Mali vs Sudan
Mali vs Sudan: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars: $883M in Mali in 2025 and $2.77B in Sudan in 2021, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Sudan, by $2.08B, or 4.02 times that in Mali.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Sudan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1965.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Mali | Sudan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $883M | – |
| 2024 | $933M | – |
| 2023 | $811M | – |
| 2022 | $631M | – |
| 2021 | $690M | $2.77B |
| 2020 | $676M | $4.69B |
| 2019 | $554M | $8.08B |
| 2018 | $523M | $8.94B |
| 2017 | $530M | $17.5B |
| 2016 | $429M | $13.5B |
| 2015 | $358M | $12.9B |
| 2014 | $214M | – |
| 2013 | $152M | – |
| 2012 | $152M | – |
| 2011 | $160M | – |
| 2010 | $157M | – |
| 2009 | $149M | $27.2B |
| 2008 | $143M | $27.9B |
| 2007 | $129M | $23.1B |
| 2006 | $124M | $19.4B |
| 2005 | $115M | $16.5B |
| 2004 | $110M | $20.2B |
| 2003 | $101M | $7.18B |
| 2002 | $88.1M | $9.38B |
| 2001 | $88.5M | $9.02B |
| 2000 | $88M | $13.8B |
| 1999 | $75.9M | $10.7B |
| 1998 | $67.2M | $6B |
| 1997 | $67.9M | $2.21B |
| 1996 | $58.4M | $2.81B |
| 1995 | $62.1M | $3.96B |
| 1994 | $57.9M | $5.42B |
| 1993 | $54.1M | $7.32B |
| 1992 | – | $6.42B |
| 1991 | – | $7.41B |
| 1990 | $58M | $9.25B |
| 1989 | $60.5M | – |
| 1988 | $58.8M | $7.99B |
| 1987 | $59.5M | $7.31B |
| 1986 | $49.5M | $6.43B |
| 1985 | $50.3M | $7.55B |
| 1984 | $45.5M | $10.6B |
| 1983 | $46.3M | $9.28B |
| 1982 | $48.6M | $6.49B |
| 1981 | $44.8M | $5.94B |
| 1980 | $47.5M | $7.05B |
| 1979 | $55.3M | $6.12B |
| 1978 | $48.1M | $5.17B |
| 1977 | $58.7M | $7B |
| 1976 | $59.6M | $6.78B |
| 1975 | $50.6M | $4.6B |
| 1974 | $36.6M | $5.32B |
| 1973 | $35.7M | $6.81B |
| 1972 | $36.3M | $7.49B |
| 1971 | $29.7M | $8.67B |
| 1970 | $38.2M | $8.64B |
| 1969 | $33.5M | $7.22B |
| 1968 | $29.5M | $5.4B |
| 1967 | $28.4M | $4.4B |
| 1966 | $27.8M | $4.7B |
| 1965 | $30.5M | $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 |
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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.
- 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 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 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
- Arms importsMali: 64 million TIV in 2025Sudan: 57 million TIV in 2025