Egypt vs Sudan
Egypt vs Sudan: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars: $2.26B in Egypt in 2025 and $2.77B in Sudan in 2021, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Egypt, by $732M, or 1.26 times that in Sudan.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Egypt has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Sudan.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Egypt | Sudan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2.26B | – |
| 2024 | $2.4B | – |
| 2023 | $2.75B | – |
| 2022 | $3.38B | – |
| 2021 | $3.5B | $2.77B |
| 2020 | $3.24B | $4.69B |
| 2019 | $3B | $8.08B |
| 2018 | $2.89B | $8.94B |
| 2017 | $2.94B | $17.5B |
| 2016 | $3.49B | $13.5B |
| 2015 | $3.7B | $12.9B |
| 2014 | $3.49B | – |
| 2013 | $3.2B | – |
| 2012 | $3.22B | – |
| 2011 | $3.31B | – |
| 2010 | $3.41B | – |
| 2009 | $3.41B | $27.2B |
| 2008 | $3.52B | $27.9B |
| 2007 | $3.78B | $23.1B |
| 2006 | $3.75B | $19.4B |
| 2005 | $3.66B | $16.5B |
| 2004 | $3.67B | $20.2B |
| 2003 | $3.88B | $7.18B |
| 2002 | $3.8B | $9.38B |
| 2001 | $3.36B | $9.02B |
| 2000 | $2.79B | $13.8B |
| 1999 | $2.61B | $10.7B |
| 1998 | $2.6B | $6B |
| 1997 | $2.58B | $2.21B |
| 1996 | $2.52B | $2.81B |
| 1995 | $2.49B | $3.96B |
| 1994 | $2.53B | $5.42B |
| 1993 | $2.41B | $7.32B |
| 1992 | $2.49B | $6.42B |
| 1991 | $2.54B | $7.41B |
| 1990 | $2.52B | $9.25B |
| 1989 | $2.56B | – |
| 1988 | $3.18B | $7.99B |
| 1987 | $4.03B | $7.31B |
| 1986 | $4.75B | $6.43B |
| 1985 | $5.23B | $7.55B |
| 1984 | $5.22B | $10.6B |
| 1983 | $4.9B | $9.28B |
| 1982 | $4.37B | $6.49B |
| 1981 | $3.95B | $5.94B |
| 1980 | $3.27B | $7.05B |
| 1979 | $3.34B | $6.12B |
| 1978 | $4.43B | $5.17B |
| 1977 | $5.44B | $7B |
| 1976 | $4.91B | $6.78B |
| 1975 | $4.74B | $4.6B |
| 1974 | $5B | $5.32B |
| 1973 | $3.76B | $6.81B |
| 1972 | $3.7B | $7.49B |
| 1971 | $4.48B | $8.67B |
| 1970 | $3.99B | $8.64B |
| 1969 | $3.37B | $7.22B |
| 1968 | $2.54B | $5.4B |
| 1967 | $1.96B | $4.4B |
| 1966 | $1.87B | $4.7B |
| 1965 | $2.18B | $5.35B |
| 1964 | $2.18B | $3.88B |
| 1963 | $1.69B | $2.71B |
| 1962 | $1.18B | $2.51B |
| 1961 | – | $2.1B |
| 1960 | – | $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
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 spendingEgypt: 0.61% of GDP in 2025Sudan: 0.93% of GDP 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