Côte d’Ivoire vs South Sudan: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $721M in Côte d’Ivoire and $103M in South Sudan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Côte d’Ivoire, by $619M, or 7.03 times that in South Sudan.
Côte d’IvoireSouth Sudan
Watch it change on the mapUS dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
Latest figures
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Côte d’Ivoire | $721M 2025 | $691M | 87 of 151 |
| South Sudan | $103M 2025 | $149M | 134 of 151 |
What the numbers say
- Côte d’Ivoire has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2006.
- In 2025, Côte d’Ivoire ranked 87 and South Sudan ranked 134 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Côte d’Ivoire | South Sudan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $721M | $103M |
| 2024 | $658M | $169M |
| 2023 | $706M | $77.3M |
| 2022 | $674M | $33.7M |
| 2021 | $663M | $12.9M |
| 2020 | $682M | $8.62M |
| 2019 | $628M | $16.2M |
| 2018 | $681M | $26.3M |
| 2017 | $596M | $18.7M |
| 2016 | $728M | $43.4M |
| 2015 | $691M | $149M |
| 2014 | $535M | $185M |
| 2013 | $443M | $142M |
| 2012 | $445M | $143M |
| 2011 | $366M | $225M |
| 2010 | $437M | $157M |
| 2009 | $457M | $149M |
| 2008 | $384M | $209M |
| 2007 | $384M | $151M |
| 2006 | $352M | $165M |
| 2005 | $340M | – |
| 2004 | $355M | – |
| 2003 | $337M | – |
| 1997 | $178M | – |
| 1996 | $178M | – |
| 1994 | $186M | – |
| 1993 | $211M | – |
| 1992 | $213M | – |
| 1991 | $217M | – |
| 1990 | $213M | – |
| 1989 | $223M | – |
| 1988 | $208M | – |
| 1987 | $215M | – |
| 1986 | $208M | – |
| 1985 | $214M | – |
| 1984 | $213M | – |
| 1983 | $211M | – |
| 1982 | $218M | – |
| 1981 | $206M | – |
| 1980 | $225M | – |
| 1979 | $225M | – |
| 1978 | $234M | – |
| 1977 | $171M | – |
| 1976 | $217M | – |
| 1975 | $190M | – |
| 1974 | $214M | – |
| 1973 | $162M | – |
| 1972 | $225M | – |
| 1971 | $186M | – |
| 1970 | $138M | – |
| 1969 | $128M | – |
| 1968 | $120M | – |
| 1967 | $121M | – |
| 1966 | $112M | – |
| 1965 | $113M | – |
| 1964 | $100M | – |
| 1963 | $72.7M | – |
| 1962 | $79.8M | – |
- Estimate
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.
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