Denmark vs South Sudan: Military spending as a share of GDP

Denmark
1.0%
in 2019
South Sudan
1.0%
in 2019
Denmark rank
116th
South Sudan rank
115th

Military spending as a share of GDP over time

  • Denmark
  • South Sudan
0246810181619172019

How they compare

South Sudan currently reports 1.0% against 1.0% in Denmark, a difference of 0.0%.

Across all 9 years both countries report, South Sudan has been ahead every year.

Denmark ranks 116th and South Sudan ranks 115th of 172 countries.

South Sudan has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher military spending as a share of gdp, Denmark or South Sudan?
South Sudan, at 1.0% against 1.0% in Denmark as of 2019.
What is the difference in military spending as a share of gdp between Denmark and South Sudan?
0.0%, with South Sudan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and South Sudan?
9 years are reported by both, from 2011 to 2019.
How do Denmark and South Sudan rank globally for military spending as a share of gdp?
Denmark ranks 116th and South Sudan ranks 115th of 172 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Barnum et al. - Global Military Spending Dataset (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Military spending as a share of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Denmark vs South Sudan: Military spending as a share of GDP. Statizoid, drawing on Barnum et al. - Global Military Spending Dataset (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Retrieved 07 September 2026, from https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/military-spending-as-a-share-of-gdp-gmsd/denmark/south-sudan/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/military-spending-as-a-share-of-gdp-gmsd/denmark/south-sudan/">Denmark vs South Sudan: Military spending as a share of GDP</a> β€” Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Military spending as a share of GDP
Unit
% of GDP
Source
Barnum et al. - Global Military Spending Dataset (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
172 places, 14,793 data points, 1816–2019
Last refreshed

Military spending measured as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP).