Guinea vs Sudan
Guinea vs Sudan: Military share of state spending
Military share of state spending: 10.6% of government spending in Guinea in 2025 and 9.5% of government spending in Sudan in 2021, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Guinea, by 0.5 percentage points, or 1.05 times that in Sudan.
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Guinea has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Sudan.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Guinea | Sudan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10.6 | – |
| 2024 | 11.3 | – |
| 2023 | 12.5 | – |
| 2022 | 14.6 | – |
| 2021 | 10 | 9.5 |
| 2020 | 8.6 | 9.1 |
| 2019 | 9.8 | 8.8 |
| 2018 | 10.4 | 10.6 |
| 2017 | 10.2 | 25.7 |
| 2016 | 11.7 | 22.8 |
| 2015 | 11.6 | 21.9 |
| 2014 | 11.1 | – |
| 2013 | 12.6 | – |
| 2012 | 11.4 | – |
| 2009 | – | 29.1 |
| 2008 | – | 25.3 |
| 2007 | – | 20.9 |
| 2006 | – | 19.3 |
| 2005 | – | 16.8 |
| 2004 | 12.4 | 28.2 |
| 2003 | 12 | 14.9 |
| 2002 | 16.8 | 25.4 |
| 2001 | 15.4 | 25 |
| 2000 | 9 | 43.2 |
| 1999 | 9.9 | 47.8 |
| 1998 | 8.5 | 30.5 |
| 1997 | 6.7 | 12.9 |
| 1996 | – | 13.6 |
| 1995 | – | 16.1 |
| 1994 | 7.7 | 19.4 |
| 1993 | 7.2 | 20.8 |
| 1992 | 8.8 | 11.8 |
| 1991 | 10.5 | 11.7 |
| 1990 | – | 17.1 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The part of everything the government spends that goes on its armed forces and defence, 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 150 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
Guinea vs Sudan
Health
- Life expectancyGuinea: 60.7 years in 2023Sudan: 66.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityGuinea: 9.2 per 100 live births in 2024Sudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityGuinea: 65.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionGuinea: 3.56% in 2017Sudan: 3.78% in 2017
- Suicide rateGuinea: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Sudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationGuinea: 14.4 million people in 2023Sudan: 50 million people in 2023
- Population growthGuinea: 2.45% a year in 2023Sudan: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateGuinea: 4.22 births per woman in 2023Sudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationGuinea: 38.5% in 2025Sudan: 34.9% in 2025
- Median ageGuinea: 18 years in 2023Sudan: 18.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overGuinea: 3.4% in 2023Sudan: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateGuinea: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Sudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingGuinea: 2.03% of GDP in 2025Sudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021
- Military spending in US dollarsGuinea: $586M in 2025Sudan: $2.77B in 2021
- Military spending per personGuinea: $40 in 2025Sudan: $8 in 2021
- Armed forces personnelGuinea: 13,000 people in 2020Sudan: 144,000 people in 2020
- National powerGuinea: 0.07% of world capability in 2022Sudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersGuinea: 0.32% of the labour force in 2020Sudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsGuinea: 6 million TIV in 2025Sudan: 57 million TIV in 2025