Sudan
Military spending in Sudan
Military spending in Sudan: 1.12% of GDP in 1956 and 0.93% of GDP in 2021, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2021
- 0.93% of GDP
- Since 1956
- −0.19 percentage points
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 5.45% of GDP in 2009, the lowest 0.93% of GDP in 2021.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Sudan |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 0.93 |
| 2020 | 0.98 |
| 2019 | 1.63 |
| 2018 | 1.78 |
| 2017 | 3.29 |
| 2016 | 2.28 |
| 2015 | 2.71 |
| 2009 | 5.45 |
| 2008 | 4.98 |
| 2007 | 4.08 |
| 2006 | 3.64 |
| 2005 | 3.31 |
| 2004 | 4.66 |
| 2003 | 1.86 |
| 2002 | 2.67 |
| 2001 | 2.47 |
| 2000 | 4.47 |
| 1999 | 4.01 |
| 1998 | 2.38 |
| 1997 | 0.95 |
| 1996 | 1.27 |
| 1995 | 2.07 |
| 1994 | 3.9 |
| 1993 | 4.92 |
| 1992 | 4.39 |
| 1991 | 4.99 |
| 1990 | 4.81 |
| 1988 | 3.55 |
| 1987 | 2.55 |
| 1986 | 3.23 |
| 1985 | 3.4 |
| 1984 | 4.09 |
| 1983 | 3.27 |
| 1982 | 2.44 |
| 1981 | 1.78 |
| 1980 | 2.3 |
| 1979 | 2.59 |
| 1978 | 2.04 |
| 1977 | 2.62 |
| 1976 | 2.67 |
| 1975 | 2.25 |
| 1974 | 2.57 |
| 1973 | 3.16 |
| 1972 | 4.19 |
| 1971 | 4.6 |
| 1970 | 4.95 |
| 1969 | 5.2 |
| 1968 | 3.75 |
| 1967 | 3.66 |
| 1966 | 3.53 |
| 1965 | 4.12 |
| 1964 | 3.14 |
| 1963 | 2.15 |
| 1962 | 2.06 |
| 1961 | 1.85 |
| 1960 | 1.92 |
| 1959 | 1.71 |
| 1958 | 1.52 |
| 1957 | 1.64 |
| 1956 | 1.12 |
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, 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 spending in US dollars$2.77B in 2021
- Military spending per person$8 in 2021
- Military share of state spending9.5% of government spending 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