Austria vs Sudan
Austria vs Sudan: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars: $5.88B in Austria in 2025 and $2.77B in Sudan in 2021, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Austria, by $1.86B, or 1.67 times that in Sudan.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Austria has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Sudan.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Austria | Sudan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $5.88B | – |
| 2024 | $5.29B | – |
| 2023 | $4.59B | – |
| 2022 | $4.12B | – |
| 2021 | $4.63B | $2.77B |
| 2020 | $4.51B | $4.69B |
| 2019 | $4.05B | $8.08B |
| 2018 | $3.96B | $8.94B |
| 2017 | $3.93B | $17.5B |
| 2016 | $3.75B | $13.5B |
| 2015 | $3.48B | $12.9B |
| 2014 | $3.64B | – |
| 2013 | $3.61B | – |
| 2012 | $3.76B | – |
| 2011 | $3.81B | – |
| 2010 | $3.9B | – |
| 2009 | $3.92B | $27.2B |
| 2008 | $4.2B | $27.9B |
| 2007 | $4.33B | $23.1B |
| 2006 | $3.64B | $19.4B |
| 2005 | $3.79B | $16.5B |
| 2004 | $3.87B | $20.2B |
| 2003 | $3.87B | $7.18B |
| 2002 | $3.71B | $9.38B |
| 2001 | $3.78B | $9.02B |
| 2000 | $4.06B | $13.8B |
| 1999 | $3.96B | $10.7B |
| 1998 | $3.88B | $6B |
| 1997 | $3.87B | $2.21B |
| 1996 | $3.86B | $2.81B |
| 1995 | $3.9B | $3.96B |
| 1994 | $3.93B | $5.42B |
| 1993 | $3.92B | $7.32B |
| 1992 | $3.88B | $6.42B |
| 1991 | $3.99B | $7.41B |
| 1990 | $3.98B | $9.25B |
| 1989 | $3.93B | – |
| 1988 | $3.97B | $7.99B |
| 1987 | $4.2B | $7.31B |
| 1986 | $4.37B | $6.43B |
| 1985 | $4.23B | $7.55B |
| 1984 | $3.87B | $10.6B |
| 1983 | $3.84B | $9.28B |
| 1982 | $3.78B | $6.49B |
| 1981 | $3.62B | $5.94B |
| 1980 | $3.74B | $7.05B |
| 1979 | $3.74B | $6.12B |
| 1978 | $3.52B | $5.17B |
| 1977 | $3.25B | $7B |
| 1976 | $3.15B | $6.78B |
| 1975 | $3.08B | $4.6B |
| 1974 | $2.77B | $5.32B |
| 1973 | $2.48B | $6.81B |
| 1972 | $2.38B | $7.49B |
| 1971 | $2.3B | $8.67B |
| 1970 | $2.39B | $8.64B |
| 1969 | $2.41B | $7.22B |
| 1968 | $2.35B | $5.4B |
| 1967 | $2.34B | $4.4B |
| 1966 | $2.31B | $4.7B |
| 1965 | $2.01B | $5.35B |
| 1964 | $2.43B | $3.88B |
| 1963 | $1.93B | $2.71B |
| 1962 | $1.58B | $2.51B |
| 1961 | $1.5B | $2.1B |
| 1960 | $1.56B | $2.08B |
| 1959 | $1.66B | $1.85B |
| 1958 | $1.68B | $1.6B |
| 1957 | $1.48B | $1.69B |
| 1956 | – | $1.17B |
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Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, 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
Austria vs Sudan
Health
- Life expectancyAustria: 82 years in 2023Sudan: 66.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAustria: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Sudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAustria: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionAustria: 3.26% in 2017Sudan: 3.78% in 2017
- Suicide rateAustria: 11.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Sudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAustria: 9.13 million people in 2023Sudan: 50 million people in 2023
- Population growthAustria: -0.12% a year in 2023Sudan: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAustria: 1.32 births per woman in 2023Sudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAustria: 69.7% in 2025Sudan: 34.9% in 2025
- Median ageAustria: 43.1 years in 2023Sudan: 18.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAustria: 20.2% in 2023Sudan: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateAustria: 0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Sudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAustria: 1.1% of GDP in 2025Sudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021
- Military spending per personAustria: $697 in 2025Sudan: $8 in 2021
- Military share of state spendingAustria: 2% of government spending in 2025Sudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021
- Armed forces personnelAustria: 23,000 people in 2020Sudan: 144,000 people in 2020
- National powerAustria: 0.17% of world capability in 2022Sudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAustria: 0.5% of the labour force in 2020Sudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAustria: 29 million TIV in 2025Sudan: 57 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAustria: 1 million TIV in 2025Sudan: 11 million TIV in 2013