Military Strength: Kenya vs Sudan

Kenya (ranked #74 globally) holds a stronger overall military position than Sudan (#75) on the ARMS Index. Sudan fields 144,000 active troops — 6.0:1 Kenya's 24,000, backed by 60,000 paramilitary. Kenya's $1.3B defense budget is 3.5:1 that of Sudan ($0.4B).

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KenyaWorld #74 29.2

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Kenya leads overall, ahead on 2 of 6 pillars

SudanWorld #75 28.3

53.924K active troops Manpower15 % 67.8144K active troops
47.0188 battle tanks Ground forces20 % 68.6224 battle tanks
12.625 warships Naval power20 % 0.00 warships
36.123 combat aircraft Air power25 % 46.091 combat aircraft
0.00 warheads Nuclear deterrent10 % 0.00 warheads
35.5$1.3B budget Defense budget10 % 26.1$375M budget

Kenya Sudan Pillar scores 0–100 (weight under each label) over a headline figure from that domain · readiness modifier ×1.03 vs ×0.84 · Methodology

Key figures

	Kenya	Sudan	Ratio
Defense budget	$1.3B	$375M	🇰🇪 3.5×
– share of GDP	1.1%	0.9%	🇰🇪 1.2×
Active personnel	24,000	144,000	🇸🇩 6.0×
Combat aircraft	23	91	🇸🇩 4.0×
Warships	25	0	🇰🇪
– submarines	0	0	—
Main battle tanks	188	224	🇸🇩 1.2×
Nuclear warheads	0	0	—

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Reserve troops	0	0	—
Paramilitary forces	5,000	60,000	🇸🇩 12×
Military aircraft (all types)	120	184	🇸🇩 1.5×
– helicopters	45	70	🇸🇩 1.6×
Budget share of govt spending	—	9.5%	🇸🇩
Budget per capita	$23	$8	🇰🇪 3.0×
Population	56.4M	50.4M	🇰🇪 1.1×
GDP	$120B	$50B	🇰🇪 2.4×
GDP per capita	$2,132	$985	🇰🇪 2.2×
Land area	569,140 km²	1,731,671 km²	🇸🇩 3.0×
Coastline	536 km	853 km	🇸🇩 1.6×