South Sudan
Military spending in US dollars in South Sudan
Military spending in US dollars in South Sudan: $165M in 2006 and $103M in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $103M
- Since 2006
- −$61.9M
- Rank, 2025
- 134 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $225M in 2011, the lowest $8.62M in 2020.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | South Sudan |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $103M |
| 2024 | $169M |
| 2023 | $77.3M |
| 2022 | $33.7M |
| 2021 | $12.9M |
| 2020 | $8.62M |
| 2019 | $16.2M |
| 2018 | $26.3M |
| 2017 | $18.7M |
| 2016 | $43.4M |
| 2015 | $149M |
| 2014 | $185M |
| 2013 | $142M |
| 2012 | $143M |
| 2011 | $225M |
| 2010 | $157M |
| 2009 | $149M |
| 2008 | $209M |
| 2007 | $151M |
| 2006 | $165M |
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, 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.
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- Military spending3.43% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per person$15 in 2025
- Military share of state spending18.4% of government spending 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