Spain vs Sudan
Spain vs Sudan: Military spending per person
Military spending per person: $839 in Spain in 2025 and $8 in Sudan in 2021, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Spain, by $411, or 54 times that in Sudan.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Spain has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1988.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Spain | Sudan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $839 | – |
| 2024 | $526 | – |
| 2023 | $518 | – |
| 2022 | $434 | – |
| 2021 | $419 | $8 |
| 2020 | $366 | $20 |
| 2019 | $364 | $16 |
| 2018 | $380 | $23 |
| 2017 | $343 | $104 |
| 2016 | $300 | $67 |
| 2015 | $325 | $58 |
| 2014 | $367 | – |
| 2013 | $367 | – |
| 2012 | $401 | – |
| 2011 | $420 | – |
| 2010 | $422 | – |
| 2009 | $434 | $93 |
| 2008 | $484 | $97 |
| 2007 | $445 | $75 |
| 2006 | $389 | $52 |
| 2005 | $367 | $38 |
| 2004 | $356 | $41 |
| 2003 | $306 | $13 |
| 2002 | $248 | $17 |
| 2001 | $249 | $14 |
| 2000 | $251 | $21 |
| 1999 | $273 | $16 |
| 1998 | $255 | $10 |
| 1997 | $245 | $4 |
| 1996 | $281 | $4 |
| 1995 | $286 | $6 |
| 1994 | $254 | $10 |
| 1993 | $254 | $11 |
| 1992 | $312 | $8 |
| 1991 | $299 | $61 |
| 1990 | $299 | $54 |
| 1989 | $239 | – |
| 1988 | $229 | $18 |
- Estimate
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
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 share of state spendingSpain: 4.7% of government spending in 2025Sudan: 9.5% of government spending 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