Armed forces as a share of the population — all countries

Armed forces as a share of the population — Senegal

Armed forces as a share of the population in Senegal in 2022 — 0.079%. Ranked 148 in the world out of 189. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 0.051 pp.

2022 0.079% −0.002 pp vs 2021
World rank 148of 189
Period maximum 0.299%1982
Period minimum 0.029%1960

Trend over time

1960–2022 · % of population

Armed forces as a share of the population — Senegal, 1960–202200.10.20.319601967197419811988199520022009201620221960: 0.029%1962: 0.109%1964: 0.183%1966: 0.175%1968: 0.167%1970: 0.159%1972: 0.15%1974: 0.144%1976: 0.216%1978: 0.241%1980: 0.141%1982: 0.299%1984: 0.288%1986: 0.268%1988: 0.203%1990: 0.247%1992: 0.234%1994: 0.172%1996: 0.163%1998: 0.144%2000: 0.095%2002: 0.087%2004: 0.128%2006: 0.121%2008: 0.114%2010: 0.108%2012: 0.102%2014: 0.096%2016: 0.091%2018: 0.088%2020: 0.083%2022: 0.079%
Change over the period: +0.051 pp Annual average: 0 pp

Comparison, 2022

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Senegal

Senegal 0.079%
World computed 0.259%
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 0.161%
Western Africa computed 0.076%
Armed forces as a share of the population — Senegal, by year Senegal All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2022 0.079 −0.002 pp
2021 0.081 −0.002 pp
2020 0.083 −0.002 pp
2019 0.086 −0.002 pp
2018 0.088 −0.002 pp
2017 0.09 −0 pp
2016 0.091 −0.003 pp
2015 0.093 −0.003 pp
2014 0.096 −0.003 pp
2013 0.099 −0.003 pp
2012 0.102 −0.003 pp
2011 0.105 −0.003 pp
2010 0.108 −0.003 pp
2009 0.111 −0.003 pp
2008 0.114 −0.003 pp
2007 0.118 −0.003 pp
2006 0.121 −0.003 pp
2005 0.124 −0.003 pp
2004 0.128 −0.004 pp
2003 0.131 +0.045 pp
2002 0.087 −0.017 pp
2001 0.103 +0.009 pp
2000 0.095 −0.046 pp
1999 0.141 −0.004 pp
1998 0.144 −0.015 pp
1997 0.159 −0.004 pp
1996 0.163 −0.004 pp
1995 0.168 −0.005 pp
1994 0.172 −0.055 pp
1993 0.227 −0.006 pp
1992 0.234 −0.006 pp
1991 0.24 −0.007 pp
1990 0.247 +0.035 pp
1989 0.211 +0.009 pp
1988 0.203 −0.058 pp
1987 0.261 −0.007 pp
1986 0.268 −0.008 pp
1985 0.276 −0.012 pp
1984 0.288 −0.003 pp
1983 0.291 −0.008 pp
1982 0.299 +0.063 pp
1981 0.236 +0.096 pp
1980 0.141 −0.004 pp
1979 0.144 −0.097 pp
1978 0.241 −0.007 pp
1977 0.248 +0.032 pp
1976 0.216 +0.075 pp
1975 0.141 −0.004 pp
1974 0.144 −0.004 pp
1973 0.148 −0.003 pp
1972 0.15 −0.005 pp
1971 0.155 −0.004 pp
1970 0.159 −0.004 pp
1969 0.163 −0.004 pp
1968 0.167 −0.004 pp
1967 0.171 −0.004 pp
1966 0.175 −0.004 pp
1965 0.179 −0.004 pp
1964 0.183 −0.058 pp
1963 0.24 +0.131 pp
1962 0.109 −0.003 pp
1961 0.112 +0.083 pp
1960 0.029

About the indicator

Military personnel on active duty as a percent of the entire population of the country. The indicator answers the question of how large the armed forces are relative to the size of the country — an army that is large in absolute numbers in a large country can come out smaller by this measure than the small army of a small state.

Important: A close indicator — the share of the labor force — answers a different question: what part of those able to work is occupied in the army instead of the economy. In countries with young populations the two diverge noticeably.

Source: Military Expenditure Database (SIPRI), license SIPRI terms of use.