Malawi vs Sudan
Malawi vs Sudan: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars: $128M in Malawi in 2025 and $2.77B in Sudan in 2021, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Sudan, by $2.68B, or 32 times that in Malawi.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Sudan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1968.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Malawi | Sudan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $128M | – |
| 2024 | $118M | – |
| 2023 | $131M | – |
| 2022 | $109M | – |
| 2021 | $87.1M | $2.77B |
| 2020 | $96.1M | $4.69B |
| 2019 | $88.7M | $8.08B |
| 2018 | $66.2M | $8.94B |
| 2017 | $60.4M | $17.5B |
| 2016 | $48.9M | $13.5B |
| 2015 | $48.1M | $12.9B |
| 2014 | $60.7M | – |
| 2013 | $82M | – |
| 2012 | $52.3M | – |
| 2011 | $45.6M | – |
| 2010 | $44.7M | – |
| 2009 | $52.9M | $27.2B |
| 2008 | $43.2M | $27.9B |
| 2007 | $35.3M | $23.1B |
| 2006 | $34.3M | $19.4B |
| 2005 | $41.9M | $16.5B |
| 2004 | $25.5M | $20.2B |
| 2003 | $15.2M | $7.18B |
| 2002 | $14.8M | $9.38B |
| 2001 | $13.7M | $9.02B |
| 2000 | $12.8M | $13.8B |
| 1999 | $15.1M | $10.7B |
| 1998 | $15.5M | $6B |
| 1997 | $19.4M | $2.21B |
| 1996 | $15M | $2.81B |
| 1995 | $11.3M | $3.96B |
| 1994 | $18.3M | $5.42B |
| 1993 | $18.8M | $7.32B |
| 1992 | $18.5M | $6.42B |
| 1991 | $16.7M | $7.41B |
| 1990 | $18.8M | $9.25B |
| 1989 | $19.9M | – |
| 1988 | $18.4M | $7.99B |
| 1987 | $22.8M | $7.31B |
| 1986 | $27.5M | $6.43B |
| 1985 | $23.2M | $7.55B |
| 1984 | $20M | $10.6B |
| 1983 | $23.6M | $9.28B |
| 1982 | $29.2M | $6.49B |
| 1981 | $38.8M | $5.94B |
| 1980 | $54.3M | $7.05B |
| 1979 | $56M | $6.12B |
| 1978 | $39.7M | $5.17B |
| 1977 | $25.7M | $7B |
| 1976 | $19.8M | $6.78B |
| 1975 | $21.3M | $4.6B |
| 1974 | $14.1M | $5.32B |
| 1973 | $14.4M | $6.81B |
| 1972 | $8.56M | $7.49B |
| 1971 | $7.99M | $8.67B |
| 1970 | $7.59M | $8.64B |
| 1969 | $7.65M | $7.22B |
| 1968 | $7.71M | $5.4B |
| 1967 | – | $4.4B |
| 1966 | – | $4.7B |
| 1965 | – | $5.35B |
| 1964 | – | $3.88B |
| 1963 | – | $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
Malawi vs Sudan
Health
- Life expectancyMalawi: 67.4 years in 2023Sudan: 66.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityMalawi: 4.9 per 100 live births in 2024Sudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityMalawi: 29.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionMalawi: 3.45% in 2017Sudan: 3.78% in 2017
- Suicide rateMalawi: 12.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Sudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationMalawi: 21.1 million people in 2023Sudan: 50 million people in 2023
- Population growthMalawi: 2.57% a year in 2023Sudan: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateMalawi: 3.65 births per woman in 2023Sudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationMalawi: 17.6% in 2025Sudan: 34.9% in 2025
- Median ageMalawi: 17.6 years in 2023Sudan: 18.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overMalawi: 2.6% in 2023Sudan: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateMalawi: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Sudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingMalawi: 1.15% of GDP in 2025Sudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021
- Military spending per personMalawi: $7 in 2025Sudan: $8 in 2021
- Military share of state spendingMalawi: 3.8% of government spending in 2025Sudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021
- Armed forces personnelMalawi: 15,000 people in 2020Sudan: 144,000 people in 2020
- National powerMalawi: 0.07% of world capability in 2022Sudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersMalawi: 0.2% of the labour force in 2020Sudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsMalawi: 2 million TIV in 2024Sudan: 57 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsMalawi: 1 million TIV in 2000Sudan: 11 million TIV in 2013