Benin vs Sudan

Benin vs Sudan: Military spending

Military spending: 0.89% of GDP in Benin in 2025 and 0.93% of GDP in Sudan in 2021, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Sudan, by 0.37 percentage points, or 1.68 times that in Benin.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Benin vs Sudan: Military spendingMilitary spending: 0.89% of GDP in Benin in 2025 and 0.93% of GDP in Sudan in 2021, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Sudan, by 0.37 percentage points, or 1.68 times that in Benin.
BeninSudanSIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • Sudan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearBeninSudan
20250.89–
20240.78–
20230.76–
20220.63–
20210.550.93
20200.460.98
20190.471.63
20180.631.78
20170.923.29
20160.672.28
20150.82.71
20140.7–
20130.69–
20120.7–
2009–5.45
20080.664.98
2007–4.08
20060.673.64
20050.683.31
20040.684.66
20030.651.86
20020.622.67
20010.362.47
20000.414.47
19990.494.01
1998–2.38
1997–0.95
1996–1.27
1995–2.07
1994–3.9
1993–4.92
1992–4.39
1991–4.99
19901.234.81
19891.31–
19881.563.55
19871.572.55
19861.363.23
19851.313.4
19841.464.09
19831.193.27
19821.052.44
19811.551.78
19802.032.3
19791.932.59
19781.192.04
19771.682.62
19761.282.67
19751.492.25
19741.442.57
19731.683.16
19721.494.19
19711.64.6
19701.634.95
19691.95.2
19682.073.75
19671.983.66
19661.93.53
19652.114.12
19642.183.14
19631.742.15
19621.752.06
19611.41.85
19600.871.92
1959–1.71
1958–1.52
1957–1.64
1956–1.12
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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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