Sudan vs United States
Sudan vs United States: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars: $2.77B in Sudan in 2021 and $929B in United States in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in United States, by $931B, or 340 times that in Sudan.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- United States has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1956.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Sudan | United States |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | $929B |
| 2024 | – | $1.01T |
| 2023 | – | $943B |
| 2022 | – | $923B |
| 2021 | $2.77B | $933B |
| 2020 | $4.69B | $943B |
| 2019 | $8.08B | $901B |
| 2018 | $8.94B | $853B |
| 2017 | $17.5B | $828B |
| 2016 | $13.5B | $836B |
| 2015 | $12.9B | $839B |
| 2014 | – | $858B |
| 2013 | – | $915B |
| 2012 | – | $991B |
| 2011 | – | $1.05T |
| 2010 | – | $1.06T |
| 2009 | $27.2B | $1.03T |
| 2008 | $27.9B | $957B |
| 2007 | $23.1B | $892B |
| 2006 | $19.4B | $869B |
| 2005 | $16.5B | $857B |
| 2004 | $20.2B | $819B |
| 2003 | $7.18B | $751B |
| 2002 | $9.38B | $660B |
| 2001 | $9.02B | $588B |
| 2000 | $13.8B | $583B |
| 1999 | $10.7B | $561B |
| 1998 | $6B | $560B |
| 1997 | $2.21B | $573B |
| 1996 | $2.81B | $576B |
| 1995 | $3.96B | $609B |
| 1994 | $5.42B | $652B |
| 1993 | $7.32B | $688B |
| 1992 | $6.42B | $727B |
| 1991 | $7.41B | $690B |
| 1990 | $9.25B | $781B |
| 1989 | – | $815B |
| 1988 | $7.99B | $821B |
| 1987 | $7.31B | $839B |
| 1986 | $6.43B | $846B |
| 1985 | $7.55B | $793B |
| 1984 | $10.6B | $740B |
| 1983 | $9.28B | $704B |
| 1982 | $6.49B | $721B |
| 1981 | $5.94B | $609B |
| 1980 | $7.05B | $547B |
| 1979 | $6.12B | $548B |
| 1978 | $5.17B | $545B |
| 1977 | $7B | $542B |
| 1976 | $6.78B | $522B |
| 1975 | $4.6B | $537B |
| 1974 | $5.32B | $568B |
| 1973 | $6.81B | $575B |
| 1972 | $7.49B | $605B |
| 1971 | $8.67B | $606B |
| 1970 | $8.64B | $674B |
| 1969 | $7.22B | $727B |
| 1968 | $5.4B | $761B |
| 1967 | $4.4B | $737B |
| 1966 | $4.7B | $642B |
| 1965 | $5.35B | $543B |
| 1964 | $3.88B | $540B |
| 1963 | $2.71B | $559B |
| 1962 | $2.51B | $567B |
| 1961 | $2.1B | $523B |
| 1960 | $2.08B | $502B |
| 1959 | $1.85B | $515B |
| 1958 | $1.6B | $511B |
| 1957 | $1.69B | $514B |
| 1956 | $1.17B | $500B |
| 1955 | – | $493B |
| 1954 | – | $521B |
| 1953 | – | $604B |
| 1952 | – | $587B |
| 1951 | – | $416B |
| 1950 | – | $195B |
| 1949 | – | $181B |
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 United States
Health
- Life expectancySudan: 66.3 years in 2023United States: 79.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024United States: 0.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023United States: 5.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSudan: 3.78% in 2017United States: 4.84% in 2017
- Suicide rateSudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017United States: 12.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSudan: 50 million people in 2023United States: 344 million people in 2023
- Population growthSudan: 0.02% a year in 2023United States: 0.58% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023United States: 1.62 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSudan: 34.9% in 2025United States: 80.2% in 2025
- Median ageSudan: 18.3 years in 2023United States: 38 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSudan: 3.2% in 2023United States: 17.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateSudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023United States: 3.9 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021United States: 3.12% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personSudan: $8 in 2021United States: $2,755 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021United States: 8.3% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSudan: 144,000 people in 2020United States: 1.4 million people in 2020
- National powerSudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022United States: 12.36% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020United States: 0.84% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSudan: 57 million TIV in 2025United States: 745 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsSudan: 11 million TIV in 2013United States: 14 billion TIV in 2025