Burundi vs Sudan
Burundi vs Sudan: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars: $169M in Burundi in 2025 and $2.77B in Sudan in 2021, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Sudan, by $2.68B, or 33 times that in Burundi.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Sudan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1965.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Burundi | Sudan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $169M | – |
| 2024 | $172M | – |
| 2023 | $156M | – |
| 2022 | $110M | – |
| 2021 | $84.9M | $2.77B |
| 2020 | $88M | $4.69B |
| 2019 | $114M | $8.08B |
| 2018 | $84.5M | $8.94B |
| 2017 | $77.5M | $17.5B |
| 2016 | $90M | $13.5B |
| 2015 | $89.9M | $12.9B |
| 2014 | $87.8M | – |
| 2013 | $90.2M | – |
| 2012 | $87.5M | – |
| 2009 | – | $27.2B |
| 2008 | $81.5M | $27.9B |
| 2007 | $97.7M | $23.1B |
| 2006 | $97.3M | $19.4B |
| 2005 | $117M | $16.5B |
| 2004 | $122M | $20.2B |
| 2003 | $125M | $7.18B |
| 2002 | $123M | $9.38B |
| 2001 | $128M | $9.02B |
| 2000 | $96.8M | $13.8B |
| 1999 | $113M | $10.7B |
| 1998 | $107M | $6B |
| 1997 | $100M | $2.21B |
| 1996 | $92.8M | $2.81B |
| 1995 | $80.1M | $3.96B |
| 1994 | $96.2M | $5.42B |
| 1993 | $91.9M | $7.32B |
| 1992 | $92.9M | $6.42B |
| 1991 | $90.4M | $7.41B |
| 1990 | $88.3M | $9.25B |
| 1989 | $83.8M | – |
| 1988 | $74.8M | $7.99B |
| 1987 | $61.8M | $7.31B |
| 1986 | $68.8M | $6.43B |
| 1985 | $68.8M | $7.55B |
| 1984 | $65.8M | $10.6B |
| 1983 | $67.1M | $9.28B |
| 1982 | $75M | $6.49B |
| 1981 | $64.9M | $5.94B |
| 1980 | $67.4M | $7.05B |
| 1979 | $50M | $6.12B |
| 1978 | $58.1M | $5.17B |
| 1977 | $59M | $7B |
| 1976 | $43.1M | $6.78B |
| 1975 | $36M | $4.6B |
| 1974 | $37.5M | $5.32B |
| 1973 | $34M | $6.81B |
| 1972 | $24M | $7.49B |
| 1971 | $18.2M | $8.67B |
| 1970 | – | $8.64B |
| 1969 | $23.9M | $7.22B |
| 1968 | $19.3M | $5.4B |
| 1967 | $18.8M | $4.4B |
| 1966 | $17.9M | $4.7B |
| 1965 | $17M | $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 |
- Highly uncertain
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
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 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
- Arms importsBurundi: 2 million TIV in 2019Sudan: 57 million TIV in 2025