Sudan vs Thailand
Sudan vs Thailand: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars: $2.77B in Sudan in 2021 and $5.57B in Thailand in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Thailand, by $4.25B, or 2.53 times that in Sudan.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Thailand has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Sudan.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Sudan | Thailand |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | $5.57B |
| 2024 | – | $5.52B |
| 2023 | – | $5.74B |
| 2022 | – | $6.14B |
| 2021 | $2.77B | $7.01B |
| 2020 | $4.69B | $7.13B |
| 2019 | $8.08B | $6.88B |
| 2018 | $8.94B | $6.71B |
| 2017 | $17.5B | $6.56B |
| 2016 | $13.5B | $6.23B |
| 2015 | $12.9B | $5.91B |
| 2014 | – | $5.71B |
| 2013 | – | $5.48B |
| 2012 | – | $5.51B |
| 2011 | – | $5.31B |
| 2010 | – | $5.77B |
| 2009 | $27.2B | $5.39B |
| 2008 | $27.9B | $4.37B |
| 2007 | $23.1B | $3.5B |
| 2006 | $19.4B | $3.09B |
| 2005 | $16.5B | $3.04B |
| 2004 | $20.2B | $3.32B |
| 2003 | $7.18B | $3.39B |
| 2002 | $9.38B | $3.39B |
| 2001 | $9.02B | $3.41B |
| 2000 | $13.8B | $3.42B |
| 1999 | $10.7B | $3.58B |
| 1998 | $6B | $4.03B |
| 1997 | $2.21B | $5.11B |
| 1996 | $2.81B | $5.26B |
| 1995 | $3.96B | $5.35B |
| 1994 | $5.42B | $5.36B |
| 1993 | $7.32B | $4.95B |
| 1992 | $6.42B | $4.82B |
| 1991 | $7.41B | $4.42B |
| 1990 | $9.25B | $3.99B |
| 1989 | – | $3.72B |
| 1988 | $7.99B | $3.6B |
| 1987 | $7.31B | $3.57B |
| 1986 | $6.43B | $3.6B |
| 1985 | $7.55B | $3.77B |
| 1984 | $10.6B | $3.5B |
| 1983 | $9.28B | $3.2B |
| 1982 | $6.49B | $3.17B |
| 1981 | $5.94B | $2.97B |
| 1980 | $7.05B | $3.04B |
| 1979 | $6.12B | $3.17B |
| 1978 | $5.17B | $2.73B |
| 1977 | $7B | $2.16B |
| 1976 | $6.78B | $1.8B |
| 1975 | $4.6B | $1.46B |
| 1974 | $5.32B | $1.35B |
| 1973 | $6.81B | $1.44B |
| 1972 | $7.49B | $1.54B |
| 1971 | $8.67B | $1.49B |
| 1970 | $8.64B | $1.24B |
| 1969 | $7.22B | $1.06B |
| 1968 | $5.4B | $904M |
| 1967 | $4.4B | $752M |
| 1966 | $4.7B | $655M |
| 1965 | $5.35B | $608M |
| 1964 | $3.88B | $564M |
| 1963 | $2.71B | $549M |
| 1962 | $2.51B | $517M |
| 1961 | $2.1B | $396M |
| 1960 | $2.08B | $457M |
| 1959 | $1.85B | $490M |
| 1958 | $1.6B | $478M |
| 1957 | $1.69B | $539M |
| 1956 | $1.17B | – |
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Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Sudan vs Thailand
Health
- Life expectancySudan: 66.3 years in 2023Thailand: 76.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024Thailand: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Thailand: 6.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSudan: 3.78% in 2017Thailand: 3.09% in 2017
- Suicide rateSudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017Thailand: 10.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSudan: 50 million people in 2023Thailand: 71.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthSudan: 0.02% a year in 2023Thailand: -0.04% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023Thailand: 1.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSudan: 34.9% in 2025Thailand: 62.8% in 2025
- Median ageSudan: 18.3 years in 2023Thailand: 39.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSudan: 3.2% in 2023Thailand: 14.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateSudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023Thailand: 0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021Thailand: 1.04% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personSudan: $8 in 2021Thailand: $84 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021Thailand: 4.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSudan: 144,000 people in 2020Thailand: 455,000 people in 2020
- National powerSudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022Thailand: 0.79% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020Thailand: 1.13% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSudan: 57 million TIV in 2025Thailand: 33 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsSudan: 11 million TIV in 2013Thailand: 15 million TIV in 2024