Kenya vs Sudan
Kenya vs Sudan: Military spending per person
Military spending per person: $26 in Kenya in 2025 and $8 in Sudan in 2021, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Kenya, by $15, or 2.9 times that in Sudan.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Kenya has been higher since 2019, when it overtook Sudan.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Kenya | Sudan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $26 | – |
| 2024 | $22 | – |
| 2023 | $19 | – |
| 2022 | $22 | – |
| 2021 | $23 | $8 |
| 2020 | $22 | $20 |
| 2019 | $22 | $16 |
| 2018 | $22 | $23 |
| 2017 | $21 | $104 |
| 2016 | $20 | $67 |
| 2015 | $18 | $58 |
| 2014 | $18 | – |
| 2013 | $19 | – |
| 2012 | $19 | – |
| 2011 | $15 | – |
| 2010 | $15 | – |
| 2009 | $15 | $93 |
| 2008 | $15 | $97 |
| 2007 | $13 | $75 |
| 2006 | $10 | $52 |
| 2005 | $9 | $38 |
| 2004 | $8 | $41 |
| 2003 | $7 | $13 |
| 2002 | $7 | $17 |
| 2001 | $6 | $14 |
| 2000 | $5 | $21 |
| 1999 | $5 | $16 |
| 1998 | $6 | $10 |
| 1997 | $6 | $4 |
| 1996 | $6 | $4 |
| 1995 | $6 | $6 |
| 1994 | $5 | $10 |
| 1993 | $4 | $11 |
| 1992 | $6 | $8 |
| 1991 | $8 | $61 |
| 1990 | $11 | $54 |
| 1989 | $11 | – |
| 1988 | $12 | $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
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 in US dollarsKenya: $1.36B in 2025Sudan: $2.77B 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