Ethiopia vs Sudan
Ethiopia vs Sudan: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars: $785M in Ethiopia in 2025 and $2.77B in Sudan in 2021, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Sudan, by $2.28B, or 5.63 times that in Ethiopia.
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 | Ethiopia | Sudan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $785M | – |
| 2024 | $700M | – |
| 2023 | $982M | – |
| 2022 | $1.01B | – |
| 2021 | $492M | $2.77B |
| 2020 | $510M | $4.69B |
| 2019 | $585M | $8.08B |
| 2018 | $628M | $8.94B |
| 2017 | $636M | $17.5B |
| 2016 | $610M | $13.5B |
| 2015 | $531M | $12.9B |
| 2014 | $515M | – |
| 2013 | $497M | – |
| 2012 | $496M | – |
| 2011 | $515M | – |
| 2010 | $528M | – |
| 2009 | $544M | $27.2B |
| 2008 | $553M | $27.9B |
| 2007 | $693M | $23.1B |
| 2006 | $751M | $19.4B |
| 2005 | $832M | $16.5B |
| 2004 | $829M | $20.2B |
| 2003 | $764M | $7.18B |
| 2002 | $897M | $9.38B |
| 2001 | $1.08B | $9.02B |
| 2000 | $1.7B | $13.8B |
| 1999 | $1.88B | $10.7B |
| 1998 | $1.19B | $6B |
| 1997 | $555M | $2.21B |
| 1996 | $302M | $2.81B |
| 1995 | $259M | $3.96B |
| 1994 | $307M | $5.42B |
| 1993 | $334M | $7.32B |
| 1992 | $302M | $6.42B |
| 1991 | $510M | $7.41B |
| 1990 | $1.03B | $9.25B |
| 1989 | $1.08B | – |
| 1988 | $912M | $7.99B |
| 1987 | $757M | $7.31B |
| 1986 | $681M | $6.43B |
| 1985 | $600M | $7.55B |
| 1984 | $704M | $10.6B |
| 1983 | $737M | $9.28B |
| 1982 | $694M | $6.49B |
| 1981 | $697M | $5.94B |
| 1980 | $724M | $7.05B |
| 1979 | $582M | $6.12B |
| 1978 | $435M | $5.17B |
| 1977 | $377M | $7B |
| 1976 | $417M | $6.78B |
| 1975 | $524M | $4.6B |
| 1974 | $334M | $5.32B |
| 1973 | $238M | $6.81B |
| 1972 | $241M | $7.49B |
| 1971 | $216M | $8.67B |
| 1970 | $208M | $8.64B |
| 1969 | $228M | $7.22B |
| 1968 | $233M | $5.4B |
| 1967 | $249M | $4.4B |
| 1966 | $295M | $4.7B |
| 1965 | $287M | $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 |
- Estimate
- 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
Ethiopia vs Sudan
Health
- Life expectancyEthiopia: 67.3 years in 2023Sudan: 66.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEthiopia: 4.5 per 100 live births in 2024Sudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEthiopia: 33 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionEthiopia: 3.82% in 2017Sudan: 3.78% in 2017
- Suicide rateEthiopia: 9.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Sudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEthiopia: 129 million people in 2023Sudan: 50 million people in 2023
- Population growthEthiopia: 2.59% a year in 2023Sudan: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEthiopia: 3.99 births per woman in 2023Sudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEthiopia: 24.1% in 2025Sudan: 34.9% in 2025
- Median ageEthiopia: 18.7 years in 2023Sudan: 18.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEthiopia: 3.2% in 2023Sudan: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateEthiopia: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Sudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEthiopia: 0.49% of GDP in 2025Sudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021
- Military spending per personEthiopia: $4 in 2025Sudan: $8 in 2021
- Military share of state spendingEthiopia: 4.1% of government spending in 2025Sudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021
- Armed forces personnelEthiopia: 138,000 people in 2020Sudan: 144,000 people in 2020
- National powerEthiopia: 0.85% of world capability in 2022Sudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEthiopia: 0.28% of the labour force in 2020Sudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsEthiopia: 63 million TIV in 2025Sudan: 57 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsEthiopia: 17 million TIV in 1997Sudan: 11 million TIV in 2013