Sudan
Military share of state spending in Sudan
Military share of state spending in Sudan: 17.1% of government spending in 1990 and 9.5% of government spending in 2021, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2021
- 9.5% of government spending
- Since 1990
- −7.6 percentage points
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 47.8% of government spending in 1999, the lowest 8.8% of government spending in 2019.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Sudan |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 9.5 |
| 2020 | 9.1 |
| 2019 | 8.8 |
| 2018 | 10.6 |
| 2017 | 25.7 |
| 2016 | 22.8 |
| 2015 | 21.9 |
| 2009 | 29.1 |
| 2008 | 25.3 |
| 2007 | 20.9 |
| 2006 | 19.3 |
| 2005 | 16.8 |
| 2004 | 28.2 |
| 2003 | 14.9 |
| 2002 | 25.4 |
| 2001 | 25 |
| 2000 | 43.2 |
| 1999 | 47.8 |
| 1998 | 30.5 |
| 1997 | 12.9 |
| 1996 | 13.6 |
| 1995 | 16.1 |
| 1994 | 19.4 |
| 1993 | 20.8 |
| 1992 | 11.8 |
| 1991 | 11.7 |
| 1990 | 17.1 |
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.
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- Military spending0.93% of GDP in 2021
- Military spending in US dollars$2.77B in 2021
- Military spending per person$8 in 2021
- Armed forces personnel144,000 people in 2020
- National power0.37% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.34% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports57 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports11 million TIV in 2013