Senegal vs Uganda
Senegal vs Uganda: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $533M in Senegal and $1.2B in Uganda, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Uganda, by $665M, or 2.25 times that in Senegal.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Uganda has been higher since 1994, when it overtook Senegal.
- In 2025, Senegal ranked 100 and Uganda ranked 77 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Senegal | Uganda |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $533M | $1.2B |
| 2024 | $639M | $1.12B |
| 2023 | $453M | $999M |
| 2022 | $463M | $988M |
| 2021 | $518M | $1.18B |
| 2020 | $393M | $1.16B |
| 2019 | $423M | $787M |
| 2018 | $441M | $514M |
| 2017 | $371M | $433M |
| 2016 | $379M | $397M |
| 2015 | $269M | $382M |
| 2014 | $251M | $344M |
| 2013 | $245M | $325M |
| 2012 | $212M | $387M |
| 2011 | $232M | $759M |
| 2010 | $214M | $765M |
| 2009 | $227M | $358M |
| 2008 | $213M | $364M |
| 2007 | $217M | $330M |
| 2006 | $193M | $323M |
| 2005 | $167M | $334M |
| 2004 | $147M | $333M |
| 2003 | $146M | $291M |
| 2002 | $135M | $271M |
| 2001 | $134M | $252M |
| 2000 | $121M | $250M |
| 1999 | $133M | $258M |
| 1998 | $123M | $226M |
| 1997 | $116M | $178M |
| 1996 | $117M | $180M |
| 1995 | $119M | $168M |
| 1994 | $116M | $148M |
| 1993 | $142M | $120M |
| 1992 | $121M | $117M |
| 1991 | $129M | $177M |
| 1990 | $132M | $182M |
| 1989 | $130M | $180M |
| 1988 | $129M | $199M |
| 1987 | $121M | $199M |
| 1986 | $115M | $206M |
| 1985 | $120M | $192M |
| 1984 | $133M | $148M |
| 1983 | $140M | $91.8M |
| 1982 | $139M | $131M |
| 1981 | $161M | $172M |
| 1980 | $147M | $196M |
| 1979 | $158M | $144M |
| 1978 | – | $189M |
| 1977 | – | $239M |
| 1976 | – | $345M |
| 1975 | – | $389M |
| 1974 | – | $417M |
| 1973 | – | $554M |
| 1972 | – | $703M |
| 1971 | – | $554M |
| 1970 | – | $324M |
| 1969 | – | $306M |
| 1968 | – | $298M |
| 1967 | – | $243M |
| 1966 | – | $213M |
| 1965 | – | $159M |
| 1964 | – | $91M |
| 1963 | – | $49.9M |
| 1962 | – | $13.8M |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, by SIPRI’s count.
- 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 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 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