Iran vs Sudan
Iran vs Sudan: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars: $7.45B in Iran in 2025 and $2.77B in Sudan in 2021, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Iran, by $5.18B, or 2.87 times that in Sudan.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Iran has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Sudan.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Iran | Sudan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $7.45B | – |
| 2024 | $7.89B | – |
| 2023 | $8.83B | – |
| 2022 | $8.36B | – |
| 2021 | $7.95B | $2.77B |
| 2020 | $6.54B | $4.69B |
| 2019 | $6.29B | $8.08B |
| 2018 | $7.51B | $8.94B |
| 2017 | $8.46B | $17.5B |
| 2016 | $7.52B | $13.5B |
| 2015 | $6.55B | $12.9B |
| 2014 | $6.16B | – |
| 2013 | $6.18B | – |
| 2012 | $7.67B | – |
| 2011 | $7.36B | – |
| 2010 | $8.53B | – |
| 2009 | $8.39B | $27.2B |
| 2008 | $8.02B | $27.9B |
| 2007 | $8.33B | $23.1B |
| 2006 | $9.06B | $19.4B |
| 2005 | $7.57B | $16.5B |
| 2004 | $6.36B | $20.2B |
| 2003 | $4.92B | $7.18B |
| 2002 | $4.22B | $9.38B |
| 2001 | $3.92B | $9.02B |
| 2000 | $3.52B | $13.8B |
| 1999 | $3.2B | $10.7B |
| 1998 | $3.16B | $6B |
| 1997 | $3.16B | $2.21B |
| 1996 | $2.83B | $2.81B |
| 1995 | $2.57B | $3.96B |
| 1994 | $2.62B | $5.42B |
| 1993 | $2.12B | $7.32B |
| 1992 | $1.81B | $6.42B |
| 1991 | $2.09B | $7.41B |
| 1990 | $2.32B | $9.25B |
| 1989 | $2.61B | – |
| 1988 | $3.53B | $7.99B |
| 1987 | $3.81B | $7.31B |
| 1986 | $4.16B | $6.43B |
| 1985 | $5.19B | $7.55B |
| 1984 | $4.97B | $10.6B |
| 1983 | $5.7B | $9.28B |
| 1982 | $6.08B | $6.49B |
| 1981 | $5.66B | $5.94B |
| 1980 | $3.8B | $7.05B |
| 1979 | $4.69B | $6.12B |
| 1978 | $8.42B | $5.17B |
| 1977 | $8.85B | $7B |
| 1976 | $10.6B | $6.78B |
| 1975 | $9.37B | $4.6B |
| 1974 | $6.89B | $5.32B |
| 1973 | $994M | $6.81B |
| 1972 | $929M | $7.49B |
| 1971 | $1.07B | $8.67B |
| 1970 | $1.72B | $8.64B |
| 1969 | $1.59B | $7.22B |
| 1968 | $1.28B | $5.4B |
| 1967 | $972M | $4.4B |
| 1966 | $764M | $4.7B |
| 1965 | $594M | $5.35B |
| 1964 | $472M | $3.88B |
| 1963 | $406M | $2.71B |
| 1962 | $348M | $2.51B |
| 1961 | $338M | $2.1B |
| 1960 | $324M | $2.08B |
| 1959 | – | $1.85B |
| 1958 | – | $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
Iran vs Sudan
Health
- Life expectancyIran: 77.7 years in 2023Sudan: 66.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIran: 1.1 per 100 live births in 2024Sudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIran: 9.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionIran: 5.12% in 2017Sudan: 3.78% in 2017
- Suicide rateIran: 5.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Sudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIran: 90.6 million people in 2023Sudan: 50 million people in 2023
- Population growthIran: 1.12% a year in 2023Sudan: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIran: 1.7 births per woman in 2023Sudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIran: 77.4% in 2025Sudan: 34.9% in 2025
- Median ageIran: 32.9 years in 2023Sudan: 18.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIran: 7.9% in 2023Sudan: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateIran: 2.9 per 1,000 people in 2023Sudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIran: 2.09% of GDP in 2025Sudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021
- Military spending per personIran: $80 in 2025Sudan: $8 in 2021
- Military share of state spendingIran: 11.2% of government spending in 2025Sudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021
- Armed forces personnelIran: 650,000 people in 2020Sudan: 144,000 people in 2020
- National powerIran: 1.64% of world capability in 2022Sudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIran: 2.35% of the labour force in 2020Sudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIran: 42 million TIV in 2024Sudan: 57 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsIran: 80 million TIV in 2025Sudan: 11 million TIV in 2013