Poland vs Sudan
Poland vs Sudan: Military spending per person
Military spending per person: $1,219 in Poland in 2025 and $8 in Sudan in 2021, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Poland, by $393, or 51 times that in Sudan.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Poland has been higher since 1992, when it overtook Sudan.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Poland | Sudan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,219 | – |
| 2024 | $890 | – |
| 2023 | $682 | – |
| 2022 | $404 | – |
| 2021 | $401 | $8 |
| 2020 | $359 | $20 |
| 2019 | $308 | $16 |
| 2018 | $315 | $23 |
| 2017 | $261 | $104 |
| 2016 | $239 | $67 |
| 2015 | $267 | $58 |
| 2014 | $270 | – |
| 2013 | $243 | – |
| 2012 | $235 | – |
| 2011 | $248 | – |
| 2010 | $231 | – |
| 2009 | $208 | $93 |
| 2008 | $246 | $97 |
| 2007 | $226 | $75 |
| 2006 | $174 | $52 |
| 2005 | $155 | $38 |
| 2004 | $125 | $41 |
| 2003 | $109 | $13 |
| 2002 | $99 | $17 |
| 2001 | $95 | $14 |
| 2000 | $82 | $21 |
| 1999 | $84 | $16 |
| 1998 | $91 | $10 |
| 1997 | $83 | $4 |
| 1996 | $80 | $4 |
| 1995 | $71 | $6 |
| 1994 | $59 | $10 |
| 1993 | $55 | $11 |
| 1992 | $49 | $8 |
| 1991 | $45 | $61 |
| 1990 | $41 | $54 |
| 1989 | $39 | – |
| 1988 | $47 | $18 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- 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
Poland vs Sudan
Health
- Life expectancyPoland: 78.6 years in 2023Sudan: 66.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityPoland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Sudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityPoland: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionPoland: 2.25% in 2017Sudan: 3.78% in 2017
- Suicide ratePoland: 14 per 100,000 people in 2017Sudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationPoland: 38.8 million people in 2023Sudan: 50 million people in 2023
- Population growthPoland: -0.26% a year in 2023Sudan: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility ratePoland: 1.3 births per woman in 2023Sudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationPoland: 60.1% in 2025Sudan: 34.9% in 2025
- Median agePoland: 41.3 years in 2023Sudan: 18.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overPoland: 19.6% in 2023Sudan: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration ratePoland: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Sudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingPoland: 4.5% of GDP in 2025Sudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021
- Military spending in US dollarsPoland: $42.5B in 2025Sudan: $2.77B in 2021
- Military share of state spendingPoland: 9% of government spending in 2025Sudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021
- Armed forces personnelPoland: 189,000 people in 2020Sudan: 144,000 people in 2020
- National powerPoland: 0.52% of world capability in 2022Sudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersPoland: 1.04% of the labour force in 2020Sudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsPoland: 2.17 billion TIV in 2025Sudan: 57 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsPoland: 59 million TIV in 2025Sudan: 11 million TIV in 2013