Sudan vs Switzerland: Military spending

Military spending: 0.93% of GDP in Sudan in 2021 and 0.76% of GDP in Switzerland in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Sudan, by 0.25 percentage points, or 1.38 times that in Switzerland.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Sudan has been higher since 1998, when it overtook Switzerland.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

Year	Sudan	Switzerland
2025	–	0.76
2024	–	0.7
2023	–	0.71
2022	–	0.68
2021	0.93	0.67
2020	0.98	0.77
2019	1.63	0.7
2018	1.78	0.65
2017	3.29	0.67
2016	2.28	0.66
2015	2.71	0.65
2014	–	0.63
2013	–	0.71
2012	–	0.67
2011	–	0.69
2010	–	0.69
2009	5.45	0.73
2008	4.98	0.72
2007	4.08	0.72
2006	3.64	0.75
2005	3.31	0.83
2004	4.66	0.89
2003	1.86	0.93
2002	2.67	0.96
2001	2.47	0.99
2000	4.47	1.03
1999	4.01	1.09
1998	2.38	1.19
1997	0.95	1.22
1996	1.27	1.28
1995	2.07	1.36
1994	3.9	1.33
1993	4.92	1.37
1992	4.39	1.52
1991	4.99	1.54
1990	4.81	1.57
1989	–	1.52
1988	3.55	1.57
1987	2.55	1.56
1986	3.23	1.66
1985	3.4	1.83
1984	4.09	1.7
1983	3.27	1.75
1982	2.44	1.73
1981	1.78	1.66
1980	2.3	1.68
1979	2.59	2.04
1978	2.04	1.97
1977	2.62	2.02
1976	2.67	2.16
1975	2.25	1.9
1974	2.57	1.88
1973	3.16	1.86
1972	4.19	1.97
1971	4.6	2.05
1970	4.95	2.1
1969	5.2	2.2
1968	3.75	2.18
1967	3.66	2.38
1966	3.53	2.53
1965	4.12	2.47
1964	3.14	2.54
1963	2.15	2.52
1962	2.06	2.57
1961	1.85	2.47
1960	1.92	2.34
1959	1.71	2.71
1958	1.52	2.99
1957	1.64	2.83
1956	1.12	–

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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.
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.

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