Mali vs Sudan
Mali vs Sudan: Military share of state spending
Military share of state spending: 14.8% of government spending in Mali in 2025 and 9.5% of government spending in Sudan in 2021, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Mali, by 3.1 percentage points, or 1.32 times that in Sudan.
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Mali has been higher since 2018, when it overtook Sudan.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Mali | Sudan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14.8 | – |
| 2024 | 16.6 | – |
| 2023 | 14.9 | – |
| 2022 | 12.4 | – |
| 2021 | 12.6 | 9.5 |
| 2020 | 13 | 9.1 |
| 2019 | 11.9 | 8.8 |
| 2018 | 13.9 | 10.6 |
| 2017 | 13.2 | 25.7 |
| 2016 | 11.6 | 22.8 |
| 2015 | 11.3 | 21.9 |
| 2014 | 7.6 | – |
| 2013 | 5.9 | – |
| 2012 | 7.7 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | – |
| 2010 | 6.8 | – |
| 2009 | 6.2 | 29.1 |
| 2008 | 7.7 | 25.3 |
| 2007 | 6.3 | 20.9 |
| 2006 | 6.3 | 19.3 |
| 2005 | 6.4 | 16.8 |
| 2004 | 6.5 | 28.2 |
| 2003 | 6.8 | 14.9 |
| 2002 | 6.4 | 25.4 |
| 2001 | 7.1 | 25 |
| 2000 | 7.6 | 43.2 |
| 1999 | – | 47.8 |
| 1998 | – | 30.5 |
| 1997 | – | 12.9 |
| 1996 | – | 13.6 |
| 1995 | – | 16.1 |
| 1994 | – | 19.4 |
| 1993 | – | 20.8 |
| 1992 | – | 11.8 |
| 1991 | – | 11.7 |
| 1990 | – | 17.1 |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The part of everything the government spends that goes on its armed forces and defence, 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 150 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 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
- 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
- Arms importsMali: 64 million TIV in 2025Sudan: 57 million TIV in 2025