Senegal vs Zimbabwe
Senegal vs Zimbabwe: Arms imports
Arms imports: 79 million TIV in Senegal in 2024 and 20 million TIV in Zimbabwe in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Senegal, by 152 million TIV, or 8.6 times that in Zimbabwe.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Senegal has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Zimbabwe.
- The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Senegal | Zimbabwe | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 79 million | – | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 172 million | 20 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 28 million | – | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 21 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 | – | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 24 million | – | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 9 million | – | 27 billion |
| 2013 | – | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 16 million | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 4 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 6 million | – | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 6 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 12 million | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 15 million | 25 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 16 million | 25 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | – | 14 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 16 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 10 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | – | 8 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 25 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | – | 1 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 6 million | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 1 million | – | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | 0 | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 63 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 47 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | – | 2 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | – | – | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | – | 2 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 18 million | 29 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 14 million | 212 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | – | 28 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 4 million | 33 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 38 million | 34 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 7 million | 81 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | – | 15 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | – | – | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 29 million | – | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 20 million | 16 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 41 million | 4 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 15 million | 20 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | – | 42 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 17 million | 2 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 1 million | 0 | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | – | 21 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 12 million | 5 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 38 million | – | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 1 million | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | – | 21 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 2 million | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 0 | – | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 4 million | – | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 0 | 20 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | – | 16 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 8 million | – | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 0 | 15 million | 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 Zimbabwe
Health
- Life expectancySenegal: 68.7 years in 2023Zimbabwe: 62.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySenegal: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024Zimbabwe: 6.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySenegal: 24.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Zimbabwe: 33.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterSenegal: 26.7% in 2022Zimbabwe: 26.5% in 2022
- DepressionSenegal: 3.37% in 2017Zimbabwe: 3.19% in 2017
- Suicide rateSenegal: 12.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Zimbabwe: 26.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSenegal: 18.1 million people in 2023Zimbabwe: 16.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthSenegal: 2.33% a year in 2023Zimbabwe: 1.68% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSenegal: 3.82 births per woman in 2023Zimbabwe: 3.72 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSenegal: 55.8% in 2025Zimbabwe: 40.5% in 2025
- Median ageSenegal: 19.1 years in 2023Zimbabwe: 17.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSenegal: 3.6% in 2023Zimbabwe: 3.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateSenegal: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Zimbabwe: -6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSenegal: 1.56% of GDP in 2025Zimbabwe: 0.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSenegal: $533M in 2025Zimbabwe: $134M in 2025
- Military spending per personSenegal: $30 in 2025Zimbabwe: $10 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSenegal: 5.2% of government spending in 2025Zimbabwe: 5.3% of government spending in 2005
- Armed forces personnelSenegal: 19,000 people in 2020Zimbabwe: 51,000 people in 2020
- National powerSenegal: 0.1% of world capability in 2022Zimbabwe: 0.08% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSenegal: 0.37% of the labour force in 2020Zimbabwe: 0.88% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsSenegal: 3 million TIV in 1976Zimbabwe: 4 million TIV in 2001