Egypt vs Sudan
Egypt vs Sudan: Military spending
Military spending: 0.61% of GDP in Egypt in 2025 and 0.93% of GDP in Sudan in 2021, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Egypt, by 0.2 percentage points, or 1.21 times that in Sudan.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Egypt has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Sudan.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Egypt | Sudan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.61 | – |
| 2024 | 0.67 | – |
| 2023 | 0.81 | – |
| 2022 | 1.02 | – |
| 2021 | 1.12 | 0.93 |
| 2020 | 1.12 | 0.98 |
| 2019 | 1.18 | 1.63 |
| 2018 | 1.25 | 1.78 |
| 2017 | 1.42 | 3.29 |
| 2016 | 1.67 | 2.28 |
| 2015 | 1.72 | 2.71 |
| 2014 | 1.69 | – |
| 2013 | 1.61 | – |
| 2012 | 1.65 | – |
| 2011 | 1.84 | – |
| 2010 | 1.95 | – |
| 2009 | 2.03 | 5.45 |
| 2008 | 2.18 | 4.98 |
| 2007 | 2.38 | 4.08 |
| 2006 | 2.61 | 3.64 |
| 2005 | 2.71 | 3.31 |
| 2004 | 2.88 | 4.66 |
| 2003 | 3.18 | 1.86 |
| 2002 | 3.28 | 2.67 |
| 2001 | 2.99 | 2.47 |
| 2000 | 2.55 | 4.47 |
| 1999 | 2.57 | 4.01 |
| 1998 | 2.66 | 2.38 |
| 1997 | 2.84 | 0.95 |
| 1996 | 2.98 | 1.27 |
| 1995 | 3.08 | 2.07 |
| 1994 | 3.15 | 3.9 |
| 1993 | 3.1 | 4.92 |
| 1992 | 3.22 | 4.39 |
| 1991 | 3.61 | 4.99 |
| 1990 | 3.47 | 4.81 |
| 1989 | 3.97 | – |
| 1988 | 5.06 | 3.55 |
| 1987 | 6.53 | 2.55 |
| 1986 | 7.5 | 3.23 |
| 1985 | 7.86 | 3.4 |
| 1984 | 8.27 | 4.09 |
| 1983 | 7.96 | 3.27 |
| 1982 | 7.19 | 2.44 |
| 1981 | 7.42 | 1.78 |
| 1980 | 6.16 | 2.3 |
| 1979 | 6.47 | 2.59 |
| 1978 | 9.94 | 2.04 |
| 1977 | 13.11 | 2.62 |
| 1976 | 13.73 | 2.67 |
| 1975 | 15.43 | 2.25 |
| 1974 | 17.27 | 2.57 |
| 1973 | 13.51 | 3.16 |
| 1972 | 13.56 | 4.19 |
| 1971 | 17.19 | 4.6 |
| 1970 | 15.99 | 4.95 |
| 1969 | 14.34 | 5.2 |
| 1968 | 11.13 | 3.75 |
| 1967 | 8.91 | 3.66 |
| 1966 | 8.72 | 3.53 |
| 1965 | 10.12 | 4.12 |
| 1964 | 10.33 | 3.14 |
| 1963 | 8.67 | 2.15 |
| 1962 | 6.68 | 2.06 |
| 1961 | – | 1.85 |
| 1960 | – | 1.92 |
| 1959 | – | 1.71 |
| 1958 | – | 1.52 |
| 1957 | – | 1.64 |
| 1956 | – | 1.12 |
Each country on its own
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.
- 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
Egypt vs Sudan
Health
- Life expectancyEgypt: 71.6 years in 2023Sudan: 66.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEgypt: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024Sudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEgypt: 14.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionEgypt: 3.24% in 2017Sudan: 3.78% in 2017
- Suicide rateEgypt: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Sudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEgypt: 115 million people in 2023Sudan: 50 million people in 2023
- Population growthEgypt: 1.82% a year in 2023Sudan: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEgypt: 2.75 births per woman in 2023Sudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEgypt: 42.9% in 2025Sudan: 34.9% in 2025
- Median ageEgypt: 24 years in 2023Sudan: 18.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEgypt: 5% in 2023Sudan: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateEgypt: 2.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Sudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending in US dollarsEgypt: $2.26B in 2025Sudan: $2.77B in 2021
- Military spending per personEgypt: $21 in 2025Sudan: $8 in 2021
- Military share of state spendingEgypt: 2.5% of government spending in 2025Sudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021
- Armed forces personnelEgypt: 836,000 people in 2020Sudan: 144,000 people in 2020
- National powerEgypt: 1.18% of world capability in 2022Sudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEgypt: 2.76% of the labour force in 2020Sudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsEgypt: 697 million TIV in 2025Sudan: 57 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsEgypt: 2 million TIV in 2024Sudan: 11 million TIV in 2013