South Sudan vs Zimbabwe
South Sudan vs Zimbabwe: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $15 in South Sudan and $10 in Zimbabwe, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in South Sudan, by $5, or 1.56 times that in Zimbabwe.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- South Sudan has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Zimbabwe.
- In 2025, South Sudan ranked 130 and Zimbabwe ranked 140 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | South Sudan | Zimbabwe |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $15 | $10 |
| 2024 | $14 | $6 |
| 2023 | $13 | $54 |
| 2022 | $9 | $21 |
| 2021 | $6 | $30 |
| 2020 | $9 | $16 |
| 2019 | $15 | $36 |
| 2018 | $14 | $28 |
| 2017 | $6 | $23 |
| 2016 | $7 | $25 |
| 2015 | $26 | $26 |
| 2014 | $115 | $26 |
| 2013 | $89 | $26 |
| 2012 | $94 | $23 |
| 2011 | $106 | $15 |
| 2010 | $69 | $7 |
| 2009 | $68 | – |
| 2008 | $104 | – |
| 2007 | $72 | – |
| 2006 | $71 | $13 |
| 2005 | – | $11 |
| 2004 | – | $21 |
| 2003 | – | $16 |
| 2002 | – | $56 |
| 2001 | – | $24 |
| 2000 | – | $29 |
| 1999 | – | $22 |
| 1998 | – | $27 |
| 1997 | – | $28 |
| 1996 | – | $26 |
| 1995 | – | $24 |
| 1994 | – | $23 |
| 1993 | – | $23 |
| 1992 | – | $28 |
| 1991 | – | $37 |
| 1990 | – | $42 |
| 1989 | – | $42 |
| 1988 | – | $43 |
- Highly uncertain
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.
- Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
- 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 Zimbabwe
Health
- Life expectancySouth Sudan: 57.6 years in 2023Zimbabwe: 62.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySouth Sudan: 9.7 per 100 live births in 2024Zimbabwe: 6.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySouth Sudan: 63.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Zimbabwe: 33.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSouth Sudan: 3.7% in 2017Zimbabwe: 3.19% in 2017
- Suicide rateSouth Sudan: 12 per 100,000 people in 2017Zimbabwe: 26.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSouth Sudan: 11.5 million people in 2023Zimbabwe: 16.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthSouth Sudan: 5.86% a year in 2023Zimbabwe: 1.68% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSouth Sudan: 3.86 births per woman in 2023Zimbabwe: 3.72 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSouth Sudan: 21.7% in 2025Zimbabwe: 40.5% in 2025
- Median ageSouth Sudan: 18 years in 2023Zimbabwe: 17.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSouth Sudan: 2.9% in 2023Zimbabwe: 3.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateSouth Sudan: 39.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Zimbabwe: -6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSouth Sudan: 3.43% of GDP in 2025Zimbabwe: 0.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSouth Sudan: $103M in 2025Zimbabwe: $134M in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSouth Sudan: 18.4% of government spending in 2025Zimbabwe: 5.3% of government spending in 2005
- Armed forces personnelSouth Sudan: 53,000 people in 2020Zimbabwe: 51,000 people in 2020
- National powerSouth Sudan: 0.08% of world capability in 2022Zimbabwe: 0.08% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSouth Sudan: 1.18% of the labour force in 2020Zimbabwe: 0.88% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSouth Sudan: 10 million TIV in 2022Zimbabwe: 20 million TIV in 2023