Japan vs Sudan
Japan vs Sudan: Military spending per person
Military spending per person: $504 in Japan in 2025 and $8 in Sudan in 2021, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Japan, by $418, or 55 times that in Sudan.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Japan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1988.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Japan | Sudan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $504 | – |
| 2024 | $437 | – |
| 2023 | $386 | – |
| 2022 | $344 | – |
| 2021 | $425 | $8 |
| 2020 | $406 | $20 |
| 2019 | $400 | $16 |
| 2018 | $382 | $23 |
| 2017 | $354 | $104 |
| 2016 | $366 | $67 |
| 2015 | $331 | $58 |
| 2014 | $368 | – |
| 2013 | $384 | – |
| 2012 | $469 | – |
| 2011 | $474 | – |
| 2010 | $426 | – |
| 2009 | $402 | $93 |
| 2008 | $362 | $97 |
| 2007 | $317 | $75 |
| 2006 | $325 | $52 |
| 2005 | $346 | $38 |
| 2004 | $355 | $41 |
| 2003 | $333 | $13 |
| 2002 | $309 | $17 |
| 2001 | $321 | $14 |
| 2000 | $359 | $21 |
| 1999 | $340 | $16 |
| 1998 | $299 | $10 |
| 1997 | $322 | $4 |
| 1996 | $350 | $4 |
| 1995 | $398 | $6 |
| 1994 | $362 | $10 |
| 1993 | $332 | $11 |
| 1992 | $290 | $8 |
| 1991 | $265 | $61 |
| 1990 | $234 | $54 |
| 1989 | $228 | – |
| 1988 | $231 | $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
Japan vs Sudan
Health
- Life expectancyJapan: 84.7 years in 2023Sudan: 66.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityJapan: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024Sudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityJapan: 1.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionJapan: 3.34% in 2017Sudan: 3.78% in 2017
- Suicide rateJapan: 15.7 per 100,000 people in 2017Sudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationJapan: 124 million people in 2023Sudan: 50 million people in 2023
- Population growthJapan: -0.48% a year in 2023Sudan: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateJapan: 1.21 births per woman in 2023Sudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationJapan: 92.3% in 2025Sudan: 34.9% in 2025
- Median ageJapan: 49 years in 2023Sudan: 18.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overJapan: 29.6% in 2023Sudan: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateJapan: 1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Sudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingJapan: 1.41% of GDP in 2025Sudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021
- Military spending in US dollarsJapan: $59.5B in 2025Sudan: $2.77B in 2021
- Military share of state spendingJapan: 3.8% of government spending in 2025Sudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021
- Armed forces personnelJapan: 261,000 people in 2020Sudan: 144,000 people in 2020
- National powerJapan: 2.47% of world capability in 2022Sudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersJapan: 0.38% of the labour force in 2020Sudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsJapan: 1.72 billion TIV in 2025Sudan: 57 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsJapan: 28 million TIV in 2025Sudan: 11 million TIV in 2013