Senegal vs Zambia
Senegal vs Zambia: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 1.56% of GDP in Senegal and 1.26% of GDP in Zambia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Senegal, by 0.29 percentage points, or 1.23 times that in Zambia.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Senegal has been higher since 2016, when it overtook Zambia.
- In 2025, Senegal ranked 81 and Zambia ranked 98 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Senegal | Zambia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.56 | 1.26 |
| 2024 | 1.97 | 1.33 |
| 2023 | 1.48 | 1.34 |
| 2022 | 1.52 | 1.12 |
| 2021 | 1.76 | 0.98 |
| 2020 | 1.41 | 1.17 |
| 2019 | 1.53 | 1.26 |
| 2018 | 1.67 | 1.44 |
| 2017 | 1.47 | 1.3 |
| 2016 | 1.6 | 1.43 |
| 2015 | 1.21 | 1.75 |
| 2014 | 1.21 | 1.63 |
| 2013 | 1.25 | 1.36 |
| 2012 | 1.11 | 1.36 |
| 2011 | 1.29 | 1.32 |
| 2010 | 1.22 | 1.38 |
| 2009 | 1.34 | 1.73 |
| 2008 | 1.29 | 2.08 |
| 2007 | 1.38 | 2.06 |
| 2006 | 1.27 | 1.74 |
| 2005 | 1.13 | 1.85 |
| 2004 | 1.06 | 1.58 |
| 2003 | 1.12 | – |
| 2002 | 1.1 | – |
| 2001 | 1.12 | – |
| 2000 | 1.05 | – |
| 1999 | 1.2 | 1.65 |
| 1998 | 1.18 | – |
| 1997 | 1.2 | 1.01 |
| 1996 | 1.24 | 1.05 |
| 1995 | 1.31 | 1.45 |
| 1994 | 1.35 | 1.72 |
| 1993 | 1.67 | 1.43 |
| 1992 | 1.44 | 2.71 |
| 1991 | 1.55 | 2.34 |
| 1990 | 1.63 | 3.41 |
| 1989 | 2.03 | 4.2 |
| 1988 | 2.11 | 2.39 |
| 1987 | 1.98 | 3.22 |
| 1986 | 2.04 | 3.66 |
| 1985 | 2.19 | 2.36 |
| 1984 | 2.41 | 3 |
| 1983 | 2.55 | – |
| 1982 | 2.35 | – |
| 1981 | 2.73 | – |
| 1980 | 2.76 | – |
| 1979 | 3.43 | – |
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Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, 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 Zambia
Health
- Life expectancySenegal: 68.7 years in 2023Zambia: 66.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySenegal: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024Zambia: 4.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySenegal: 24.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Zambia: 38.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSenegal: 3.37% in 2017Zambia: 3.64% in 2017
- Suicide rateSenegal: 12.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Zambia: 13.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSenegal: 18.1 million people in 2023Zambia: 20.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthSenegal: 2.33% a year in 2023Zambia: 2.83% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSenegal: 3.82 births per woman in 2023Zambia: 4.1 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSenegal: 55.8% in 2025Zambia: 45.9% in 2025
- Median ageSenegal: 19.1 years in 2023Zambia: 17.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSenegal: 3.6% in 2023Zambia: 1.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateSenegal: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Zambia: 0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending in US dollarsSenegal: $533M in 2025Zambia: $343M in 2025
- Military spending per personSenegal: $30 in 2025Zambia: $19 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSenegal: 5.2% of government spending in 2025Zambia: 4.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSenegal: 19,000 people in 2020Zambia: 16,000 people in 2020
- National powerSenegal: 0.1% of world capability in 2022Zambia: 0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSenegal: 0.37% of the labour force in 2020Zambia: 0.24% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSenegal: 79 million TIV in 2024Zambia: 1 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exportsSenegal: 3 million TIV in 1976Zambia: 2 million TIV in 1990