Benin vs Sudan
Benin vs Sudan: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars: $204M in Benin in 2025 and $2.77B in Sudan in 2021, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Sudan, by $2.68B, or 29 times that in Benin.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Sudan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1970.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Benin | Sudan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $204M | – |
| 2024 | $167M | – |
| 2023 | $151M | – |
| 2022 | $118M | – |
| 2021 | $93.9M | $2.77B |
| 2020 | $73M | $4.69B |
| 2019 | $72.7M | $8.08B |
| 2018 | $90.6M | $8.94B |
| 2017 | $124M | $17.5B |
| 2016 | $87.4M | $13.5B |
| 2015 | $98.8M | $12.9B |
| 2014 | $84.7M | – |
| 2013 | $77.8M | – |
| 2012 | $73.4M | – |
| 2009 | – | $27.2B |
| 2008 | $60.3M | $27.9B |
| 2007 | – | $23.1B |
| 2006 | $55.6M | $19.4B |
| 2005 | $55.6M | $16.5B |
| 2004 | $54.9M | $20.2B |
| 2003 | $50.3M | $7.18B |
| 2002 | $46.1M | $9.38B |
| 2001 | $25.1M | $9.02B |
| 2000 | $28M | $13.8B |
| 1999 | $31M | $10.7B |
| 1998 | – | $6B |
| 1997 | – | $2.21B |
| 1996 | – | $2.81B |
| 1995 | – | $3.96B |
| 1994 | – | $5.42B |
| 1993 | – | $7.32B |
| 1992 | – | $6.42B |
| 1991 | – | $7.41B |
| 1990 | $50.1M | $9.25B |
| 1989 | $51.6M | – |
| 1988 | $62.2M | $7.99B |
| 1987 | $62.6M | $7.31B |
| 1986 | $52.5M | $6.43B |
| 1985 | $51.6M | $7.55B |
| 1984 | $54.4M | $10.6B |
| 1983 | $43.8M | $9.28B |
| 1982 | $33M | $6.49B |
| 1981 | $29.5M | $5.94B |
| 1980 | $31.8M | $7.05B |
| 1979 | $26.4M | $6.12B |
| 1978 | $14.9M | $5.17B |
| 1977 | $20.9M | $7B |
| 1976 | $15.8M | $6.78B |
| 1975 | $18.1M | $4.6B |
| 1974 | $19M | $5.32B |
| 1973 | $20.1M | $6.81B |
| 1972 | $18.5M | $7.49B |
| 1971 | $16.9M | $8.67B |
| 1970 | $16.9M | $8.64B |
| 1969 | – | $7.22B |
| 1968 | – | $5.4B |
| 1967 | – | $4.4B |
| 1966 | – | $4.7B |
| 1965 | – | $5.35B |
| 1964 | – | $3.88B |
| 1963 | – | $2.71B |
| 1962 | – | $2.51B |
| 1961 | – | $2.1B |
| 1960 | – | $2.08B |
| 1959 | – | $1.85B |
| 1958 | – | $1.6B |
| 1957 | – | $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
Benin vs Sudan
Health
- Life expectancyBenin: 60.8 years in 2023Sudan: 66.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBenin: 7.5 per 100 live births in 2024Sudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBenin: 52.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBenin: 3.63% in 2017Sudan: 3.78% in 2017
- Suicide rateBenin: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Sudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBenin: 14.1 million people in 2023Sudan: 50 million people in 2023
- Population growthBenin: 2.51% a year in 2023Sudan: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBenin: 4.56 births per woman in 2023Sudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBenin: 53.4% in 2025Sudan: 34.9% in 2025
- Median ageBenin: 17.8 years in 2023Sudan: 18.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBenin: 3.1% in 2023Sudan: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateBenin: -0 per 1,000 people in 2023Sudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBenin: 0.89% of GDP in 2025Sudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021
- Military spending per personBenin: $15 in 2025Sudan: $8 in 2021
- Military share of state spendingBenin: 4.8% of government spending in 2025Sudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021
- Armed forces personnelBenin: 12,000 people in 2020Sudan: 144,000 people in 2020
- National powerBenin: 0.07% of world capability in 2022Sudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBenin: 0.21% of the labour force in 2020Sudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBenin: 4 million TIV in 2025Sudan: 57 million TIV in 2025