Côte d’Ivoire vs Sudan
Côte d’Ivoire vs Sudan: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars: $721M in Côte d’Ivoire in 2025 and $2.77B in Sudan in 2021, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Sudan, by $2.11B, or 4.18 times that in Côte d’Ivoire.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Sudan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1962.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Côte d’Ivoire | Sudan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $721M | – |
| 2024 | $658M | – |
| 2023 | $706M | – |
| 2022 | $674M | – |
| 2021 | $663M | $2.77B |
| 2020 | $682M | $4.69B |
| 2019 | $628M | $8.08B |
| 2018 | $681M | $8.94B |
| 2017 | $596M | $17.5B |
| 2016 | $728M | $13.5B |
| 2015 | $691M | $12.9B |
| 2014 | $535M | – |
| 2013 | $443M | – |
| 2012 | $445M | – |
| 2011 | $366M | – |
| 2010 | $437M | – |
| 2009 | $457M | $27.2B |
| 2008 | $384M | $27.9B |
| 2007 | $384M | $23.1B |
| 2006 | $352M | $19.4B |
| 2005 | $340M | $16.5B |
| 2004 | $355M | $20.2B |
| 2003 | $337M | $7.18B |
| 2002 | – | $9.38B |
| 2001 | – | $9.02B |
| 2000 | – | $13.8B |
| 1999 | – | $10.7B |
| 1998 | – | $6B |
| 1997 | $178M | $2.21B |
| 1996 | $178M | $2.81B |
| 1995 | – | $3.96B |
| 1994 | $186M | $5.42B |
| 1993 | $211M | $7.32B |
| 1992 | $213M | $6.42B |
| 1991 | $217M | $7.41B |
| 1990 | $213M | $9.25B |
| 1989 | $223M | – |
| 1988 | $208M | $7.99B |
| 1987 | $215M | $7.31B |
| 1986 | $208M | $6.43B |
| 1985 | $214M | $7.55B |
| 1984 | $213M | $10.6B |
| 1983 | $211M | $9.28B |
| 1982 | $218M | $6.49B |
| 1981 | $206M | $5.94B |
| 1980 | $225M | $7.05B |
| 1979 | $225M | $6.12B |
| 1978 | $234M | $5.17B |
| 1977 | $171M | $7B |
| 1976 | $217M | $6.78B |
| 1975 | $190M | $4.6B |
| 1974 | $214M | $5.32B |
| 1973 | $162M | $6.81B |
| 1972 | $225M | $7.49B |
| 1971 | $186M | $8.67B |
| 1970 | $138M | $8.64B |
| 1969 | $128M | $7.22B |
| 1968 | $120M | $5.4B |
| 1967 | $121M | $4.4B |
| 1966 | $112M | $4.7B |
| 1965 | $113M | $5.35B |
| 1964 | $100M | $3.88B |
| 1963 | $72.7M | $2.71B |
| 1962 | $79.8M | $2.51B |
| 1961 | – | $2.1B |
| 1960 | – | $2.08B |
| 1959 | – | $1.85B |
| 1958 | – | $1.6B |
| 1957 | – | $1.69B |
| 1956 | – | $1.17B |
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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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Côte d’Ivoire vs Sudan
Health
- Life expectancyCôte d’Ivoire: 61.9 years in 2023Sudan: 66.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCôte d’Ivoire: 6.5 per 100 live births in 2024Sudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCôte d’Ivoire: 51.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionCôte d’Ivoire: 3.34% in 2017Sudan: 3.78% in 2017
- Suicide rateCôte d’Ivoire: 13.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Sudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCôte d’Ivoire: 31.2 million people in 2023Sudan: 50 million people in 2023
- Population growthCôte d’Ivoire: 2.45% a year in 2023Sudan: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCôte d’Ivoire: 4.28 births per woman in 2023Sudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCôte d’Ivoire: 54.6% in 2025Sudan: 34.9% in 2025
- Median ageCôte d’Ivoire: 18.1 years in 2023Sudan: 18.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCôte d’Ivoire: 2.6% in 2023Sudan: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateCôte d’Ivoire: 0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Sudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCôte d’Ivoire: 0.77% of GDP in 2025Sudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021
- Military spending per personCôte d’Ivoire: $24 in 2025Sudan: $8 in 2021
- Military share of state spendingCôte d’Ivoire: 3.8% of government spending in 2025Sudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021
- Armed forces personnelCôte d’Ivoire: 27,000 people in 2020Sudan: 144,000 people in 2020
- National powerCôte d’Ivoire: 0.16% of world capability in 2022Sudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCôte d’Ivoire: 0.25% of the labour force in 2020Sudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCôte d’Ivoire: 15 million TIV in 2025Sudan: 57 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsCôte d’Ivoire: 1 million TIV in 1971Sudan: 11 million TIV in 2013