Kenya vs Sudan
Kenya vs Sudan: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars: $1.36B in Kenya in 2025 and $2.77B in Sudan in 2021, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Sudan, by $1.61B, or 2.38 times that in Kenya.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Sudan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1963.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Kenya | Sudan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1.36B | – |
| 2024 | $1.26B | – |
| 2023 | $1.14B | – |
| 2022 | $1.14B | – |
| 2021 | $1.16B | $2.77B |
| 2020 | $1.13B | $4.69B |
| 2019 | $1.15B | $8.08B |
| 2018 | $1.19B | $8.94B |
| 2017 | $1.16B | $17.5B |
| 2016 | $1.13B | $13.5B |
| 2015 | $1.05B | $12.9B |
| 2014 | $976M | – |
| 2013 | $1.07B | – |
| 2012 | $1.09B | – |
| 2011 | $962M | – |
| 2010 | $941M | – |
| 2009 | $887M | $27.2B |
| 2008 | $870M | $27.9B |
| 2007 | $911M | $23.1B |
| 2006 | $814M | $19.4B |
| 2005 | $823M | $16.5B |
| 2004 | $780M | $20.2B |
| 2003 | $791M | $7.18B |
| 2002 | $783M | $9.38B |
| 2001 | $728M | $9.02B |
| 2000 | $632M | $13.8B |
| 1999 | $589M | $10.7B |
| 1998 | $605M | $6B |
| 1997 | $642M | $2.21B |
| 1996 | $676M | $2.81B |
| 1995 | $578M | $3.96B |
| 1994 | $504M | $5.42B |
| 1993 | $605M | $7.32B |
| 1992 | $724M | $6.42B |
| 1991 | $968M | $7.41B |
| 1990 | $1.24B | $9.25B |
| 1989 | $1.22B | – |
| 1988 | $1.31B | $7.99B |
| 1987 | $1.36B | $7.31B |
| 1986 | $1.06B | $6.43B |
| 1985 | $884M | $7.55B |
| 1984 | $1.05B | $10.6B |
| 1983 | $1.28B | $9.28B |
| 1982 | $1.36B | $6.49B |
| 1981 | $1.35B | $5.94B |
| 1980 | $1.39B | $7.05B |
| 1979 | $1.71B | $6.12B |
| 1978 | $1.57B | $5.17B |
| 1977 | $1.21B | $7B |
| 1976 | $723M | $6.78B |
| 1975 | $504M | $4.6B |
| 1974 | $505M | $5.32B |
| 1973 | $467M | $6.81B |
| 1972 | $414M | $7.49B |
| 1971 | $325M | $8.67B |
| 1970 | $260M | $8.64B |
| 1969 | $246M | $7.22B |
| 1968 | $255M | $5.4B |
| 1967 | $250M | $4.4B |
| 1966 | $208M | $4.7B |
| 1965 | $165M | $5.35B |
| 1964 | $102M | $3.88B |
| 1963 | $32.2M | $2.71B |
| 1962 | – | $2.51B |
| 1961 | – | $2.1B |
| 1960 | – | $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
Kenya vs Sudan
Health
- Life expectancyKenya: 63.7 years in 2023Sudan: 66.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityKenya: 3.9 per 100 live births in 2024Sudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityKenya: 29.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionKenya: 3.51% in 2017Sudan: 3.78% in 2017
- Suicide rateKenya: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Sudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationKenya: 55.3 million people in 2023Sudan: 50 million people in 2023
- Population growthKenya: 1.97% a year in 2023Sudan: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateKenya: 3.21 births per woman in 2023Sudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationKenya: 32.2% in 2025Sudan: 34.9% in 2025
- Median ageKenya: 19.5 years in 2023Sudan: 18.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overKenya: 2.9% in 2023Sudan: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateKenya: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Sudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingKenya: 1.07% of GDP in 2025Sudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021
- Military spending per personKenya: $26 in 2025Sudan: $8 in 2021
- Military share of state spendingKenya: 4.6% of government spending in 2025Sudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021
- Armed forces personnelKenya: 24,000 people in 2020Sudan: 144,000 people in 2020
- National powerKenya: 0.23% of world capability in 2022Sudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersKenya: 0.11% of the labour force in 2020Sudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsKenya: 117 million TIV in 2025Sudan: 57 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsKenya: 2 million TIV in 1993Sudan: 11 million TIV in 2013