Mozambique vs Sudan
Mozambique vs Sudan: Military share of state spending
Military share of state spending: 6% of government spending in Mozambique in 2025 and 9.5% of government spending in Sudan in 2021, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Sudan, by 3.5 percentage points, or 1.6 times that in Mozambique.
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Sudan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Mozambique | Sudan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | – |
| 2024 | 6.4 | – |
| 2023 | 5.8 | – |
| 2022 | 6.7 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | 9.5 |
| 2020 | 6.3 | 9.1 |
| 2019 | 5 | 8.8 |
| 2018 | 4.2 | 10.6 |
| 2017 | 3.4 | 25.7 |
| 2016 | 3.2 | 22.8 |
| 2015 | 2.6 | 21.9 |
| 2014 | 2.4 | – |
| 2013 | 2.9 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | – |
| 2011 | 2.8 | – |
| 2010 | 3.3 | – |
| 2009 | 2.7 | 29.1 |
| 2008 | 3 | 25.3 |
| 2007 | 3 | 20.9 |
| 2006 | 3 | 19.3 |
| 2005 | 4.1 | 16.8 |
| 2004 | 5.5 | 28.2 |
| 2003 | 4.9 | 14.9 |
| 2002 | 4.8 | 25.4 |
| 2001 | 4.3 | 25 |
| 2000 | 5.4 | 43.2 |
| 1999 | 5.8 | 47.8 |
| 1998 | 5.9 | 30.5 |
| 1997 | 5.2 | 12.9 |
| 1996 | 6 | 13.6 |
| 1995 | 5.8 | 16.1 |
| 1994 | 10.7 | 19.4 |
| 1993 | 10 | 20.8 |
| 1992 | 10.1 | 11.8 |
| 1991 | 10.8 | 11.7 |
| 1990 | 11.4 | 17.1 |
| 1989 | 12.5 | – |
| 1988 | 11.1 | – |
- 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
Mozambique vs Sudan
Health
- Life expectancyMozambique: 63.6 years in 2023Sudan: 66.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityMozambique: 5.9 per 100 live births in 2024Sudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityMozambique: 49.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionMozambique: 3.9% in 2017Sudan: 3.78% in 2017
- Suicide rateMozambique: 17.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Sudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationMozambique: 33.6 million people in 2023Sudan: 50 million people in 2023
- Population growthMozambique: 2.94% a year in 2023Sudan: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateMozambique: 4.76 births per woman in 2023Sudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationMozambique: 37.2% in 2025Sudan: 34.9% in 2025
- Median ageMozambique: 16.3 years in 2023Sudan: 18.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overMozambique: 2.8% in 2023Sudan: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateMozambique: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Sudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingMozambique: 1.87% of GDP in 2025Sudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021
- Military spending in US dollarsMozambique: $446M in 2025Sudan: $2.77B in 2021
- Military spending per personMozambique: $13 in 2025Sudan: $8 in 2021
- Armed forces personnelMozambique: 11,000 people in 2020Sudan: 144,000 people in 2020
- National powerMozambique: 0.13% of world capability in 2022Sudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersMozambique: 0.08% of the labour force in 2020Sudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsMozambique: 14 million TIV in 2025Sudan: 57 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsMozambique: 1 million TIV in 1977Sudan: 11 million TIV in 2013