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Sudan

Low income · Population 50,448,963.00 · GDP 49,672,435,513.11
HistorySaid – pattern

Sudan matched the Stagflation Risk pattern in 2021. 15 pattern matches detected historically. View →

HistorySaid – ranking

Sudan ranks 99th globally by GDP ($49.7B in 2024). View →

HistorySaid – inflation

Inflation in Sudan fell from 359.1% (2021) to 138.8% (2022) – a 220.3pp shift. View →

HistorySaid – population

Sudan has a population of 50.4 million as of 2024 (growth: 0.81%). View →

Economy & Growth
GDP $49.7B GDP per Capita $985 GDP Growth -13.96%
Indicator 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030
Agriculture Value Added 5.03% 30.28% 22.18% 25.13% Trend 27.89% Trend 30.65% Trend
GDP $51.7B $39.9B $49.7B $35.9B IMF WEO Oct 2025 $39.5B IMF WEO Oct 2025 $46.1B IMF WEO Oct 2025 $50.5B IMF WEO Oct 2025 $52.7B IMF WEO Oct 2025 $55.6B IMF WEO Oct 2025
GDP Deflator 116.87% 29.69% 243.91% 163.53% Trend 168.60% Trend 173.67% Trend
GDP Growth -0.96% -29.43% -13.96% 3.23% IMF WEO Oct 2025 9.49% IMF WEO Oct 2025 14.88% IMF WEO Oct 2025 9.33% IMF WEO Oct 2025 6.52% IMF WEO Oct 2025 5.48% IMF WEO Oct 2025
GDP PPP $165.7B $121.1B $106.7B $121.9B IMF WEO Oct 2025 $135.9B IMF WEO Oct 2025 $158.7B IMF WEO Oct 2025 $176.4B IMF WEO Oct 2025 $191.2B IMF WEO Oct 2025 $205.4B IMF WEO Oct 2025
GDP per Capita $1,046 $797 $985 $712 IMF WEO Oct 2025 $763 IMF WEO Oct 2025 $868 IMF WEO Oct 2025 $928 IMF WEO Oct 2025 $944 IMF WEO Oct 2025 $969 IMF WEO Oct 2025
GDP per Capita PPP $3,355 $2,421 $2,116 $2,419 IMF WEO Oct 2025 $2,627 IMF WEO Oct 2025 $2,991 IMF WEO Oct 2025 $3,239 IMF WEO Oct 2025 $3,422 IMF WEO Oct 2025 $3,584 IMF WEO Oct 2025
GNI $50.6B $40.1B $48.1B $55.1B Trend $60.3B Trend $65.6B Trend
GNI per Capita $720 $660 $710 $740 Trend $766 Trend $792 Trend
Gross Savings 4.99% 0.43% IMF WEO Oct 2025 0.30% IMF WEO Oct 2025 -0.78% IMF WEO Oct 2025 -1.13% IMF WEO Oct 2025 -1.57% IMF WEO Oct 2025 -1.23% IMF WEO Oct 2025
Industry Value Added 4.87% 28.34% 23.15% 23.60% Trend 25.66% Trend 27.72% Trend
Services Value Added 6.45% 41.39% 54.67% 50.25% Trend 57.11% Trend 63.96% Trend
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Prices & Inflation
Inflation Rate 138.81% Consumer Price Index 38,796.56 PPP Conversion Factor 729.48
Indicator 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030
Consumer Price Index 38,796.56 57,520.29 Trend
Inflation Rate 138.81% 87.21% IMF WEO Oct 2025 54.58% IMF WEO Oct 2025 39.88% IMF WEO Oct 2025 27.42% IMF WEO Oct 2025 19.55% IMF WEO Oct 2025 16.14% IMF WEO Oct 2025
PPP Conversion Factor 173.54 217.24 729.48 707.96 Trend 861.82 Trend 1,015.67 Trend
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Population
Population 50.4M Population Growth 0.81% Population Density 26.8
Indicator 2023 2024 2025 2025 2026 2027 2028
Birth Rate 33.6 32.7 Trend 32.3 Trend
Death Rate 6.4 6.4 Trend 6.4 Trend
Dependency Ratio 78.13 77.85 77.18 Trend 76.64 Trend 76.11 Trend
