Sudan vs Uganda
Sudan vs Uganda: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars: $2.77B in Sudan in 2021 and $1.2B in Uganda in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Sudan, by $1.59B, or 2.34 times that in Uganda.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Sudan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1962.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Sudan | Uganda |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | $1.2B |
| 2024 | – | $1.12B |
| 2023 | – | $999M |
| 2022 | – | $988M |
| 2021 | $2.77B | $1.18B |
| 2020 | $4.69B | $1.16B |
| 2019 | $8.08B | $787M |
| 2018 | $8.94B | $514M |
| 2017 | $17.5B | $433M |
| 2016 | $13.5B | $397M |
| 2015 | $12.9B | $382M |
| 2014 | – | $344M |
| 2013 | – | $325M |
| 2012 | – | $387M |
| 2011 | – | $759M |
| 2010 | – | $765M |
| 2009 | $27.2B | $358M |
| 2008 | $27.9B | $364M |
| 2007 | $23.1B | $330M |
| 2006 | $19.4B | $323M |
| 2005 | $16.5B | $334M |
| 2004 | $20.2B | $333M |
| 2003 | $7.18B | $291M |
| 2002 | $9.38B | $271M |
| 2001 | $9.02B | $252M |
| 2000 | $13.8B | $250M |
| 1999 | $10.7B | $258M |
| 1998 | $6B | $226M |
| 1997 | $2.21B | $178M |
| 1996 | $2.81B | $180M |
| 1995 | $3.96B | $168M |
| 1994 | $5.42B | $148M |
| 1993 | $7.32B | $120M |
| 1992 | $6.42B | $117M |
| 1991 | $7.41B | $177M |
| 1990 | $9.25B | $182M |
| 1989 | – | $180M |
| 1988 | $7.99B | $199M |
| 1987 | $7.31B | $199M |
| 1986 | $6.43B | $206M |
| 1985 | $7.55B | $192M |
| 1984 | $10.6B | $148M |
| 1983 | $9.28B | $91.8M |
| 1982 | $6.49B | $131M |
| 1981 | $5.94B | $172M |
| 1980 | $7.05B | $196M |
| 1979 | $6.12B | $144M |
| 1978 | $5.17B | $189M |
| 1977 | $7B | $239M |
| 1976 | $6.78B | $345M |
| 1975 | $4.6B | $389M |
| 1974 | $5.32B | $417M |
| 1973 | $6.81B | $554M |
| 1972 | $7.49B | $703M |
| 1971 | $8.67B | $554M |
| 1970 | $8.64B | $324M |
| 1969 | $7.22B | $306M |
| 1968 | $5.4B | $298M |
| 1967 | $4.4B | $243M |
| 1966 | $4.7B | $213M |
| 1965 | $5.35B | $159M |
| 1964 | $3.88B | $91M |
| 1963 | $2.71B | $49.9M |
| 1962 | $2.51B | $13.8M |
| 1961 | $2.1B | – |
| 1960 | $2.08B | – |
| 1959 | $1.85B | – |
| 1958 | $1.6B | – |
| 1957 | $1.69B | – |
| 1956 | $1.17B | – |
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.
- 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 Uganda
Health
- Life expectancySudan: 66.3 years in 2023Uganda: 68.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024Uganda: 4.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Uganda: 28.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSudan: 3.78% in 2017Uganda: 4.92% in 2017
- Suicide rateSudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017Uganda: 11.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSudan: 50 million people in 2023Uganda: 48.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthSudan: 0.02% a year in 2023Uganda: 2.78% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023Uganda: 4.28 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSudan: 34.9% in 2025Uganda: 31.9% in 2025
- Median ageSudan: 18.3 years in 2023Uganda: 16.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSudan: 3.2% in 2023Uganda: 2.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateSudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023Uganda: -2.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021Uganda: 1.96% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personSudan: $8 in 2021Uganda: $26 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021Uganda: 9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSudan: 144,000 people in 2020Uganda: 46,000 people in 2020
- National powerSudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022Uganda: 0.2% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020Uganda: 0.24% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSudan: 57 million TIV in 2025Uganda: 2 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsSudan: 11 million TIV in 2013Uganda: 4 million TIV in 2016