Guinea vs Sudan
Guinea vs Sudan: Military spending per person
Military spending per person: $40 in Guinea in 2025 and $8 in Sudan in 2021, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Guinea, by $10, or 2.32 times that in Sudan.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Guinea has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Sudan.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Guinea | Sudan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $40 | – |
| 2024 | $39 | – |
| 2023 | $35 | – |
| 2022 | $32 | – |
| 2021 | $18 | $8 |
| 2020 | $16 | $20 |
| 2019 | $15 | $16 |
| 2018 | $16 | $23 |
| 2017 | $15 | $104 |
| 2016 | $14 | $67 |
| 2015 | $19 | $58 |
| 2014 | $17 | – |
| 2013 | $18 | – |
| 2012 | $16 | – |
| 2009 | – | $93 |
| 2008 | – | $97 |
| 2007 | – | $75 |
| 2006 | – | $52 |
| 2005 | – | $38 |
| 2004 | $9 | $41 |
| 2003 | $10 | $13 |
| 2002 | $11 | $17 |
| 2001 | $10 | $14 |
| 2000 | $6 | $21 |
| 1999 | $7 | $16 |
| 1998 | $6 | $10 |
| 1997 | $6 | $4 |
| 1996 | – | $4 |
| 1995 | – | $6 |
| 1994 | $6 | $10 |
| 1993 | $6 | $11 |
| 1992 | $8 | $8 |
| 1991 | $11 | $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.
- 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
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 share of state spendingGuinea: 10.6% of government spending in 2025Sudan: 9.5% of government spending 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