Sudan vs Zimbabwe
Sudan vs Zimbabwe: Military share of state spending
Military share of state spending: 9.5% of government spending in Sudan in 2021 and 5.3% of government spending in Zimbabwe in 2005, by SIPRI estimates. In 2005 the value was higher in Sudan, by 11.5 percentage points, or 3.19 times that in Zimbabwe.
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Sudan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2005.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Sudan | Zimbabwe |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 9.5 | – |
| 2020 | 9.1 | – |
| 2019 | 8.8 | – |
| 2018 | 10.6 | – |
| 2017 | 25.7 | – |
| 2016 | 22.8 | – |
| 2015 | 21.9 | – |
| 2009 | 29.1 | – |
| 2008 | 25.3 | – |
| 2007 | 20.9 | – |
| 2006 | 19.3 | – |
| 2005 | 16.8 | 5.3 |
| 2004 | 28.2 | – |
| 2003 | 14.9 | – |
| 2002 | 25.4 | – |
| 2001 | 25 | – |
| 2000 | 43.2 | – |
| 1999 | 47.8 | – |
| 1998 | 30.5 | – |
| 1997 | 12.9 | – |
| 1996 | 13.6 | – |
| 1995 | 16.1 | – |
| 1994 | 19.4 | – |
| 1993 | 20.8 | – |
| 1992 | 11.8 | – |
| 1991 | 11.7 | – |
| 1990 | 17.1 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The part of everything the government spends that goes on its armed forces and defence, by SIPRI’s count.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Sudan vs Zimbabwe
Health
- Life expectancySudan: 66.3 years in 2023Zimbabwe: 62.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024Zimbabwe: 6.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Zimbabwe: 33.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSudan: 3.78% in 2017Zimbabwe: 3.19% in 2017
- Suicide rateSudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017Zimbabwe: 26.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSudan: 50 million people in 2023Zimbabwe: 16.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthSudan: 0.02% a year in 2023Zimbabwe: 1.68% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023Zimbabwe: 3.72 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSudan: 34.9% in 2025Zimbabwe: 40.5% in 2025
- Median ageSudan: 18.3 years in 2023Zimbabwe: 17.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSudan: 3.2% in 2023Zimbabwe: 3.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateSudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023Zimbabwe: -6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021Zimbabwe: 0.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSudan: $2.77B in 2021Zimbabwe: $134M in 2025
- Military spending per personSudan: $8 in 2021Zimbabwe: $10 in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSudan: 144,000 people in 2020Zimbabwe: 51,000 people in 2020
- National powerSudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022Zimbabwe: 0.08% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020Zimbabwe: 0.88% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSudan: 57 million TIV in 2025Zimbabwe: 20 million TIV in 2023
- Arms exportsSudan: 11 million TIV in 2013Zimbabwe: 4 million TIV in 2001