Sudan vs Zimbabwe
Sudan vs Zimbabwe: Military spending
Military spending: 0.93% of GDP in Sudan in 2021 and 0.56% of GDP in Zimbabwe in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Zimbabwe, by 0.64 percentage points, or 1.69 times that in Sudan.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Zimbabwe has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Sudan.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Sudan | Zimbabwe |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 0.56 |
| 2024 | – | 0.35 |
| 2023 | – | 0.21 |
| 2022 | – | 1 |
| 2021 | 0.93 | 1.57 |
| 2020 | 0.98 | 0.98 |
| 2019 | 1.63 | 0.65 |
| 2018 | 1.78 | 1.18 |
| 2017 | 3.29 | 1.47 |
| 2016 | 2.28 | 1.74 |
| 2015 | 2.71 | 1.89 |
| 2014 | – | 1.89 |
| 2013 | – | 1.87 |
| 2012 | – | 1.86 |
| 2011 | – | 1.41 |
| 2010 | – | 0.82 |
| 2009 | 5.45 | – |
| 2008 | 4.98 | – |
| 2007 | 4.08 | – |
| 2006 | 3.64 | 1.99 |
| 2005 | 3.31 | 1.45 |
| 2004 | 4.66 | 2.71 |
| 2003 | 1.86 | 2.04 |
| 2002 | 2.67 | 6.31 |
| 2001 | 2.47 | 2.55 |
| 2000 | 4.47 | 3.05 |
| 1999 | 4.01 | 2.24 |
| 1998 | 2.38 | 2.53 |
| 1997 | 0.95 | 3 |
| 1996 | 1.27 | 2.88 |
| 1995 | 2.07 | 3.18 |
| 1994 | 3.9 | 3.12 |
| 1993 | 4.92 | 3.3 |
| 1992 | 4.39 | 3.8 |
| 1991 | 4.99 | 3.98 |
| 1990 | 4.81 | 4.1 |
| 1989 | – | 4.93 |
| 1988 | 3.55 | 5.21 |
| 1987 | 2.55 | 5.82 |
| 1986 | 3.23 | 5.5 |
| 1985 | 3.4 | 5.49 |
| 1984 | 4.09 | 5.68 |
| 1983 | 3.27 | 5.56 |
| 1982 | 2.44 | 5.12 |
| 1981 | 1.78 | 4.86 |
| 1980 | 2.3 | 6.63 |
| 1979 | 2.59 | 8.52 |
| 1978 | 2.04 | 7.99 |
| 1977 | 2.62 | 6.54 |
| 1976 | 2.67 | 4.63 |
| 1975 | 2.25 | 3.4 |
| 1974 | 2.57 | 2.98 |
| 1973 | 3.16 | 2.63 |
| 1972 | 4.19 | 2.18 |
| 1971 | 4.6 | 2.29 |
| 1970 | 4.95 | 2.44 |
| 1969 | 5.2 | 2.42 |
| 1968 | 3.75 | 2.07 |
| 1967 | 3.66 | 1.36 |
| 1966 | 3.53 | 1.32 |
| 1965 | 4.12 | 1.19 |
| 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 | – |
- Highly uncertain
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.
- Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
- 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 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 spending in US dollarsSudan: $2.77B in 2021Zimbabwe: $134M in 2025
- Military spending per personSudan: $8 in 2021Zimbabwe: $10 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021Zimbabwe: 5.3% of government spending in 2005
- 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