Sudan vs Sweden

Sudan vs Sweden: Military share of state spending

Military share of state spending: 9.5% of government spending in Sudan in 2021 and 5% of government spending in Sweden in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Sudan, by 7.1 percentage points, or 3.9 times that in Sweden.

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% of government spending · SIPRI

Sudan vs Sweden: Military share of state spendingMilitary share of state spending: 9.5% of government spending in Sudan in 2021 and 5% of government spending in Sweden in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Sudan, by 7.1 percentage points, or 3.9 times that in Sweden.
SudanSwedenSIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • Sudan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.

Every year

% of government spending · SIPRI

YearSudanSweden
2025–5
2024–4
2023–3.1
2022–2.8
20219.52.4
20209.12.2
20198.82.3
201810.62.1
201725.72.1
201622.82.2
201521.92.2
2014–2.3
2013–2.2
2012–2.3
2011–2.3
2010–2.4
200929.12.3
200825.32.4
200720.92.7
200619.32.6
200516.82.7
200428.22.8
200314.93
200225.43.1
2001253.3
200043.23.5
199947.83.4
199830.53.4
199712.93.4
199613.63.5
199516.13.5
199419.43.5
199320.83.5
199211.83.4
199111.73.7
199017.14.1
1989–4.1
1988–4.2
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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.

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