Pakistan vs Sudan

Pakistan vs Sudan: Military share of state spending

Military share of state spending: 13.8% of government spending in Pakistan in 2025 and 9.5% of government spending in Sudan in 2021, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 8.9 percentage points, or 1.93 times that in Sudan.

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% of government spending · SIPRI

Pakistan vs Sudan: Military share of state spendingMilitary share of state spending: 13.8% of government spending in Pakistan in 2025 and 9.5% of government spending in Sudan in 2021, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 8.9 percentage points, or 1.93 times that in Sudan.
PakistanSudanSIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • Pakistan has been higher since 2018, when it overtook Sudan.

Every year

% of government spending · SIPRI

YearPakistanSudan
202513.8–
202414–
202315–
202215.9–
202118.49.5
202017.29.1
201918.48.8
201818.810.6
201717.625.7
201618.122.8
20151821.9
201417.3–
201315.9–
201216.1–
201117–
201016.8–
200916.929.1
200816.125.3
20071820.9
200621.419.3
200524.516.8
200426.128.2
200325.414.9
200222.625.4
20012425
200022.443.2
19992447.8
199823.530.5
19972512.9
199624.613.6
199527.216.1
199427.419.4
199325.120.8
1992–11.8
1991–11.7
1990–17.1
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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.

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