Sudan vs United Arab Emirates
Sudan vs United Arab Emirates: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars: $2.77B in Sudan in 2021 and $27.8B in United Arab Emirates in 2014, by SIPRI estimates. In 2009 the value was higher in Sudan, by $9.24B, or 1.52 times that in United Arab Emirates.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Sudan has been higher since 2004, when it overtook United Arab Emirates.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Sudan | United Arab Emirates |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $2.77B | – |
| 2020 | $4.69B | – |
| 2019 | $8.08B | – |
| 2018 | $8.94B | – |
| 2017 | $17.5B | – |
| 2016 | $13.5B | – |
| 2015 | $12.9B | – |
| 2014 | – | $27.8B |
| 2013 | – | $29.5B |
| 2012 | – | $24.1B |
| 2011 | – | $24.4B |
| 2010 | – | $22.5B |
| 2009 | $27.2B | $17.9B |
| 2008 | $27.9B | $15.2B |
| 2007 | $23.1B | $12.5B |
| 2006 | $19.4B | $11.8B |
| 2005 | $16.5B | $11.9B |
| 2004 | $20.2B | $13B |
| 2003 | $7.18B | $11.7B |
| 2002 | $9.38B | $11.1B |
| 2001 | $9.02B | $12.3B |
| 2000 | $13.8B | $12.8B |
| 1999 | $10.7B | $9.37B |
| 1998 | $6B | $9.06B |
| 1997 | $2.21B | $7.68B |
| 1996 | $2.81B | – |
| 1995 | $3.96B | – |
| 1994 | $5.42B | – |
| 1993 | $7.32B | – |
| 1992 | $6.42B | – |
| 1991 | $7.41B | – |
| 1990 | $9.25B | – |
| 1988 | $7.99B | – |
| 1987 | $7.31B | – |
| 1986 | $6.43B | – |
| 1985 | $7.55B | – |
| 1984 | $10.6B | – |
| 1983 | $9.28B | – |
| 1982 | $6.49B | – |
| 1981 | $5.94B | – |
| 1980 | $7.05B | – |
| 1979 | $6.12B | – |
| 1978 | $5.17B | – |
| 1977 | $7B | – |
| 1976 | $6.78B | – |
| 1975 | $4.6B | – |
| 1974 | $5.32B | – |
| 1973 | $6.81B | – |
| 1972 | $7.49B | – |
| 1971 | $8.67B | – |
| 1970 | $8.64B | – |
| 1969 | $7.22B | – |
| 1968 | $5.4B | – |
| 1967 | $4.4B | – |
| 1966 | $4.7B | – |
| 1965 | $5.35B | – |
| 1964 | $3.88B | – |
| 1963 | $2.71B | – |
| 1962 | $2.51B | – |
| 1961 | $2.1B | – |
| 1960 | $2.08B | – |
| 1959 | $1.85B | – |
| 1958 | $1.6B | – |
| 1957 | $1.69B | – |
| 1956 | $1.17B | – |
- Estimate
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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Sudan vs United Arab Emirates
Health
- Life expectancySudan: 66.3 years in 2023United Arab Emirates: 82.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024United Arab Emirates: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023United Arab Emirates: 4.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSudan: 3.78% in 2017United Arab Emirates: 2.88% in 2017
- Suicide rateSudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017United Arab Emirates: 5.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSudan: 50 million people in 2023United Arab Emirates: 10.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthSudan: 0.02% a year in 2023United Arab Emirates: 3.7% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023United Arab Emirates: 1.2 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSudan: 34.9% in 2025United Arab Emirates: 86% in 2025
- Median ageSudan: 18.3 years in 2023United Arab Emirates: 31.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSudan: 3.2% in 2023United Arab Emirates: 1.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateSudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023United Arab Emirates: 28.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personSudan: $582 in 2025United Arab Emirates: $41,610 in 2024
- GDP growthSudan: -2.5% a year in 2019United Arab Emirates: 6.2% a year in 2025
- InflationSudan: 99.9% a year in 2025United Arab Emirates: 1.3% a year in 2025
- Government debtSudan: 191.3% of GDP in 2021United Arab Emirates: 33.9% of GDP in 2025
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021United Arab Emirates: 5.64% of GDP in 2014
- Military spending per personSudan: $8 in 2021United Arab Emirates: $2,840 in 2014
- Military share of state spendingSudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021United Arab Emirates: 17% of government spending in 2014
- Armed forces personnelSudan: 144,000 people in 2020United Arab Emirates: 63,000 people in 2020
- National powerSudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022United Arab Emirates: 0.47% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020United Arab Emirates: 1.02% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSudan: 57 million TIV in 2025United Arab Emirates: 868 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsSudan: 11 million TIV in 2013United Arab Emirates: 33 million TIV in 2025