Mali vs South Sudan
Mali vs South Sudan: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 3.87% of GDP in Mali and 3.43% of GDP in South Sudan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Mali, by 0.45 percentage points, or 1.13 times that in South Sudan.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Mali has been higher since 2025, when it overtook South Sudan.
- In 2025, Mali ranked 12 and South Sudan ranked 15 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Mali | South Sudan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.87 | 3.43 |
| 2024 | 4.25 | 6.55 |
| 2023 | 3.85 | 2.38 |
| 2022 | 3.09 | 1.58 |
| 2021 | 3.38 | 1.51 |
| 2020 | 3.4 | 1.87 |
| 2019 | 2.75 | 3.8 |
| 2018 | 2.82 | 4.77 |
| 2017 | 3.03 | 3.99 |
| 2016 | 2.59 | 4.85 |
| 2015 | 2.36 | 8.6 |
| 2014 | 1.52 | 8.58 |
| 2013 | 1.16 | 6.57 |
| 2012 | 1.2 | 8.77 |
| 2011 | 1.24 | 6.09 |
| 2010 | 1.38 | 4.14 |
| 2009 | 1.42 | 4.97 |
| 2008 | 1.47 | 5.76 |
| 2007 | 1.36 | – |
| 2006 | 1.39 | – |
| 2005 | 1.38 | – |
| 2004 | 1.42 | – |
| 2003 | 1.42 | – |
| 2002 | 1.27 | – |
| 2001 | 1.3 | – |
| 2000 | 1.48 | – |
| 1999 | 1.49 | – |
| 1998 | 1.41 | – |
| 1997 | 1.5 | – |
| 1996 | 1.43 | – |
| 1995 | 1.5 | – |
| 1994 | 1.44 | – |
| 1993 | 1.56 | – |
| 1990 | 1.96 | – |
| 1989 | 2.11 | – |
| 1988 | 2.21 | – |
| 1987 | 2.12 | – |
| 1986 | 2.03 | – |
| 1985 | 2.14 | – |
| 1984 | 1.97 | – |
| 1983 | 1.98 | – |
| 1982 | 2.11 | – |
| 1981 | 1.96 | – |
| 1980 | 2.08 | – |
| 1979 | 2.97 | – |
| 1978 | 3.21 | – |
| 1977 | 3.13 | – |
| 1976 | 2.91 | – |
| 1975 | 3.17 | – |
| 1974 | 2.87 | – |
| 1973 | 2.66 | – |
| 1972 | 2.38 | – |
| 1971 | 1.92 | – |
| 1970 | 2.23 | – |
| 1969 | 2.18 | – |
| 1968 | 1.99 | – |
| 1967 | 2.4 | – |
| 1966 | 2.41 | – |
| 1965 | 2.52 | – |
| 1964 | 2.87 | – |
| 1963 | 2.65 | – |
| 1962 | 2.89 | – |
| 1961 | 2.7 | – |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, by SIPRI’s count.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
- 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
Mali vs South Sudan
Health
- Life expectancyMali: 60.4 years in 2023South Sudan: 57.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityMali: 7.3 per 100 live births in 2024South Sudan: 9.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityMali: 60.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023South Sudan: 63.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionMali: 3.01% in 2017South Sudan: 3.7% in 2017
- Suicide rateMali: 6.8 per 100,000 people in 2017South Sudan: 12 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationMali: 23.8 million people in 2023South Sudan: 11.5 million people in 2023
- Population growthMali: 2.97% a year in 2023South Sudan: 5.86% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateMali: 5.61 births per woman in 2023South Sudan: 3.86 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationMali: 32.2% in 2025South Sudan: 21.7% in 2025
- Median ageMali: 15.5 years in 2023South Sudan: 18 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overMali: 2.4% in 2023South Sudan: 2.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateMali: -1.7 per 1,000 people in 2023South Sudan: 39.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending in US dollarsMali: $883M in 2025South Sudan: $103M in 2025
- Military spending per personMali: $38 in 2025South Sudan: $15 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingMali: 14.8% of government spending in 2025South Sudan: 18.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelMali: 41,000 people in 2020South Sudan: 53,000 people in 2020
- National powerMali: 0.1% of world capability in 2022South Sudan: 0.08% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersMali: 0.54% of the labour force in 2020South Sudan: 1.18% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsMali: 64 million TIV in 2025South Sudan: 10 million TIV in 2022