Sudan vs Zambia
Sudan vs Zambia: Military spending
Military spending: 0.93% of GDP in Sudan in 2021 and 1.26% of GDP in Zambia in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Zambia, by 0.06 percentage points, or 1.06 times that in Sudan.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Zambia has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Sudan.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Sudan | Zambia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 1.26 |
| 2024 | – | 1.33 |
| 2023 | – | 1.34 |
| 2022 | – | 1.12 |
| 2021 | 0.93 | 0.98 |
| 2020 | 0.98 | 1.17 |
| 2019 | 1.63 | 1.26 |
| 2018 | 1.78 | 1.44 |
| 2017 | 3.29 | 1.3 |
| 2016 | 2.28 | 1.43 |
| 2015 | 2.71 | 1.75 |
| 2014 | – | 1.63 |
| 2013 | – | 1.36 |
| 2012 | – | 1.36 |
| 2011 | – | 1.32 |
| 2010 | – | 1.38 |
| 2009 | 5.45 | 1.73 |
| 2008 | 4.98 | 2.08 |
| 2007 | 4.08 | 2.06 |
| 2006 | 3.64 | 1.74 |
| 2005 | 3.31 | 1.85 |
| 2004 | 4.66 | 1.58 |
| 2003 | 1.86 | – |
| 2002 | 2.67 | – |
| 2001 | 2.47 | – |
| 2000 | 4.47 | – |
| 1999 | 4.01 | 1.65 |
| 1998 | 2.38 | – |
| 1997 | 0.95 | 1.01 |
| 1996 | 1.27 | 1.05 |
| 1995 | 2.07 | 1.45 |
| 1994 | 3.9 | 1.72 |
| 1993 | 4.92 | 1.43 |
| 1992 | 4.39 | 2.71 |
| 1991 | 4.99 | 2.34 |
| 1990 | 4.81 | 3.41 |
| 1989 | – | 4.2 |
| 1988 | 3.55 | 2.39 |
| 1987 | 2.55 | 3.22 |
| 1986 | 3.23 | 3.66 |
| 1985 | 3.4 | 2.36 |
| 1984 | 4.09 | 3 |
| 1983 | 3.27 | – |
| 1982 | 2.44 | – |
| 1981 | 1.78 | – |
| 1980 | 2.3 | – |
| 1979 | 2.59 | – |
| 1978 | 2.04 | – |
| 1977 | 2.62 | – |
| 1976 | 2.67 | – |
| 1975 | 2.25 | – |
| 1974 | 2.57 | – |
| 1973 | 3.16 | – |
| 1972 | 4.19 | – |
| 1971 | 4.6 | – |
| 1970 | 4.95 | – |
| 1969 | 5.2 | – |
| 1968 | 3.75 | – |
| 1967 | 3.66 | – |
| 1966 | 3.53 | – |
| 1965 | 4.12 | – |
| 1964 | 3.14 | – |
| 1963 | 2.15 | – |
| 1962 | 2.06 | – |
| 1961 | 1.85 | – |
| 1960 | 1.92 | – |
| 1959 | 1.71 | – |
| 1958 | 1.52 | – |
| 1957 | 1.64 | – |
| 1956 | 1.12 | – |
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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Sudan vs Zambia
Health
- Life expectancySudan: 66.3 years in 2023Zambia: 66.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024Zambia: 4.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Zambia: 38.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSudan: 3.78% in 2017Zambia: 3.64% in 2017
- Suicide rateSudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017Zambia: 13.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSudan: 50 million people in 2023Zambia: 20.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthSudan: 0.02% a year in 2023Zambia: 2.83% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023Zambia: 4.1 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSudan: 34.9% in 2025Zambia: 45.9% in 2025
- Median ageSudan: 18.3 years in 2023Zambia: 17.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSudan: 3.2% in 2023Zambia: 1.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateSudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023Zambia: 0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending in US dollarsSudan: $2.77B in 2021Zambia: $343M in 2025
- Military spending per personSudan: $8 in 2021Zambia: $19 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021Zambia: 4.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSudan: 144,000 people in 2020Zambia: 16,000 people in 2020
- National powerSudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022Zambia: 0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020Zambia: 0.24% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSudan: 57 million TIV in 2025Zambia: 1 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exportsSudan: 11 million TIV in 2013Zambia: 2 million TIV in 1990