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Sudan

Headline economic indicators for Sudan, with the most recent official readings.

Prices

Prices — Sudan
Indicator Value Change
Inflation rate · 138.8% -220.28 (-61.3%)
Consumer price index · 38,796.6 +22,551 (+138.8%)
GDP deflator inflation · 65.9% -178.00 (-73.0%)

GDP

GDP — Sudan
Indicator Value Change
GDP growth rate · 3.1% +17.03 (+121.9%)
GDP per capita · 1,164.54 +179.93 (+18.3%)
GDP per capita, long-run history · 2,405 -127.43 (-5.0%)
GDP · 60,162,634,574.47 +10,490,199,061 (+21.1%)
GDP, PPP · 113,257,494,657 +6,361,743,429 (+6.0%)
GDP per capita, PPP · 2,192 +73.38 (+3.5%)
GDP per capita growth · 0.6% +15.30 (+104.4%)
GNI per capita · 900 +190.00 (+26.8%)
Agriculture to GDP · 29.4% +7.18 (+32.4%)
Industry to GDP · 33.6% +10.50 (+45.3%)
Manufacturing to GDP · 5.1% +0.63 (+14.0%)
Services to GDP · 37.0% -17.67 (-32.3%)
Household consumption to GDP · 81.5% +0.47 (+0.6%)
Gross capital formation to GDP · 0.7% -2.15 (-74.6%)
Gross savings to GDP · 0.5% -2.05 (-80.8%)

Labour

Labour — Sudan
Indicator Value Change
Unemployment rate · 7.5% -3.56 (-32.1%)
Labour force participation rate · 37.5% -0.83 (-2.2%)
Female labour force participation rate · 14.5% -1.36 (-8.6%)
Youth unemployment rate · 12.0% -5.41 (-31.1%)
Employment to population ratio · 34.7% +0.60 (+1.8%)
Employment in agriculture · 39.8% -0.38 (-0.9%)
Employment in industry · 14.0% -0.12 (-0.9%)
Employment in services · 46.2% +0.50 (+1.1%)

Money

Money — Sudan
Indicator Value Change
Broad money to GDP · 31.9% -3.36 (-9.5%)
Private sector credit to GDP · 5.6% -0.98 (-14.8%)
Official exchange rate · 546.76 +175.97 (+47.5%)

Trade

Trade — Sudan
Indicator Value Change
Current account to GDP · -8.5% -3.81 (-81.8%)
Exports to GDP · 1.1% +0.38 (+53.0%)
Imports to GDP · 1.3% +0.00 (+0.3%)
Trade to GDP · 2.4% +0.39 (+19.4%)
Exports of goods and services · 663,619,143.87 +305,515,560 (+85.3%)
Imports of goods and services · 769,412,868.64 +136,346,663 (+21.5%)
Trade balance, goods and services (annual) · -5,129,715,552.71 -2,719,362,967 (-112.8%)
Current account balance (annual) · -5,090,996,599.71 -2,778,884,004 (-120.2%)
Foreign direct investment to GDP · 0.0% -0.00 (-66.7%)
Remittances received to GDP · 0.0% -0.03 (-56.7%)
Total reserves, including gold · 177,933,851.81 +9,649,499 (+5.7%)
Reserves in months of imports · 0.2 -0.02 (-9.8%)
External debt to GNI · 45.4% -12.60 (-21.7%)

Government

Government — Sudan
Indicator Value Change
Government debt to GDP · 865.9% +78.92 (+10.0%)
Government revenue to GDP · 8.8% -1.54 (-14.9%)
Government expense to GDP · 9.7% -0.99 (-9.2%)
Tax revenue to GDP · 7.4% -0.80 (-9.8%)
Government budget balance to GDP · -1.7% -0.50 (-39.9%)
Government consumption to GDP · 17.9% +1.31 (+7.9%)
Education spending to GDP · 2.0% +0.17 (+9.2%)
Health spending to GDP · 2.9% -0.94 (-24.8%)

Demography

Demography — Sudan
Indicator Value Change
Population · 51,662,147 +1,213,184 (+2.4%)
Population, long-run history · 46,498 +1,207 (+2.7%)
Population growth · 2.4% +1.57 (+194.0%)
Life expectancy · 66.5 +0.19 (+0.3%)
Fertility rate · 4.26 -0.06 (-1.4%)
Birth rate · 33.0 -0.62 (-1.8%)
Death rate · 6.3 -0.07 (-1.1%)
Urban population share · 34.9% +0.07 (+0.2%)
Population aged 65 and over · 3.4% +0.09 (+2.6%)
Under-five mortality rate · 61.6 -1.50 (-2.4%)
Population density · 27.0 +0.22 (+0.8%)
Net migration · 291,469 +835,726 (+153.6%)
Gini index · 34.2 -1.20 (-3.4%)

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

All data sources

Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

No separate list is published for Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.

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