Sudan vs United Kingdom
Sudan vs United Kingdom: Arms exports
Arms exports: 11 million TIV in Sudan in 2013 and 702 million TIV in United Kingdom in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2013 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 1.5 billion TIV, or 140 times that in Sudan.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- United Kingdom has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1967.
- The world as a whole: 27.4 billion TIV in 2013.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Sudan | United Kingdom | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 702 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | – | 884 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | – | 1.32 billion | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | 1.74 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | – | 639 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | – | 652 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | – | 886 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | – | 682 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | – | 1.1 billion | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | – | 1.34 billion | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | – | 1.18 billion | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 1.66 billion | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 11 million | 1.51 billion | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | 813 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | 1 billion | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 1.15 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 1.07 billion | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | – | 931 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 924 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | 957 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | – | 990 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | – | 1.23 billion | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 769 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | 1.08 billion | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 1.35 billion | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | – | 1.62 billion | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 1.32 billion | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | – | 1.4 billion | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | 2.36 billion | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 1.62 billion | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 1.46 billion | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 1.53 billion | 23 billion |
| 1993 | – | 1.38 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 1.09 billion | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 1.53 billion | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | – | 1.84 billion | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | 3.5 billion | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | 2.53 billion | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | 3.6 billion | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 4 million | 1.99 billion | 39 billion |
| 1985 | – | 2.14 billion | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | 2.53 billion | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | 2.54 billion | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | – | 2.52 billion | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | – | 2.36 billion | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | 1.57 billion | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | – | 1.54 billion | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | 2.21 billion | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | 2.2 billion | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | 2.52 billion | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | 2.23 billion | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 2.25 billion | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | 2.79 billion | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | 2.68 billion | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | 2.35 billion | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | 982 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | 1.62 billion | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | 1.68 billion | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | 1 million | 1.88 billion | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | 1.42 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | 1.5 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | 1.41 billion | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | 1.24 billion | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | 1.07 billion | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | 1.4 billion | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | 2.19 billion | 17.6 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country sent abroad, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
- Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Sudan vs United Kingdom
Health
- Life expectancySudan: 66.3 years in 2023United Kingdom: 81.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024United Kingdom: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023United Kingdom: 3.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSudan: 3.78% in 2017United Kingdom: 4.12% in 2017
- Suicide rateSudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017United Kingdom: 7.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSudan: 50 million people in 2023United Kingdom: 68.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthSudan: 0.02% a year in 2023United Kingdom: 0.7% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023United Kingdom: 1.56 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSudan: 34.9% in 2025United Kingdom: 83.3% in 2025
- Median ageSudan: 18.3 years in 2023United Kingdom: 39.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSudan: 3.2% in 2023United Kingdom: 19.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateSudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023United Kingdom: 6.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021United Kingdom: 2.35% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSudan: $2.77B in 2021United Kingdom: $88B in 2025
- Military spending per personSudan: $8 in 2021United Kingdom: $1,283 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021United Kingdom: 5.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSudan: 144,000 people in 2020United Kingdom: 153,000 people in 2020
- National powerSudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022United Kingdom: 1.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020United Kingdom: 0.45% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSudan: 57 million TIV in 2025United Kingdom: 609 million TIV in 2025