Spain vs Sudan
Spain vs Sudan: Military share of state spending
Military share of state spending: 4.7% of government spending in Spain in 2025 and 9.5% of government spending in Sudan in 2021, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Sudan, by 6.7 percentage points, or 3.44 times that in Spain.
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Sudan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Spain | Sudan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.7 | – |
| 2024 | 3.2 | – |
| 2023 | 3.4 | – |
| 2022 | 3.1 | – |
| 2021 | 2.8 | 9.5 |
| 2020 | 2.6 | 9.1 |
| 2019 | 2.9 | 8.8 |
| 2018 | 3 | 10.6 |
| 2017 | 3 | 25.7 |
| 2016 | 2.7 | 22.8 |
| 2015 | 2.9 | 21.9 |
| 2014 | 2.8 | – |
| 2013 | 2.7 | – |
| 2012 | 2.9 | – |
| 2011 | 2.9 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | – |
| 2009 | 2.9 | 29.1 |
| 2008 | 3.3 | 25.3 |
| 2007 | 3.5 | 20.9 |
| 2006 | 3.6 | 19.3 |
| 2005 | 3.6 | 16.8 |
| 2004 | 3.7 | 28.2 |
| 2003 | 3.7 | 14.9 |
| 2002 | 3.8 | 25.4 |
| 2001 | 4.2 | 25 |
| 2000 | 4.4 | 43.2 |
| 1999 | 4.4 | 47.8 |
| 1998 | 4.1 | 30.5 |
| 1997 | 4 | 12.9 |
| 1996 | 4.1 | 13.6 |
| 1995 | 4.2 | 16.1 |
| 1994 | 4.2 | 19.4 |
| 1993 | 4.1 | 20.8 |
| 1992 | 4.4 | 11.8 |
| 1991 | 4.8 | 11.7 |
| 1990 | 5.3 | 17.1 |
| 1989 | 5.6 | – |
| 1988 | 6.1 | – |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The part of everything the government spends that goes on its armed forces and defence, by SIPRI’s count.
- 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 150 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
Spain vs Sudan
Health
- Life expectancySpain: 83.7 years in 2023Sudan: 66.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySpain: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Sudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySpain: 2.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSpain: 3.54% in 2017Sudan: 3.78% in 2017
- Suicide rateSpain: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Sudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSpain: 47.9 million people in 2023Sudan: 50 million people in 2023
- Population growthSpain: 0.02% a year in 2023Sudan: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSpain: 1.21 births per woman in 2023Sudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSpain: 80.5% in 2025Sudan: 34.9% in 2025
- Median ageSpain: 44.9 years in 2023Sudan: 18.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSpain: 20.7% in 2023Sudan: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateSpain: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Sudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSpain: 2.13% of GDP in 2025Sudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021
- Military spending in US dollarsSpain: $37.7B in 2025Sudan: $2.77B in 2021
- Military spending per personSpain: $839 in 2025Sudan: $8 in 2021
- Armed forces personnelSpain: 199,000 people in 2020Sudan: 144,000 people in 2020
- National powerSpain: 0.66% of world capability in 2022Sudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSpain: 0.87% of the labour force in 2020Sudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSpain: 237 million TIV in 2025Sudan: 57 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsSpain: 341 million TIV in 2025Sudan: 11 million TIV in 2013