Burundi vs Sudan
Burundi vs Sudan: Arms imports
Arms imports: 2 million TIV in Burundi in 2019 and 57 million TIV in Sudan in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2019 the value was higher in Sudan, by 18 million TIV, or 10 times that in Burundi.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Sudan has been higher since 2001, when it overtook Burundi.
- The world as a whole: 26.9 billion TIV in 2019.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Burundi | Sudan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 57 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | – | 50 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | – | 6 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | 3 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | – | – | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | – | – | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 2 million | 20 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | – | 35 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | – | 66 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 3 million | 110 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 1 million | 136 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 70 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | – | 155 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 5 million | 119 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | 191 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 2 million | 196 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 1 million | 100 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | – | 120 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 58 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | 112 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | – | 113 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | – | 294 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 205 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 3 million | 50 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 1 million | 106 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | – | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 36 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 12 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | 63 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 27 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 3 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | – | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 6 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 46 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 6 million | 4 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 6 million | 16 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | – | 77 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | – | 122 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | – | 10 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | – | 66 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 2 million | 106 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 11 million | 25 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 3 million | 90 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 5 million | 203 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 1 million | 3 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | – | 46 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | – | 208 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | – | 29 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 33 billion |
| 1975 | – | 5 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 3 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 0 | 23 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | – | 69 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | – | 87 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | – | 598 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 3 million | 177 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | – | 13 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 2 million | 6 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 9 million | 10 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | – | 5 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | – | 36 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | – | 17 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | – | 34 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | 17 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | – | 6 million | 15.7 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country received, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
- Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 110 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Burundi vs Sudan
Health
- Life expectancyBurundi: 63.7 years in 2023Sudan: 66.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBurundi: 4.7 per 100 live births in 2024Sudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBurundi: 35.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBurundi: 3.72% in 2017Sudan: 3.78% in 2017
- Suicide rateBurundi: 12.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Sudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBurundi: 13.7 million people in 2023Sudan: 50 million people in 2023
- Population growthBurundi: 2.71% a year in 2023Sudan: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBurundi: 4.88 births per woman in 2023Sudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBurundi: 25.7% in 2025Sudan: 34.9% in 2025
- Median ageBurundi: 15.9 years in 2023Sudan: 18.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBurundi: 2.5% in 2023Sudan: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateBurundi: 0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Sudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBurundi: 3.24% of GDP in 2025Sudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021
- Military spending in US dollarsBurundi: $169M in 2025Sudan: $2.77B in 2021
- Military spending per personBurundi: $16 in 2025Sudan: $8 in 2021
- Military share of state spendingBurundi: 14.9% of government spending in 2025Sudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021
- Armed forces personnelBurundi: 31,000 people in 2020Sudan: 144,000 people in 2020
- National powerBurundi: 0.06% of world capability in 2022Sudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBurundi: 0.59% of the labour force in 2020Sudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020