Sudan vs United States: Military spending
Military spending: 0.93% of GDP in Sudan in 2021 and 3.12% of GDP in United States in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in United States, by 2.47 percentage points, or 3.67 times that in Sudan.
SudanUnited States
Watch it change on the mapChange since 1956, percentage points · SIPRI
Latest figures
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sudan | 0.93 2021 | — | — |
| United States | 3.12 2025 | 3.46 | 23 of 151 |
What the numbers say
- United States has been higher since 2015, when it overtook Sudan.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Sudan | United States |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 3.12 |
| 2024 | – | 3.43 |
| 2023 | – | 3.29 |
| 2022 | – | 3.3 |
| 2021 | 0.93 | 3.4 |
| 2020 | 0.98 | 3.64 |
| 2019 | 1.63 | 3.41 |
| 2018 | 1.78 | 3.3 |
| 2017 | 3.29 | 3.3 |
| 2016 | 2.28 | 3.4 |
| 2015 | 2.71 | 3.46 |
| 2014 | – | 3.68 |
| 2013 | – | 4.02 |
| 2012 | – | 4.46 |
| 2011 | – | 4.82 |
| 2010 | – | 4.9 |
| 2009 | 5.45 | 4.88 |
| 2008 | 4.98 | 4.45 |
| 2007 | 4.08 | 4.07 |
| 2006 | 3.64 | 4.04 |
| 2005 | 3.31 | 4.09 |
| 2004 | 4.66 | 4.02 |
| 2003 | 1.86 | 3.83 |
| 2002 | 2.67 | 3.45 |
| 2001 | 2.47 | 3.12 |
| 2000 | 4.47 | 3.11 |
| 1999 | 4.01 | 3.09 |
| 1998 | 2.38 | 3.2 |
| 1997 | 0.95 | 3.41 |
| 1996 | 1.27 | 3.56 |
| 1995 | 2.07 | 3.86 |
| 1994 | 3.9 | 4.22 |
| 1993 | 4.92 | 4.6 |
| 1992 | 4.39 | 4.97 |
| 1991 | 4.99 | 4.88 |
| 1990 | 4.81 | 5.61 |
| 1989 | – | 5.87 |
| 1988 | 3.55 | 6.07 |
| 1987 | 2.55 | 6.42 |
| 1986 | 3.23 | 6.63 |
| 1985 | 3.4 | 6.45 |
| 1984 | 4.09 | 6.24 |
| 1983 | 3.27 | 6.32 |
| 1982 | 2.44 | 6.81 |
| 1981 | 1.78 | 5.65 |
| 1980 | 2.3 | 5.15 |
| 1979 | 2.59 | 4.95 |
| 1978 | 2.04 | 4.94 |
| 1977 | 2.62 | 5.16 |
| 1976 | 2.67 | 5.19 |
| 1975 | 2.25 | 5.62 |
| 1974 | 2.57 | 5.95 |
| 1973 | 3.16 | 5.89 |
| 1972 | 4.19 | 6.52 |
| 1971 | 4.6 | 6.94 |
| 1970 | 4.95 | 8.03 |
| 1969 | 5.2 | 8.63 |
| 1968 | 3.75 | 9.27 |
| 1967 | 3.66 | 9.42 |
| 1966 | 3.53 | 8.44 |
| 1965 | 4.12 | 7.59 |
| 1964 | 3.14 | 8.05 |
| 1963 | 2.15 | 8.83 |
| 1962 | 2.06 | 9.33 |
| 1961 | 1.85 | 9.16 |
| 1960 | 1.92 | 8.99 |
| 1959 | 1.71 | 9.44 |
| 1958 | 1.52 | 10.07 |
| 1957 | 1.64 | 9.99 |
| 1956 | 1.12 | 9.9 |
| 1955 | – | 10.16 |
| 1954 | – | 11.74 |
| 1953 | – | 13.58 |
| 1952 | – | 13.86 |
| 1951 | – | 10.17 |
| 1950 | – | 5.08 |
| 1949 | – | 5.27 |
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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