South Sudan
Military share of state spending in South Sudan
Military share of state spending in South Sudan: 29% of government spending in 2011 and 18.4% of government spending in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 18.4% of government spending
- Since 2011
- −10.6 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 8 of 150
- counting from the highest
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 35.1% of government spending in 2024, the lowest 3.4% of government spending in 2021.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | South Sudan |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 18.4 |
| 2024 | 35.1 |
| 2023 | 10.8 |
| 2022 | 5.7 |
| 2021 | 3.4 |
| 2020 | 5.5 |
| 2019 | 7.9 |
| 2018 | 9.8 |
| 2017 | 6.2 |
| 2016 | 9 |
| 2015 | 26 |
| 2014 | 23.7 |
| 2013 | 25.9 |
| 2012 | 27.7 |
| 2011 | 29 |
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.
- Ranks count the 150 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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South Sudan in numbers
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Military
- Military spending3.43% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$103M in 2025
- Military spending per person$15 in 2025
- Armed forces personnel53,000 people in 2020
- National power0.08% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.18% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports10 million TIV in 2022