Fertility Rate 4.32 4.17 Trend 4.09 Trend
Life Expectancy 66.3 66.1 Trend 66.3 Trend
Net Migration -1.3M -544,257 291,469 -318,952 Trend -318,750 Trend -318,548 Trend
Population 50.0M 50.4M 51.7M Trend 52.7M Trend 53.6M Trend
Population Density 26.8 28.2 Trend 28.8 Trend
Population Growth 1.33% 0.81% 0.51% Trend -0.01% Trend -0.52% Trend
Refugee Population
Urban Population 34.80% 34.87% 34.95% Trend 35.03% Trend 35.10% Trend
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Employment
Unemployment Rate 7.53% Youth Unemployment 12.00% Labor Force Participation 37.52%
Indicator 2020 2021 2022 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030
Agriculture Employment 39.68% 40.16% 39.77% 42.13% Trend
Female Labor Participation 17.01% 15.81% 14.45% 10.51% Trend
Industry Employment 13.90% 14.10% 13.98% 14.00% Trend
Labor Force Participation 39.12% 38.35% 37.52% 34.50% Trend
Services Employment 46.41% 45.74% 46.24% 43.87% Trend
Unemployment Rate 12.00% 11.09% 7.53% 60.61% IMF WEO Oct 2025 57.97% IMF WEO Oct 2025 52.94% IMF WEO Oct 2025 49.85% IMF WEO Oct 2025 47.94% IMF WEO Oct 2025 46.47% IMF WEO Oct 2025
Youth Unemployment 19.78% 17.41% 12.00% 8.09% Trend
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Government
Tax Revenue 7.39% Government Spending 9.73% Military Spending 0.93%
Indicator 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030
Budget Deficit -2.15% -3.70% -3.46% -3.04% IMF WEO Oct 2025 -4.08% IMF WEO Oct 2025 -4.34% IMF WEO Oct 2025 -3.69% IMF WEO Oct 2025 -3.45% IMF WEO Oct 2025 -2.78% IMF WEO Oct 2025
Education Spending
Government Debt to GDP 186.87% 259.89% 261.43% 221.46% IMF WEO Oct 2025 172.44% IMF WEO Oct 2025 143.33% IMF WEO Oct 2025 141.94% IMF WEO Oct 2025 134.24% IMF WEO Oct 2025 140.32% IMF WEO Oct 2025
Government Revenue 15.73% 4.53% 2.93% 3.00% IMF WEO Oct 2025 7.58% IMF WEO Oct 2025 9.44% IMF WEO Oct 2025 9.80% IMF WEO Oct 2025 10.46% IMF WEO Oct 2025 11.00% IMF WEO Oct 2025
Government Spending
Health Spending 3.79% 2.85% 2.35% Trend 2.08% Trend
Military Spending
Tax Revenue
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Debt
External Debt $22.0B External Debt to GNI 45.40% Short-term Debt 21.51%
Indicator 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027
Debt Service 2.96% 31.29% Trend
Domestic Credit
External Debt $22.4B $22.6B $22.0B $21.6B Trend $21.2B Trend $20.8B Trend
External Debt to GNI 44.36% 58.00% 45.40% 29.94% Trend 19.21% Trend 8.47% Trend
Interest Payments to Revenue
Short-term Debt 21.42% 21.32% 21.51% 19.65% Trend 18.78% Trend 17.91% Trend
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Money
Indicator 2020 2021 2022 2025
Credit to GDP 7.89% 6.62% 5.64% 2.74% Trend
Deposit Rate
Lending Rate
M2 Money Supply Growth 87.99%
Non-Performing Loans
Real Interest Rate
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Currency
Exchange Rate 546.76 Foreign Reserves $177.9M
Indicator 2020 2021 2022 2025
Exchange Rate 54.00 370.79 546.76 893.27 Trend
