Indicator	Value
Military expenditure (% GDP)	0.925 %SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2021]
Military expenditure	375,000,000 US$SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2021]
Armed forces personnel	144,000 peopleWorld Bank WDI [2020]
Arms imports	2,000,000 US$SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2024]
Arms exports	11,000,000 US$SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2013]
Military & security forces	Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF): Ground Force (Sudanese Army), Sudanese Navy, Sudanese Air Force; Rapid Support Forces (RSF); Border GuardsMinistry of Interior: Sudan Police Forces (SPF), Central Reserve Police (CRP) (2025); note: note 1: the RSF is a semi-autonomous paramilitary force formed in 2013 to fight armed rebel groups in Sudan, with Mohammed Hamdan DAGALO (aka Hemeti) as its commander; it was initially placed under the National Intelligence and Security Service, then came under the direct command of former president Omar al-BASHIR, who boosted the RSF as his own personal security force; as a result, the RSF was better funded and equipped than the regular armed forces; the RSF has since recruited from all parts of Sudan beyond its original Darfuri Arab groups but remains under the personal patronage and control of DAGALOnote 2: the Central Reserve Police (aka Abu Tira) is a combat-trained paramilitary forcenote 3: the October 2020 peace agreement provided for the establishment of a Joint Security Keeping Forces (JSKF) tasked with securing the Darfur region in the place of the UN African Union Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID), a joint African Union-UN peacekeeping force that operated in the war-torn region from 2007-December 2020; the force was intended to include the SAF, RSF, police, intelligence, and representatives from armed groups involved in peace negotiations; while the first 2,000 members of the JSKF completed training in September 2022, the status of the force since the start of the civil war is not availablenote 4: there are also numerous armed militias operating in SudanCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Military service age & obligation	18-33 years of age for compulsory or voluntary military service for men and women; service obligation 12-24 months (2025); note: official implementation of compulsory service is reportedly uneven; both the SAF and the RSF have been accused of engaging in forced recruitment of men and boys during the ongoing conflictCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Arms imports (USD)	2,000,000 US$SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2024]
Arms exports (USD)	11,000,000 US$SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2013]
Military spending (% of GDP)	0.925 %SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2021]
Military spending (USD)	375,000,000 US$SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2021]