Eritrea vs Sudan

Eritrea vs Sudan: Military spending

Military spending: 20.87% of GDP in Eritrea in 2003 and 0.93% of GDP in Sudan in 2021, by SIPRI estimates. In 2003 the value was higher in Eritrea, by 19.01 percentage points, or 11 times that in Sudan.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Eritrea vs Sudan: Military spendingMilitary spending: 20.87% of GDP in Eritrea in 2003 and 0.93% of GDP in Sudan in 2021, by SIPRI estimates. In 2003 the value was higher in Eritrea, by 19.01 percentage points, or 11 times that in Sudan.
EritreaSudan

What the numbers say

  • Eritrea has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1993.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearEritreaSudan
2021–0.93
2020–0.98
2019–1.63
2018–1.78
2017–3.29
2016–2.28
2015–2.71
2009–5.45
2008–4.98
2007–4.08
2006–3.64
2005–3.31
2004–4.66
200320.871.86
200220.672.67
200122.142.47
200032.664.47
199934.384.01
199832.52.38
199711.860.95
199620.341.27
199519.542.07
199412.723.9
199321.334.92
1992–4.39
1991–4.99
1990–4.81
1988–3.55
1987–2.55
1986–3.23
1985–3.4
1984–4.09
1983–3.27
1982–2.44
1981–1.78
1980–2.3
1979–2.59
1978–2.04
1977–2.62
1976–2.67
1975–2.25
1974–2.57
1973–3.16
1972–4.19
1971–4.6
1970–4.95
1969–5.2
1968–3.75
1967–3.66
1966–3.53
1965–4.12
1964–3.14
1963–2.15
1962–2.06
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.

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