Russia vs Sudan
Russia vs Sudan: Arms exports
Arms exports: 1.94 billion TIV in Russia in 2025 and 11 million TIV in Sudan in 2013, by SIPRI estimates. In 2013 the value was higher in Russia, by 7.88 billion TIV, or 720 times that in Sudan.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Russia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2013.
- The world as a whole: 27.4 billion TIV in 2013.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Russia | Sudan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.94 billion | – | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 1.99 billion | – | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 1.51 billion | – | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 2.57 billion | – | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 2.4 billion | – | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 3.66 billion | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 5.37 billion | – | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 7.15 billion | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 6.4 billion | – | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 6.75 billion | – | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 5.8 billion | – | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 5.4 billion | – | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 7.89 billion | 11 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 8.34 billion | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 8.79 billion | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 6.23 billion | – | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 5.13 billion | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 6 billion | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 5.6 billion | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 5.18 billion | – | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 5.2 billion | – | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 6.35 billion | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 5.27 billion | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 5.74 billion | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 5.25 billion | – | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 4.5 billion | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 4.41 billion | – | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 2.12 billion | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 3.45 billion | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 3.64 billion | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 3.83 billion | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 1.54 billion | – | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 3.49 billion | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 2.64 billion | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | – | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | – | – | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | – | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | – | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | 4 million | 39 billion |
| 1985 | – | – | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | – | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | – | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | – | – | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | – | – | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | – | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | – | – | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | – | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | – | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | – | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | – | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | – | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | 1 million | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | – | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | – | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | – | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | – | 17.6 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country sent abroad, 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.
- 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
Russia vs Sudan
Health
- Life expectancyRussia: 73.2 years in 2023Sudan: 66.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityRussia: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024Sudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityRussia: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionRussia: 3.71% in 2017Sudan: 3.78% in 2017
- Suicide rateRussia: 25.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Sudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationRussia: 145 million people in 2023Sudan: 50 million people in 2023
- Population growthRussia: -0.32% a year in 2023Sudan: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateRussia: 1.45 births per woman in 2023Sudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationRussia: 75.3% in 2025Sudan: 34.9% in 2025
- Median ageRussia: 39.5 years in 2023Sudan: 18.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overRussia: 16.6% in 2023Sudan: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateRussia: 0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Sudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingRussia: 7.5% of GDP in 2025Sudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021
- Military spending in US dollarsRussia: $158B in 2025Sudan: $2.77B in 2021
- Military spending per personRussia: $1,318 in 2025Sudan: $8 in 2021
- Military share of state spendingRussia: 19.8% of government spending in 2025Sudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021
- Armed forces personnelRussia: 1.45 million people in 2020Sudan: 144,000 people in 2020
- National powerRussia: 3.82% of world capability in 2022Sudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersRussia: 1.98% of the labour force in 2020Sudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsRussia: 129 million TIV in 2025Sudan: 57 million TIV in 2025