Libya vs Sudan

Libya vs Sudan: National power

National power in 2022: 0.08% of world capability in Libya and 0.37% of world capability in Sudan, by Correlates of War estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Sudan, by 0.29 percentage points, or 4.58 times that in Libya.

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% of world capability · Correlates of War

Libya vs Sudan: National powerNational power in 2022: 0.08% of world capability in Libya and 0.37% of world capability in Sudan, by Correlates of War estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Sudan, by 0.29 percentage points, or 4.58 times that in Libya.
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What the numbers say

  • Sudan has been higher since 1992, when it overtook Libya.
  • In 2022, Libya ranked 104 and Sudan ranked 44 of 195 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of world capability · Correlates of War

YearLibyaSudan
20220.080.37
20210.080.37
20200.070.37
20190.090.36
20180.080.36
20170.090.5
20160.090.44
20150.080.43
20140.080.42
20130.140.37
20120.110.29
20110.140.26
20100.170.26
20090.160.25
20080.160.29
20070.150.29
20060.150.29
20050.160.26
20040.160.24
20030.160.24
20020.160.25
20010.180.27
20000.190.25
19990.210.25
19980.20.24
19970.190.24
19960.20.23
19950.20.23
19940.210.23
19930.210.22
19920.230.24
19910.230.21
19900.190.2
19890.180.2
19880.160.19
19870.160.19
19860.160.18
19850.160.18
19840.230.18
19830.20.19
19820.170.19
19810.110.19
19800.170.17
19790.180.17
19780.180.17
19770.120.15
19760.110.15
19750.090.15
19740.090.13
19730.070.13
19720.060.13
19710.050.13
19700.040.11
19690.050.1
19680.050.09
19670.080.09
19660.040.09
19650.030.09
19640.030.09
19630.030.09
19620.030.09
19610.020.09
19600.020.08
19590.020.09
19580.020.09
19570.020.09
19560.020.09
19550.02–
19540.02–
19530.02–
19520.01–
19510.01–

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • The Correlates of War’s Composite Index of National Capability: the country’s share of the world’s military spending, soldiers, iron and steel, energy use, people and city dwellers, averaged.
  • Source: Correlates of War Project, National Material Capabilities v7.0; Singer, Bremer and Stuckey (1972), “Capability Distribution, Uncertainty, and Major Power War, 1820–1965”, in Bruce Russett (ed.), Peace, War, and Numbers, Sage, 19–48.
  • Ranks count the 195 countries with a value in 2022, highest first.

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