Mali vs Sudan
Mali vs Sudan: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 64 million TIV in Mali and 57 million TIV in Sudan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Mali, by 7 million TIV, or 1.12 times that in Sudan.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Mali has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Sudan.
- The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Mali | Sudan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 64 million | 57 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 25 million | 50 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 82 million | 6 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 62 million | 3 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 39 million | – | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 49 million | – | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 20 million | 20 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 27 million | 35 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 32 million | 66 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 22 million | 110 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | – | 136 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 1 million | 70 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 7 million | 155 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 9 million | 119 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 0 | 191 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 196 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 10 million | 100 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 3 million | 120 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 8 million | 58 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | 112 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 13 million | 113 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | – | 294 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 3 million | 205 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 1 million | 50 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 106 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 7 million | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 36 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 4 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 9 million | 63 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 27 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 3 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 0 | – | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 6 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 46 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 1 million | 4 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | – | 16 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 2 million | 77 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | – | 122 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | – | 10 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 0 | 66 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 13 million | 106 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 15 million | 25 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 4 million | 90 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 91 million | 203 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | – | 3 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | – | 46 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | – | 208 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | – | 29 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 89 million | – | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 11 million | 5 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 3 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | – | 23 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | – | 69 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 15 million | 87 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | – | 598 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 2 million | 177 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | – | 13 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 12 million | 6 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 1 million | 10 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | – | 5 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | – | 36 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 4 million | 17 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 10 million | 34 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 3 million | 17 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | – | 6 million | 15.7 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country received, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
- Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 110 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Mali vs Sudan
Health
- Life expectancyMali: 60.4 years in 2023Sudan: 66.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityMali: 7.3 per 100 live births in 2024Sudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityMali: 60.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionMali: 3.01% in 2017Sudan: 3.78% in 2017
- Suicide rateMali: 6.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Sudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationMali: 23.8 million people in 2023Sudan: 50 million people in 2023
- Population growthMali: 2.97% a year in 2023Sudan: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateMali: 5.61 births per woman in 2023Sudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationMali: 32.2% in 2025Sudan: 34.9% in 2025
- Median ageMali: 15.5 years in 2023Sudan: 18.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overMali: 2.4% in 2023Sudan: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateMali: -1.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Sudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingMali: 3.87% of GDP in 2025Sudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021
- Military spending in US dollarsMali: $883M in 2025Sudan: $2.77B in 2021
- Military spending per personMali: $38 in 2025Sudan: $8 in 2021
- Military share of state spendingMali: 14.8% of government spending in 2025Sudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021
- Armed forces personnelMali: 41,000 people in 2020Sudan: 144,000 people in 2020
- National powerMali: 0.1% of world capability in 2022Sudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersMali: 0.54% of the labour force in 2020Sudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020