South Sudan vs Sudan
South Sudan vs Sudan: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars: $103M in South Sudan in 2025 and $2.77B in Sudan in 2021, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Sudan, by $2.76B, or 210 times that in South Sudan.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Sudan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2006.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | South Sudan | Sudan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $103M | – |
| 2024 | $169M | – |
| 2023 | $77.3M | – |
| 2022 | $33.7M | – |
| 2021 | $12.9M | $2.77B |
| 2020 | $8.62M | $4.69B |
| 2019 | $16.2M | $8.08B |
| 2018 | $26.3M | $8.94B |
| 2017 | $18.7M | $17.5B |
| 2016 | $43.4M | $13.5B |
| 2015 | $149M | $12.9B |
| 2014 | $185M | – |
| 2013 | $142M | – |
| 2012 | $143M | – |
| 2011 | $225M | – |
| 2010 | $157M | – |
| 2009 | $149M | $27.2B |
| 2008 | $209M | $27.9B |
| 2007 | $151M | $23.1B |
| 2006 | $165M | $19.4B |
| 2005 | – | $16.5B |
| 2004 | – | $20.2B |
| 2003 | – | $7.18B |
| 2002 | – | $9.38B |
| 2001 | – | $9.02B |
| 2000 | – | $13.8B |
| 1999 | – | $10.7B |
| 1998 | – | $6B |
| 1997 | – | $2.21B |
| 1996 | – | $2.81B |
| 1995 | – | $3.96B |
| 1994 | – | $5.42B |
| 1993 | – | $7.32B |
| 1992 | – | $6.42B |
| 1991 | – | $7.41B |
| 1990 | – | $9.25B |
| 1988 | – | $7.99B |
| 1987 | – | $7.31B |
| 1986 | – | $6.43B |
| 1985 | – | $7.55B |
| 1984 | – | $10.6B |
| 1983 | – | $9.28B |
| 1982 | – | $6.49B |
| 1981 | – | $5.94B |
| 1980 | – | $7.05B |
| 1979 | – | $6.12B |
| 1978 | – | $5.17B |
| 1977 | – | $7B |
| 1976 | – | $6.78B |
| 1975 | – | $4.6B |
| 1974 | – | $5.32B |
| 1973 | – | $6.81B |
| 1972 | – | $7.49B |
| 1971 | – | $8.67B |
| 1970 | – | $8.64B |
| 1969 | – | $7.22B |
| 1968 | – | $5.4B |
| 1967 | – | $4.4B |
| 1966 | – | $4.7B |
| 1965 | – | $5.35B |
| 1964 | – | $3.88B |
| 1963 | – | $2.71B |
| 1962 | – | $2.51B |
| 1961 | – | $2.1B |
| 1960 | – | $2.08B |
| 1959 | – | $1.85B |
| 1958 | – | $1.6B |
| 1957 | – | $1.69B |
| 1956 | – | $1.17B |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, by SIPRI’s count.
- 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
South Sudan vs Sudan
Health
- Life expectancySouth Sudan: 57.6 years in 2023Sudan: 66.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySouth Sudan: 9.7 per 100 live births in 2024Sudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySouth Sudan: 63.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSouth Sudan: 3.7% in 2017Sudan: 3.78% in 2017
- Suicide rateSouth Sudan: 12 per 100,000 people in 2017Sudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSouth Sudan: 11.5 million people in 2023Sudan: 50 million people in 2023
- Population growthSouth Sudan: 5.86% a year in 2023Sudan: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSouth Sudan: 3.86 births per woman in 2023Sudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSouth Sudan: 21.7% in 2025Sudan: 34.9% in 2025
- Median ageSouth Sudan: 18 years in 2023Sudan: 18.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSouth Sudan: 2.9% in 2023Sudan: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateSouth Sudan: 39.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Sudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSouth Sudan: 3.43% of GDP in 2025Sudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021
- Military spending per personSouth Sudan: $15 in 2025Sudan: $8 in 2021
- Military share of state spendingSouth Sudan: 18.4% of government spending in 2025Sudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021
- Armed forces personnelSouth Sudan: 53,000 people in 2020Sudan: 144,000 people in 2020
- National powerSouth Sudan: 0.08% of world capability in 2022Sudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSouth Sudan: 1.18% of the labour force in 2020Sudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSouth Sudan: 10 million TIV in 2022Sudan: 57 million TIV in 2025