Burkina Faso vs Sudan
Burkina Faso vs Sudan: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars: $844M in Burkina Faso in 2025 and $2.77B in Sudan in 2021, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Sudan, by $2.27B, or 5.51 times that in Burkina Faso.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Sudan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Burkina Faso | Sudan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $844M | – |
| 2024 | $1.02B | – |
| 2023 | $862M | – |
| 2022 | $607M | – |
| 2021 | $503M | $2.77B |
| 2020 | $451M | $4.69B |
| 2019 | $438M | $8.08B |
| 2018 | $344M | $8.94B |
| 2017 | $230M | $17.5B |
| 2016 | $185M | $13.5B |
| 2015 | $184M | $12.9B |
| 2014 | $185M | – |
| 2013 | $173M | – |
| 2012 | $160M | – |
| 2011 | $144M | – |
| 2010 | $139M | – |
| 2009 | $135M | $27.2B |
| 2008 | $121M | $27.9B |
| 2007 | $132M | $23.1B |
| 2006 | $96.7M | $19.4B |
| 2005 | $101M | $16.5B |
| 2004 | $96.2M | $20.2B |
| 2003 | $81.4M | $7.18B |
| 2002 | $83.4M | $9.38B |
| 2001 | $77.7M | $9.02B |
| 2000 | $78.9M | $13.8B |
| 1999 | $77.4M | $10.7B |
| 1998 | $69.5M | $6B |
| 1997 | $70.5M | $2.21B |
| 1996 | $60.9M | $2.81B |
| 1995 | $62.6M | $3.96B |
| 1994 | $61.4M | $5.42B |
| 1993 | $78.4M | $7.32B |
| 1992 | $86.6M | $6.42B |
| 1991 | $88.4M | $7.41B |
| 1990 | $106M | $9.25B |
| 1989 | $97.7M | – |
| 1988 | $77.7M | $7.99B |
| 1987 | $72.5M | $7.31B |
| 1986 | $82M | $6.43B |
| 1985 | $54.9M | $7.55B |
| 1984 | $56.8M | $10.6B |
| 1983 | $56.4M | $9.28B |
| 1982 | $59M | $6.49B |
| 1981 | $56.4M | $5.94B |
| 1980 | $49.2M | $7.05B |
| 1979 | $50.3M | $6.12B |
| 1978 | $62.1M | $5.17B |
| 1977 | $51.8M | $7B |
| 1976 | $55.8M | $6.78B |
| 1975 | $42.4M | $4.6B |
| 1974 | $19.6M | $5.32B |
| 1973 | $19.2M | $6.81B |
| 1972 | $19M | $7.49B |
| 1971 | $17.7M | $8.67B |
| 1970 | $17.4M | $8.64B |
| 1969 | $16M | $7.22B |
| 1968 | $15.7M | $5.4B |
| 1967 | $15.3M | $4.4B |
| 1966 | $15.4M | $4.7B |
| 1965 | $14.1M | $5.35B |
| 1964 | $21.4M | $3.88B |
| 1963 | $21.5M | $2.71B |
| 1962 | $21.1M | $2.51B |
| 1961 | $7.18M | $2.1B |
| 1960 | $6.57M | $2.08B |
| 1959 | – | $1.85B |
| 1958 | – | $1.6B |
| 1957 | – | $1.69B |
| 1956 | – | $1.17B |
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.
- 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
Burkina Faso vs Sudan
Health
- Life expectancyBurkina Faso: 61.1 years in 2023Sudan: 66.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBurkina Faso: 7.5 per 100 live births in 2024Sudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBurkina Faso: 52.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBurkina Faso: 3.69% in 2017Sudan: 3.78% in 2017
- Suicide rateBurkina Faso: 13.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Sudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBurkina Faso: 23 million people in 2023Sudan: 50 million people in 2023
- Population growthBurkina Faso: 2.26% a year in 2023Sudan: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBurkina Faso: 4.19 births per woman in 2023Sudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBurkina Faso: 28.9% in 2025Sudan: 34.9% in 2025
- Median ageBurkina Faso: 17.3 years in 2023Sudan: 18.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBurkina Faso: 2.6% in 2023Sudan: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateBurkina Faso: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Sudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBurkina Faso: 3.3% of GDP in 2025Sudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021
- Military spending per personBurkina Faso: $37 in 2025Sudan: $8 in 2021
- Military share of state spendingBurkina Faso: 13.2% of government spending in 2025Sudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021
- Armed forces personnelBurkina Faso: 11,000 people in 2020Sudan: 144,000 people in 2020
- National powerBurkina Faso: 0.09% of world capability in 2022Sudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBurkina Faso: 0.12% of the labour force in 2020Sudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBurkina Faso: 34 million TIV in 2025Sudan: 57 million TIV in 2025