South Sudan vs Uganda
South Sudan vs Uganda: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 3.43% of GDP in South Sudan and 1.96% of GDP in Uganda, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in South Sudan, by 1.47 percentage points, or 1.75 times that in Uganda.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- South Sudan has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Uganda.
- In 2025, South Sudan ranked 15 and Uganda ranked 64 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | South Sudan | Uganda |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.43 | 1.96 |
| 2024 | 6.55 | 1.97 |
| 2023 | 2.38 | 1.88 |
| 2022 | 1.58 | 1.85 |
| 2021 | 1.51 | 2.34 |
| 2020 | 1.87 | 2.47 |
| 2019 | 3.8 | 1.72 |
| 2018 | 4.77 | 1.15 |
| 2017 | 3.99 | 1.04 |
| 2016 | 4.85 | 1 |
| 2015 | 8.6 | 0.99 |
| 2014 | 8.58 | 0.92 |
| 2013 | 6.57 | 0.94 |
| 2012 | 8.77 | 1.18 |
| 2011 | 6.09 | 2.54 |
| 2010 | 4.14 | 2.46 |
| 2009 | 4.97 | 1.43 |
| 2008 | 5.76 | 1.35 |
| 2007 | – | 1.39 |
| 2006 | – | 1.5 |
| 2005 | – | 1.68 |
| 2004 | – | 1.77 |
| 2003 | – | 1.69 |
| 2002 | – | 1.64 |
| 2001 | – | 1.68 |
| 2000 | – | 1.77 |
| 1999 | – | 2.66 |
| 1998 | – | 2.44 |
| 1997 | – | 2.12 |
| 1996 | – | 2.21 |
| 1995 | – | 2.1 |
| 1994 | – | 2.02 |
| 1993 | – | 1.93 |
| 1992 | – | 1.66 |
| 1991 | – | 2.51 |
| 1990 | – | 2.97 |
| 1989 | – | 2.73 |
| 1988 | – | 2.46 |
| 1987 | – | 2.59 |
| 1986 | – | 2.91 |
| 1985 | – | 2.66 |
| 1984 | – | 2.63 |
| 1983 | – | 2.22 |
| 1982 | – | 1.98 |
| 1981 | – | 1.89 |
| 1980 | – | 2.22 |
| 1979 | – | 1.69 |
| 1978 | – | 1.97 |
| 1977 | – | 2.04 |
| 1976 | – | 3.19 |
| 1975 | – | 2.82 |
| 1974 | – | 3.63 |
| 1973 | – | 3.5 |
| 1972 | – | 4.06 |
| 1971 | – | 3.47 |
| 1970 | – | 1.97 |
| 1969 | – | 1.83 |
| 1968 | – | 1.79 |
| 1967 | – | 1.62 |
| 1966 | – | 1.44 |
| 1965 | – | 1.13 |
| 1964 | – | 0.65 |
| 1963 | – | 0.37 |
| 1962 | – | 0.11 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, 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 Uganda
Health
- Life expectancySouth Sudan: 57.6 years in 2023Uganda: 68.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySouth Sudan: 9.7 per 100 live births in 2024Uganda: 4.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySouth Sudan: 63.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Uganda: 28.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSouth Sudan: 3.7% in 2017Uganda: 4.92% in 2017
- Suicide rateSouth Sudan: 12 per 100,000 people in 2017Uganda: 11.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSouth Sudan: 11.5 million people in 2023Uganda: 48.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthSouth Sudan: 5.86% a year in 2023Uganda: 2.78% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSouth Sudan: 3.86 births per woman in 2023Uganda: 4.28 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSouth Sudan: 21.7% in 2025Uganda: 31.9% in 2025
- Median ageSouth Sudan: 18 years in 2023Uganda: 16.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSouth Sudan: 2.9% in 2023Uganda: 2.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateSouth Sudan: 39.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Uganda: -2.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending in US dollarsSouth Sudan: $103M in 2025Uganda: $1.2B in 2025
- Military spending per personSouth Sudan: $15 in 2025Uganda: $26 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSouth Sudan: 18.4% of government spending in 2025Uganda: 9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSouth Sudan: 53,000 people in 2020Uganda: 46,000 people in 2020
- National powerSouth Sudan: 0.08% of world capability in 2022Uganda: 0.2% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSouth Sudan: 1.18% of the labour force in 2020Uganda: 0.24% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSouth Sudan: 10 million TIV in 2022Uganda: 2 million TIV in 2025