Russia vs Sudan
Russia vs Sudan: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 129 million TIV in Russia and 57 million TIV in Sudan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Russia, by 72 million TIV, or 2.26 times that in Sudan.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Russia has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Sudan.
- The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Russia | Sudan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 129 million | 57 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 315 million | 50 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 95 million | 6 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 39 million | 3 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 6 million | – | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 1 million | – | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 5 million | 20 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 62 million | 35 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 94 million | 66 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 127 million | 110 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 113 million | 136 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 207 million | 70 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 185 million | 155 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 121 million | 119 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 10 million | 191 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 25 million | 196 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 8 million | 100 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | – | 120 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 90 million | 58 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | 112 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | – | 113 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | – | 294 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 205 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | 50 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 2 million | 106 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 1.15 billion | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 368 million | 36 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | 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 | 40 million | 6 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 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 | – | 10 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | – | 66 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | 106 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | – | 25 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | – | 90 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | – | 203 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | – | 3 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | – | 46 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | – | 208 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | – | 29 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 33 billion |
| 1975 | – | 5 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 3 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | – | 23 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | – | 69 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | – | 87 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | – | 598 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | – | 177 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | – | 13 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | – | 6 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | – | 10 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | – | 5 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | – | 36 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | – | 17 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | – | 34 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | 17 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | – | 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
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 exportsRussia: 1.94 billion TIV in 2025Sudan: 11 million TIV in 2013