South Sudan
Military spending per person in South Sudan
Military spending per person in South Sudan: $71 in 2006 and $15 in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $15
- Since 2006
- −$56
- Rank, 2025
- 130 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $115 in 2014, the lowest $6 in 2021.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | South Sudan |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $15 |
| 2024 | $14 |
| 2023 | $13 |
| 2022 | $9 |
| 2021 | $6 |
| 2020 | $9 |
| 2019 | $15 |
| 2018 | $14 |
| 2017 | $6 |
| 2016 | $7 |
| 2015 | $26 |
| 2014 | $115 |
| 2013 | $89 |
| 2012 | $94 |
| 2011 | $106 |
| 2010 | $69 |
| 2009 | $68 |
| 2008 | $104 |
| 2007 | $72 |
| 2006 | $71 |
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.
- Ranks count the 151 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 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