 |
| 1986 | $1,023 | $330 | $6,326 |
| 1985 | $1,020 | $338 | $6,233 |
| 1984 | $1,014 | $360 | $6,120 |
| 1983 | $1,003 | $371 | $5,947 |
| 1982 | $1,092 | $359 | $5,903 |
| 1981 | $1,038 | – | $5,986 |
| 1980 | $1,012 | – | $5,980 |
| 1979 | $998 | – | $5,978 |
| 1978 | $955 | – | $5,843 |
| 1977 | $1,018 | – | $5,710 |
| 1976 | $1,072 | – | $5,591 |
| 1975 | $1,010 | – | $5,410 |
| 1974 | $966 | – | $5,467 |
| 1973 | $954 | – | $5,465 |
| 1972 | $1,041 | – | $5,236 |
| 1971 | $1,008 | – | $5,061 |
| 1970 | $1,041 | – | $4,964 |
| 1969 | $988 | – | $4,885 |
| 1968 | $1,089 | – | $4,707 |
| 1967 | $1,055 | – | $4,535 |
| 1966 | $1,101 | – | $4,461 |
| 1965 | $1,102 | – | $4,321 |
| 1964 | $1,119 | – | $4,176 |
| 1963 | $1,108 | – | $3,999 |
| 1962 | $1,119 | – | $3,889 |
| 1961 | $1,153 | – | $3,759 |
| 1960 | $1,151 | – | $3,667 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The value of everything produced in the country in a year, divided by its people, in 2015 US dollars so that years compare.
- Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
- Ranks count the 186 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
- 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 Uganda
Health
- Life expectancySenegal: 68.7 years in 2023Uganda: 68.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySenegal: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024Uganda: 4.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySenegal: 24.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Uganda: 28.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterSenegal: 26.7% in 2022Uganda: 18.7% in 2022
- DepressionSenegal: 3.37% in 2017Uganda: 4.92% in 2017
- Suicide rateSenegal: 12.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Uganda: 11.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSenegal: 18.1 million people in 2023Uganda: 48.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthSenegal: 2.33% a year in 2023Uganda: 2.78% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSenegal: 3.82 births per woman in 2023Uganda: 4.28 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSenegal: 55.8% in 2025Uganda: 31.9% in 2025
- Median ageSenegal: 19.1 years in 2023Uganda: 16.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSenegal: 3.6% in 2023Uganda: 2.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateSenegal: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Uganda: -2.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSenegal: 1.56% of GDP in 2025Uganda: 1.96% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSenegal: $533M in 2025Uganda: $1.2B in 2025
- Military spending per personSenegal: $30 in 2025Uganda: $26 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSenegal: 5.2% of government spending in 2025Uganda: 9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSenegal: 19,000 people in 2020Uganda: 46,000 people in 2020
- National powerSenegal: 0.1% of world capability in 2022Uganda: 0.2% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSenegal: 0.37% of the labour force in 2020Uganda: 0.24% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSenegal: 79 million TIV in 2024Uganda: 2 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsSenegal: 3 million TIV in 1976Uganda: 4 million TIV in 2016