Military expenditures:
1.38% of GDP
(2019 est.)
1.44% of GDP
(2018)
1.46% of GDP
(2017)
1.73% of GDP
(2016)
1.58% of GDP
(2015)
country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data):
85
[see also: Military expenditures country ranks ]
Military forces:
Senegalese Armed Forces: Army, Senegalese National Navy (Marine Senegalaise, MNS), Senegalese Air Force (Armee de l'Air du Senegal), National Gendarmerie (includes Territorial and Mobile components)
(2019)
Military service age and obligation:
18 years of age for voluntary military service; 20 years of age for selective conscript service; 2-year service obligation; women have been accepted into military service since 2008
(2016)