Foreign Reserves
Real Effective Exchange Rate
Reserves in Months of Imports
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Trade
Exports $5.9B Imports $11.6B Trade Balance $-275.0M
Indicator 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030
Current Account Balance -8.60% -3.07% IMF WEO Oct 2025 -7.70% IMF WEO Oct 2025 -11.78% IMF WEO Oct 2025 -11.13% IMF WEO Oct 2025 -11.07% IMF WEO Oct 2025 -10.73% IMF WEO Oct 2025
Exports $5.9B $7.2B Trend
FDI Inflows 1.11% 1.37% 0.28% Trend -0.11% Trend
FDI Outflows
Imports $11.6B $13.7B Trend
Remittances Received $1.5B $1.0B $900.0M $1.2B Trend $1.3B Trend $1.3B Trend
Tourism Receipts
Trade Balance $229.1M $-102.7M $-275.0M $-270.2M Trend $-364.2M Trend $-458.2M Trend
Trade Openness 2.70% 2.47% 2.00% -1.02% Trend -2.78% Trend -4.54% Trend
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Financial Markets
Political Stability
Political Stability -2.47 Government Effectiveness -1.98 Regulatory Quality -1.60
Indicator 2021 2022 2023 2025 2026
Control of Corruption -1.28 -1.41 -1.50 -1.48 Trend -1.50 Trend
Government Effectiveness -1.66 -1.69 -1.98 -2.02 Trend -2.10 Trend
Political Stability -1.99 -2.08 -2.47 -2.76 Trend -2.96 Trend
Regulatory Quality -1.48 -1.58 -1.60 -1.53 Trend -1.52 Trend
Rule of Law -1.22 -1.26 -1.67 -1.75 Trend -1.87 Trend
Voice and Accountability -1.45 -1.49 -1.60 -1.52 Trend -1.51 Trend
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Health
Health Expenditure per Capita $21 Infant Mortality Rate 39.2 Maternal Mortality Ratio 256.00
Indicator 2021 2022 2023 2025 2026
Health Expenditure per Capita $22 $26 $21 $17 Trend $15 Trend
Hospital Beds 0.66
Infant Mortality Rate 41.6 40.3 39.2 36.7 Trend 35.5 Trend
Maternal Mortality Ratio 305.00 263.00 256.00 263.00 Trend 260.80 Trend
Physicians
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Education
Literacy Rate 53.52% Tertiary Enrollment 15.86% Education Spending 2.02%
Indicator 2017 2018 2019
Education Spending
Literacy Rate
Primary Enrollment 70.37% 72.03% 72.40%
Tertiary Enrollment
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Energy
Renewable Energy 61.00%
Indicator 2021 2022 2023 2025 2026
CO2 Emissions
CO2 per Capita
Electricity Access 61.80% 63.20% 66.00% 69.78% Trend 71.81% Trend
Energy Use per Capita 426 412 398 Trend
Forest Area 9.74% 9.64% 9.55% 9.37% Trend 9.28% Trend
Renewable Energy 61.00%
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Technology
Internet Users 26.44% Mobile Subscriptions 70.21 R&D Spending 0.23%
Indicator 2020 2021 2022 2025
High-tech Exports
Internet Users 26.44%
Mobile Subscriptions 75.22 71.77 70.21 73.34 Trend
Patent Applications 153
R&D Spending
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Inequality
Gini Index 34.2 Poverty Rate 10.10% Income Share Top 10% 27.80%
Indicator 2009 2014
Gini Index 35.4 34.2
Income Share Bottom 10% 2.60% 3.20%
Income Share Top 10% 26.70% 27.80%
Poverty Rate 13.10% 10.10%
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.