Sudan vs Zimbabwe
Sudan vs Zimbabwe: Military spending per person
Military spending per person: $8 in Sudan in 2021 and $10 in Zimbabwe in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Zimbabwe, by $22, or 3.88 times that in Sudan.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Zimbabwe has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Sudan.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Sudan | Zimbabwe |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | $10 |
| 2024 | – | $6 |
| 2023 | – | $54 |
| 2022 | – | $21 |
| 2021 | $8 | $30 |
| 2020 | $20 | $16 |
| 2019 | $16 | $36 |
| 2018 | $23 | $28 |
| 2017 | $104 | $23 |
| 2016 | $67 | $25 |
| 2015 | $58 | $26 |
| 2014 | – | $26 |
| 2013 | – | $26 |
| 2012 | – | $23 |
| 2011 | – | $15 |
| 2010 | – | $7 |
| 2009 | $93 | – |
| 2008 | $97 | – |
| 2007 | $75 | – |
| 2006 | $52 | $13 |
| 2005 | $38 | $11 |
| 2004 | $41 | $21 |
| 2003 | $13 | $16 |
| 2002 | $17 | $56 |
| 2001 | $14 | $24 |
| 2000 | $21 | $29 |
| 1999 | $16 | $22 |
| 1998 | $10 | $27 |
| 1997 | $4 | $28 |
| 1996 | $4 | $26 |
| 1995 | $6 | $24 |
| 1994 | $10 | $23 |
| 1993 | $11 | $23 |
| 1992 | $8 | $28 |
| 1991 | $61 | $37 |
| 1990 | $54 | $42 |
| 1989 | – | $42 |
| 1988 | $18 | $43 |
- Highly uncertain
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- 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 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 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