Ghana vs Sudan
Ghana vs Sudan: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars: $385M in Ghana in 2025 and $2.77B in Sudan in 2021, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Sudan, by $2.49B, or 9.98 times that in Ghana.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Sudan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1958.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Ghana | Sudan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $385M | – |
| 2024 | $274M | – |
| 2023 | $288M | – |
| 2022 | $247M | – |
| 2021 | $278M | $2.77B |
| 2020 | $238M | $4.69B |
| 2019 | $233M | $8.08B |
| 2018 | $205M | $8.94B |
| 2017 | $180M | $17.5B |
| 2016 | $158M | $13.5B |
| 2015 | $209M | $12.9B |
| 2014 | $261M | – |
| 2013 | $195M | – |
| 2012 | $265M | – |
| 2011 | $172M | – |
| 2010 | $92.6M | – |
| 2009 | $97.5M | $27.2B |
| 2008 | $83.9M | $27.9B |
| 2007 | $95.8M | $23.1B |
| 2006 | $62.5M | $19.4B |
| 2005 | $58.5M | $16.5B |
| 2004 | $58.8M | $20.2B |
| 2003 | $63.2M | $7.18B |
| 2002 | $52.1M | $9.38B |
| 2001 | $45.1M | $9.02B |
| 2000 | $76.3M | $13.8B |
| 1999 | $61M | $10.7B |
| 1998 | $53.7M | $6B |
| 1997 | $43.2M | $2.21B |
| 1996 | $43.1M | $2.81B |
| 1995 | $51.1M | $3.96B |
| 1994 | $50.1M | $5.42B |
| 1993 | $46M | $7.32B |
| 1992 | $39.4M | $6.42B |
| 1991 | $36.3M | $7.41B |
| 1990 | $25.3M | $9.25B |
| 1989 | $23.5M | – |
| 1988 | $22.2M | $7.99B |
| 1987 | $42.2M | $7.31B |
| 1986 | $40.8M | $6.43B |
| 1985 | $37.9M | $7.55B |
| 1984 | $19.6M | $10.6B |
| 1983 | $10.7M | $9.28B |
| 1982 | $17.8M | $6.49B |
| 1981 | $24.9M | $5.94B |
| 1980 | $33.3M | $7.05B |
| 1979 | $27.5M | $6.12B |
| 1978 | $41.6M | $5.17B |
| 1977 | $56.4M | $7B |
| 1976 | $89.2M | $6.78B |
| 1975 | $123M | $4.6B |
| 1974 | $130M | $5.32B |
| 1973 | $99.8M | $6.81B |
| 1972 | $98.9M | $7.49B |
| 1971 | $115M | $8.67B |
| 1970 | $142M | $8.64B |
| 1969 | $153M | $7.22B |
| 1968 | $148M | $5.4B |
| 1967 | – | $4.4B |
| 1966 | $109M | $4.7B |
| 1965 | $93.1M | $5.35B |
| 1964 | $110M | $3.88B |
| 1963 | $116M | $2.71B |
| 1962 | $108M | $2.51B |
| 1961 | $116M | $2.1B |
| 1960 | $93.6M | $2.08B |
| 1959 | $53.1M | $1.85B |
| 1958 | $46.6M | $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
Ghana vs Sudan
Health
- Life expectancyGhana: 65.5 years in 2023Sudan: 66.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityGhana: 3.6 per 100 live births in 2024Sudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityGhana: 30.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionGhana: 3.4% in 2017Sudan: 3.78% in 2017
- Suicide rateGhana: 9.7 per 100,000 people in 2017Sudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationGhana: 33.8 million people in 2023Sudan: 50 million people in 2023
- Population growthGhana: 1.9% a year in 2023Sudan: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateGhana: 3.4 births per woman in 2023Sudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationGhana: 58.9% in 2025Sudan: 34.9% in 2025
- Median ageGhana: 20.9 years in 2023Sudan: 18.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overGhana: 3.6% in 2023Sudan: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateGhana: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Sudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingGhana: 0.48% of GDP in 2025Sudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021
- Military spending per personGhana: $15 in 2025Sudan: $8 in 2021
- Military share of state spendingGhana: 2.4% of government spending in 2025Sudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021
- Armed forces personnelGhana: 16,000 people in 2020Sudan: 144,000 people in 2020
- National powerGhana: 0.17% of world capability in 2022Sudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersGhana: 0.13% of the labour force in 2020Sudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsGhana: 5 million TIV in 2025Sudan: 57 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsGhana: 19 million TIV in 2005Sudan: 11 million TIV in 2013