Somalia vs Sudan
Somalia vs Sudan: Military spending per person
Military spending per person: $10 in Somalia in 2025 and $8 in Sudan in 2021, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Sudan, by $1, or 1.19 times that in Somalia.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Sudan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1988.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Somalia | Sudan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $10 | – |
| 2024 | $11 | – |
| 2023 | $8 | – |
| 2022 | $7 | – |
| 2021 | $7 | $8 |
| 2020 | $6 | $20 |
| 2019 | $5 | $16 |
| 2018 | $5 | $23 |
| 2017 | $4 | $104 |
| 2016 | $3 | $67 |
| 2015 | $3 | $58 |
| 2014 | $5 | – |
| 2013 | $2 | – |
| 2009 | – | $93 |
| 2008 | – | $97 |
| 2007 | – | $75 |
| 2006 | – | $52 |
| 2005 | – | $38 |
| 2004 | – | $41 |
| 2003 | – | $13 |
| 2002 | – | $17 |
| 2001 | – | $14 |
| 2000 | – | $21 |
| 1999 | – | $16 |
| 1998 | – | $10 |
| 1997 | – | $4 |
| 1996 | – | $4 |
| 1995 | – | $6 |
| 1994 | – | $10 |
| 1993 | – | $11 |
| 1992 | – | $8 |
| 1991 | – | $61 |
| 1990 | – | $54 |
| 1989 | $1 | – |
| 1988 | $7 | $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
Somalia vs Sudan
Health
- Life expectancySomalia: 58.8 years in 2023Sudan: 66.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySomalia: 10.1 per 100 live births in 2024Sudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySomalia: 66.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSomalia: 3.79% in 2017Sudan: 3.78% in 2017
- Suicide rateSomalia: 9.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Sudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSomalia: 18.4 million people in 2023Sudan: 50 million people in 2023
- Population growthSomalia: 3.57% a year in 2023Sudan: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSomalia: 6.13 births per woman in 2023Sudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSomalia: 55.1% in 2025Sudan: 34.9% in 2025
- Median ageSomalia: 15.5 years in 2023Sudan: 18.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSomalia: 2.6% in 2023Sudan: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateSomalia: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Sudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSomalia: 1.54% of GDP in 2025Sudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021
- Military spending in US dollarsSomalia: $193M in 2025Sudan: $2.77B in 2021
- Military share of state spendingSomalia: 20.8% of government spending in 2025Sudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021
- Armed forces personnelSomalia: 14,000 people in 2020Sudan: 144,000 people in 2020
- National powerSomalia: 0.13% of world capability in 2022Sudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSomalia: 0.47% of the labour force in 2020Sudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSomalia: 2 million TIV in 2025Sudan: 57 million TIV in 2025