Singapore vs Sudan
Singapore vs Sudan: Military spending per person
Military spending per person: $2,980 in Singapore in 2025 and $8 in Sudan in 2021, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Singapore, by $1,973, or 250 times that in Sudan.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Singapore has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1988.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Singapore | Sudan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,980 | – |
| 2024 | $2,637 | – |
| 2023 | $2,424 | – |
| 2022 | $2,167 | – |
| 2021 | $1,981 | $8 |
| 2020 | $1,724 | $20 |
| 2019 | $1,839 | $16 |
| 2018 | $1,886 | $23 |
| 2017 | $1,823 | $104 |
| 2016 | $1,776 | $67 |
| 2015 | $1,709 | $58 |
| 2014 | $1,769 | – |
| 2013 | $1,748 | – |
| 2012 | $1,750 | – |
| 2011 | $1,741 | – |
| 2010 | $1,612 | – |
| 2009 | $1,536 | $93 |
| 2008 | $1,584 | $97 |
| 2007 | $1,453 | $75 |
| 2006 | $1,348 | $52 |
| 2005 | $1,298 | $38 |
| 2004 | $1,220 | $41 |
| 2003 | $1,141 | $13 |
| 2002 | $1,090 | $17 |
| 2001 | $1,056 | $14 |
| 2000 | $1,085 | $21 |
| 1999 | $1,140 | $16 |
| 1998 | $1,157 | $10 |
| 1997 | $1,194 | $4 |
| 1996 | $1,140 | $4 |
| 1995 | $1,058 | $6 |
| 1994 | $831 | $10 |
| 1993 | $759 | $11 |
| 1992 | $733 | $8 |
| 1991 | $655 | $61 |
| 1990 | $603 | $54 |
| 1989 | $488 | – |
| 1988 | $429 | $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
Singapore vs Sudan
Health
- Life expectancySingapore: 83.7 years in 2023Sudan: 66.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySingapore: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Sudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySingapore: 1.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSingapore: 3.44% in 2017Sudan: 3.78% in 2017
- Suicide rateSingapore: 7.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Sudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSingapore: 5.79 million people in 2023Sudan: 50 million people in 2023
- Population growthSingapore: 0.81% a year in 2023Sudan: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSingapore: 0.94 births per woman in 2023Sudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSingapore: 100% in 2025Sudan: 34.9% in 2025
- Median ageSingapore: 35.1 years in 2023Sudan: 18.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSingapore: 13.1% in 2023Sudan: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateSingapore: 4.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Sudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSingapore: 3.05% of GDP in 2025Sudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021
- Military spending in US dollarsSingapore: $16.9B in 2025Sudan: $2.77B in 2021
- Military share of state spendingSingapore: 18% of government spending in 2025Sudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021
- Armed forces personnelSingapore: 59,000 people in 2020Sudan: 144,000 people in 2020
- National powerSingapore: 0.25% of world capability in 2022Sudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSingapore: 1.72% of the labour force in 2020Sudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSingapore: 57 million TIV in 2025Sudan: 57 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsSingapore: 79 million TIV in 2025Sudan: 11 million TIV in 2013