Eritrea vs Sudan
Eritrea vs Sudan: Military spending per person
Military spending per person: $75 in Eritrea in 2003 and $8 in Sudan in 2021, by SIPRI estimates. In 2003 the value was higher in Eritrea, by $61, or 5.57 times that in Sudan.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Eritrea has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1993.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Eritrea | Sudan |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | – | $8 |
| 2020 | – | $20 |
| 2019 | – | $16 |
| 2018 | – | $23 |
| 2017 | – | $104 |
| 2016 | – | $67 |
| 2015 | – | $58 |
| 2009 | – | $93 |
| 2008 | – | $97 |
| 2007 | – | $75 |
| 2006 | – | $52 |
| 2005 | – | $38 |
| 2004 | – | $41 |
| 2003 | $75 | $13 |
| 2002 | $64 | $17 |
| 2001 | $74 | $14 |
| 2000 | $103 | $21 |
| 1999 | $125 | $16 |
| 1998 | $121 | $10 |
| 1997 | $43 | $4 |
| 1996 | $72 | $4 |
| 1995 | $65 | $6 |
| 1994 | $42 | $10 |
| 1993 | $59 | $11 |
| 1992 | – | $8 |
| 1991 | – | $61 |
| 1990 | – | $54 |
| 1988 | – | $18 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Eritrea vs Sudan
Health
- Life expectancyEritrea: 68.6 years in 2023Sudan: 66.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEritrea: 3.4 per 100 live births in 2024Sudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEritrea: 27.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionEritrea: 3.87% in 2017Sudan: 3.78% in 2017
- Suicide rateEritrea: 15.7 per 100,000 people in 2017Sudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEritrea: 3.47 million people in 2023Sudan: 50 million people in 2023
- Population growthEritrea: 1.81% a year in 2023Sudan: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEritrea: 3.71 births per woman in 2023Sudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEritrea: 34.5% in 2025Sudan: 34.9% in 2025
- Median ageEritrea: 18.7 years in 2023Sudan: 18.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEritrea: 4.2% in 2023Sudan: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateEritrea: -4.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Sudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEritrea: 20.87% of GDP in 2003Sudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021
- Military share of state spendingEritrea: 46.4% of government spending in 2003Sudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021
- Armed forces personnelEritrea: 202,000 people in 2020Sudan: 144,000 people in 2020
- National powerEritrea: 0.31% of world capability in 2022Sudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEritrea: 13.29% of the labour force in 2020Sudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsEritrea: 4 million TIV in 2007Sudan: 57 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsEritrea: 0 TIV in 2006Sudan: 11 million TIV in 2013