Senegal

Military spending in Senegal

Military spending in Senegal: 3.43% of GDP in 1979 and 1.56% of GDP in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
1.56% of GDP
Since 1979
−1.88 percentage points
Rank, 2025
81 of 151
counting from the highest

% of GDP · SIPRI

Military spending in SenegalMilitary spending in Senegal: 3.43% of GDP in 1979 and 1.56% of GDP in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was 3.43% of GDP in 1979, the lowest 1.05% of GDP in 2000.
Estimates, SIPRISIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 3.43% of GDP in 1979, the lowest 1.05% of GDP in 2000.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearSenegal
20251.56
20241.97
20231.48
20221.52
20211.76
20201.41
20191.53
20181.67
20171.47
20161.6
20151.21
20141.21
20131.25
20121.11
20111.29
20101.22
20091.34
20081.29
20071.38
20061.27
20051.13
20041.06
20031.12
20021.1
20011.12
20001.05
19991.2
19981.18
19971.2
19961.24
19951.31
19941.35
19931.67
19921.44
19911.55
19901.63
19892.03
19882.11
19871.98
19862.04
19852.19
19842.41
19832.55
19822.35
19812.73
19802.76
19793.43
  • Estimate

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.

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