Sudan vs Netherlands
Sudan vs Netherlands: Military spending per person
Military spending per person: $8 in Sudan in 2021 and $1,582 in Netherlands in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Netherlands, by $807, or 100 times that in Sudan.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Netherlands has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1988.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Sudan | Netherlands |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | $1,582 |
| 2024 | – | $1,298 |
| 2023 | – | $923 |
| 2022 | – | $766 |
| 2021 | $8 | $815 |
| 2020 | $20 | $743 |
| 2019 | $16 | $687 |
| 2018 | $23 | $640 |
| 2017 | $104 | $555 |
| 2016 | $67 | $532 |
| 2015 | $58 | $508 |
| 2014 | – | $608 |
| 2013 | – | $604 |
| 2012 | – | $614 |
| 2011 | – | $693 |
| 2010 | – | $671 |
| 2009 | $93 | $729 |
| 2008 | $97 | $748 |
| 2007 | $75 | $696 |
| 2006 | $52 | $620 |
| 2005 | $38 | $582 |
| 2004 | $41 | $572 |
| 2003 | $13 | $512 |
| 2002 | $17 | $414 |
| 2001 | $14 | $385 |
| 2000 | $21 | $373 |
| 1999 | $16 | $442 |
| 1998 | $10 | $434 |
| 1997 | $4 | $436 |
| 1996 | $4 | $502 |
| 1995 | $6 | $516 |
| 1994 | $10 | $462 |
| 1993 | $11 | $460 |
| 1992 | $8 | $520 |
| 1991 | $61 | $480 |
| 1990 | $54 | $496 |
| 1989 | – | $430 |
| 1988 | $18 | $455 |
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.
- 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 Netherlands
Health
- Life expectancySudan: 66.3 years in 2023Netherlands: 82.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024Netherlands: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Netherlands: 3.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSudan: 3.78% in 2017Netherlands: 4.03% in 2017
- Suicide rateSudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017Netherlands: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSudan: 50 million people in 2023Netherlands: 18.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthSudan: 0.02% a year in 2023Netherlands: 0.81% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023Netherlands: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSudan: 34.9% in 2025Netherlands: 95.9% in 2025
- Median ageSudan: 18.3 years in 2023Netherlands: 41.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSudan: 3.2% in 2023Netherlands: 20.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateSudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023Netherlands: 8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021Netherlands: 2.2% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSudan: $2.77B in 2021Netherlands: $27B in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021Netherlands: 4.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSudan: 144,000 people in 2020Netherlands: 41,000 people in 2020
- National powerSudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022Netherlands: 0.38% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020Netherlands: 0.42% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSudan: 57 million TIV in 2025Netherlands: 824 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsSudan: 11 million TIV in 2013Netherlands: 601 million TIV in 2025