Sudan vs Netherlands: Military spending
Military spending: 0.93% of GDP in Sudan in 2021 and 2.2% of GDP in Netherlands in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 0.44 percentage points, or 1.48 times that in Sudan.
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Watch it change on the map% of GDP · SIPRI · log scale
Latest figures
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sudan | 0.93 2021 | — | — |
| Netherlands | 2.2 2025 | 1.12 | 48 of 151 |
What the numbers say
- Netherlands has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Sudan.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Sudan | Netherlands |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 2.2 |
| 2024 | – | 1.94 |
| 2023 | – | 1.44 |
| 2022 | – | 1.3 |
| 2021 | 0.93 | 1.37 |
| 2020 | 0.98 | 1.41 |
| 2019 | 1.63 | 1.29 |
| 2018 | 1.78 | 1.2 |
| 2017 | 3.29 | 1.14 |
| 2016 | 2.28 | 1.14 |
| 2015 | 2.71 | 1.12 |
| 2014 | – | 1.15 |
| 2013 | – | 1.16 |
| 2012 | – | 1.23 |
| 2011 | – | 1.28 |
| 2010 | – | 1.32 |
| 2009 | 5.45 | 1.39 |
| 2008 | 4.98 | 1.3 |
| 2007 | 4.08 | 1.35 |
| 2006 | 3.64 | 1.39 |
| 2005 | 3.31 | 1.39 |
| 2004 | 4.66 | 1.42 |
| 2003 | 1.86 | 1.44 |
| 2002 | 2.67 | 1.42 |
| 2001 | 2.47 | 1.44 |
| 2000 | 4.47 | 1.43 |
| 1999 | 4.01 | 1.57 |
| 1998 | 2.38 | 1.56 |
| 1997 | 0.95 | 1.64 |
| 1996 | 1.27 | 1.74 |
| 1995 | 2.07 | 1.77 |
| 1994 | 3.9 | 1.91 |
| 1993 | 4.92 | 2.03 |
| 1992 | 4.39 | 2.21 |
| 1991 | 4.99 | 2.25 |
| 1990 | 4.81 | 2.37 |
| 1989 | – | 2.52 |
| 1988 | 3.55 | 2.61 |
| 1987 | 2.55 | 2.71 |
| 1986 | 3.23 | 2.73 |
| 1985 | 3.4 | 2.77 |
| 1984 | 4.09 | 2.86 |
| 1983 | 3.27 | 2.85 |
| 1982 | 2.44 | 3.14 |
| 1981 | 1.78 | 2.86 |
| 1980 | 2.3 | 2.78 |
| 1979 | 2.59 | 2.84 |
| 1978 | 2.04 | 2.75 |
| 1977 | 2.62 | 2.95 |
| 1976 | 2.67 | 2.69 |
| 1975 | 2.25 | 2.84 |
| 1974 | 2.57 | 2.65 |
| 1973 | 3.16 | 2.7 |
| 1972 | 4.19 | 2.82 |
| 1971 | 4.6 | 2.84 |
| 1970 | 4.95 | 2.87 |
| 1969 | 5.2 | 3.23 |
| 1968 | 3.75 | 3.26 |
| 1967 | 3.66 | 3.52 |
| 1966 | 3.53 | 3.37 |
| 1965 | 4.12 | 3.57 |
| 1964 | 3.14 | 3.93 |
| 1963 | 2.15 | 4.01 |
| 1962 | 2.06 | 4.12 |
| 1961 | 1.85 | 4.09 |
| 1960 | 1.92 | 3.7 |
| 1959 | 1.71 | 4.02 |
| 1958 | 1.52 | 4.72 |
| 1957 | 1.64 | 5.32 |
| 1956 | 1.12 | 5.79 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- 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.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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