Niger vs Sudan
Niger vs Sudan: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 4 million TIV in Niger and 57 million TIV in Sudan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Sudan, by 53 million TIV, or 14 times that in Niger.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Sudan has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Niger.
- The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Niger | Sudan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 million | 57 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 4 million | 50 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 19 million | 6 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 34 million | 3 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 16 million | – | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 19 million | – | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 5 million | 20 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 1 million | 35 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 3 million | 66 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 0 | 110 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 10 million | 136 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 3 million | 70 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 12 million | 155 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | 119 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | 191 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 196 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 1 million | 100 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 8 million | 120 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 58 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | 112 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | – | 113 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | – | 294 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 6 million | 205 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | 50 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 106 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | – | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 36 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 3 million | 63 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 27 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 3 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | – | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 6 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 14 million | 46 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | – | 4 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | – | 16 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | – | 77 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | – | 122 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 3 million | 10 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | – | 66 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 3 million | 106 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 25 million | 25 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 6 million | 90 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | – | 203 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 8 million | 3 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 57 million | 46 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 2 million | 208 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | – | 29 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 33 billion |
| 1975 | – | 5 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 3 million | 3 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | – | 23 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | – | 69 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 12 million | 87 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 1 million | 598 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 2 million | 177 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | – | 13 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | – | 6 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | – | 10 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 1 million | 5 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 1 million | 36 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | – | 17 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | – | 34 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 1 million | 17 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 1 million | 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
Niger vs Sudan
Health
- Life expectancyNiger: 61.2 years in 2023Sudan: 66.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityNiger: 11.1 per 100 live births in 2024Sudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityNiger: 64.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionNiger: 3.46% in 2017Sudan: 3.78% in 2017
- Suicide rateNiger: 7.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Sudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationNiger: 26.2 million people in 2023Sudan: 50 million people in 2023
- Population growthNiger: 3.31% a year in 2023Sudan: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateNiger: 6.06 births per woman in 2023Sudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationNiger: 18.4% in 2025Sudan: 34.9% in 2025
- Median ageNiger: 15.3 years in 2023Sudan: 18.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overNiger: 2.6% in 2023Sudan: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateNiger: 0 per 1,000 people in 2023Sudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingNiger: 2.14% of GDP in 2025Sudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021
- Military spending in US dollarsNiger: $450M in 2025Sudan: $2.77B in 2021
- Military spending per personNiger: $18 in 2025Sudan: $8 in 2021
- Military share of state spendingNiger: 15.2% of government spending in 2025Sudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021
- Armed forces personnelNiger: 10,000 people in 2020Sudan: 144,000 people in 2020
- National powerNiger: 0.11% of world capability in 2022Sudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersNiger: 0.11% of the labour force in 2020Sudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsNiger: 0 TIV in 1973Sudan: 11 million TIV in 2013