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Sudan – External Debt to GNI

Name: Sudan External Debt to GNI
Creator: World Bank
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Total external debt stocks as a share of gross national income. Indicates the sustainability of a country's external borrowing relative to its income. · World Bank

45.40% −12.60pp from 2023 G20 rank: 60th · all-time high: 251.29% (1992)

APA

Sudan External Debt to GNI. HistorySaid. Retrieved March 10, 2026, from https://historysaid.com/sudan/external-debt-to-gni

BibTeX

@misc{historysaid_sudan_external-debt-to-gni,
  title = {Sudan External Debt to GNI},
  url = {https://historysaid.com/sudan/external-debt-to-gni},
  publisher = {HistorySaid},
  year = {2026}
}

Data & Projection▾

Year	Value	Change	Rank
2027* trend	8.47%	–	–
2026* trend	19.21%	–	–
2025* trend	29.94%	–	–
2024	45.40%	−12.60pp	60th
2023	58.00%	+13.64pp	78th
2022	44.36%	−25.51pp	58th
2021	69.87%	−23.29pp	89th
2020	93.15%	+18.79pp	97th
2019	74.37%	+2.93pp	95th
2018	71.44%	+16.01pp	95th
2017	55.43%	+4.29pp	77th
2016	51.15%	+8.31pp	75th
2015	42.83%	−2.41pp	68th
2014	45.24%	−11.25pp	75th
2013	56.49%	−5.52pp	85th
2012	62.00%	+20.12pp	91st
2011	41.88%	+0.65pp	72nd
2010	41.23%	−1.41pp	73rd
2009	42.64%	+9.35pp	72nd
2008	33.30%	−1.69pp	68th
2007	34.98%	−7.97pp	62nd
2006	42.96%	−9.27pp	68th
2005	52.22%	−19.86pp	62nd
2004	72.08%	−12.61pp	78th
2003	84.69%	−8.39pp	85th
2002	93.08%	−6.26pp	88th
2001	99.34%	−38.94pp	92nd
2000	138.29%	−20.21pp	99th
1999	158.50%	+3.73pp	102nd
1998	154.77%	+10.75pp	100th
1997	144.02%	−51.94pp	101st
1996	195.96%	+58.06pp	105th
1995	137.90%	−5.83pp	97th
1994	143.74%	−55.40pp	95th
1993	199.14%	−52.16pp	101st
1992	251.29%	+210.99pp	96th
1991	40.30%	−7.54pp	27th
1990	47.84%	−17.89pp	38th
1989	65.73%	−17.67pp	50th
1988	83.40%	−12.54pp	62nd
1987	95.94%	−2.71pp	66th
1986	98.65%	−15.98pp	71st
1985	114.63%	+30.15pp	76th
1984	84.48%	−8.78pp	70th
1983	93.26%	+9.71pp	71st
1982	83.55%	+23.75pp	70th
1981	59.80%	+1.61pp	68th
1980	58.19%	+9.30pp	62nd
1979	48.89%	+9.77pp	53rd
1978	39.13%	+3.93pp	46th
1977	35.20%	+0.19pp	39th
1976	35.01%	+1.49pp	47th
1975	33.51%	+4.50pp	48th
1974	29.01%	+10.52pp	46th
1973	18.49%	+0.12pp	30th
1972	18.37%	+0.93pp	30th
1971	17.44%	−1.02pp	30th
1970	18.46%	–	36th

Show all years (1970–2024)

* Linear trend extrapolation from last 5 data points

Detected Pattern▾

Stagflation Risk

GDP growth below 2% combined with inflation above 8% and rising unemployment. The worst macro combination for policymakers.

Inflation 359.1% GDP growth -1.9% Unemployment 11.1%

This pattern occurred 204 times in G20 history, 77 successful

Haiti 2024

Inflation

26.9%

GDP growth

-4.2%

Unemployment

14.6%

São Tomé and Principe 2024

Inflation

14.4%

GDP growth

1.1%

Unemployment

9.1%

Angola 2023

Inflation

13.6%

GDP growth

1.3%

Unemployment

14.1%

Colombia 2023

Inflation

11.7%

GDP growth

0.7%

Unemployment

9.6%

Haiti 2023

Inflation

36.8%

GDP growth

-1.9%

Unemployment

14.5%

Lebanon 2023

Inflation

221.3%

GDP growth

-0.8%

Unemployment

11.0%

HistorySaid

Sudan's external debt to gni stood at 45.40% in 2024, a decline of −12.60pp from 2023. Based on recent trends, HistorySaid estimates 29.94% by 2025.