Niger vs South Sudan
Niger vs South Sudan: Arms imports
Arms imports: 4 million TIV in Niger in 2025 and 10 million TIV in South Sudan in 2022, by SIPRI estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Niger, by 24 million TIV, or 3.4 times that in South Sudan.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Niger has been higher since 2021, when it overtook South Sudan.
- The world as a whole: 33 billion TIV in 2022.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Niger | South Sudan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 million | – | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 4 million | – | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 19 million | – | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 34 million | 10 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 16 million | 8 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 19 million | – | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 5 million | – | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 1 million | – | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 3 million | – | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 0 | 8 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 10 million | 19 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 3 million | 41 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 12 million | 13 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | 2 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | 65 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 2 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 1 million | 1 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 8 million | 44 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 37 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | – | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | – | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 6 million | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | – | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | – | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 3 million | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | – | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 14 million | – | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | – | – | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | – | – | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | – | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | – | – | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 3 million | – | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | – | – | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 3 million | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 25 million | – | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 6 million | – | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | – | – | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 8 million | – | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 57 million | – | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 2 million | – | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | – | – | 37 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 33 billion |
| 1975 | – | – | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 3 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | – | – | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | – | – | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 12 million | – | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 1 million | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 2 million | – | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | – | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | – | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | – | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 1 million | – | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 1 million | – | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | – | – | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | – | – | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 1 million | – | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 1 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
Niger vs South Sudan
Health
- Life expectancyNiger: 61.2 years in 2023South Sudan: 57.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityNiger: 11.1 per 100 live births in 2024South Sudan: 9.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityNiger: 64.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023South Sudan: 63.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionNiger: 3.46% in 2017South Sudan: 3.7% in 2017
- Suicide rateNiger: 7.6 per 100,000 people in 2017South Sudan: 12 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationNiger: 26.2 million people in 2023South Sudan: 11.5 million people in 2023
- Population growthNiger: 3.31% a year in 2023South Sudan: 5.86% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateNiger: 6.06 births per woman in 2023South Sudan: 3.86 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationNiger: 18.4% in 2025South Sudan: 21.7% in 2025
- Median ageNiger: 15.3 years in 2023South Sudan: 18 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overNiger: 2.6% in 2023South Sudan: 2.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateNiger: 0 per 1,000 people in 2023South Sudan: 39.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingNiger: 2.14% of GDP in 2025South Sudan: 3.43% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsNiger: $450M in 2025South Sudan: $103M in 2025
- Military spending per personNiger: $18 in 2025South Sudan: $15 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingNiger: 15.2% of government spending in 2025South Sudan: 18.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelNiger: 10,000 people in 2020South Sudan: 53,000 people in 2020
- National powerNiger: 0.11% of world capability in 2022South Sudan: 0.08% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersNiger: 0.11% of the labour force in 2020South Sudan: 1.18% of the labour force in 2020