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Sudan

Browse economic indicators and data sets, selected by Global Finance editors, to learn more about Sudan economic outlook, debt-to-GDP ratio, international trade performance and population trends.

Basic Information

Government Type: Presidential republic

Capital City: Khartoum

GDP & Economic Information

Macroeconomy & Sovereign Data

Central Bank Bank of Sudan

Currency Sudanese pounds (SDG)

International Reserves USD 0.18 billion (2017)

International Monetary Fund (IMF), data retrieved October 2019
Gross Domestic Product – GDP USD 33.9 billion (2018, estimate)
GDP (Purchasing Power Parity) Intl$ 177.7 billion (2018, estimate)

GDP Data

Real GDP growth 2014* 4.7%
2015* 1.9%
2016* 2.9%
2017* 1.7%
2018* -2.1%

*Estimate
GDP per capita – current prices USD 807.5 (2018, estimate)

GDP per capita – PPP Intl$ 4,232.0 (2018, estimate)
GDP (PPP) – share of world total 0.12% (2019 estimate)
GDP – composition by sector agriculture: 31.5%
industry: 2.4%
services: 49.5%
(2016 estimate)
Gross domestic expenditure on R&D; (% of GDP) N/A
Inflation 2015 16.9%
2016 17.8%
2017 32.4%
2018* 63.3%
2019* 50.4%

*Estimate

Inflation & Debt

Inflation 2015 16.9%
2016 17.8%
2017 32.4%
2018* 63.3%
2019* 50.4%

*Estimate
Government Bond Ratings Standard & Poor’s: N/A

Moody’s: N/A

Standard & Poor’s / Moody’s (Updated January 2017)
Unemployment rate 2015 21.6%
2016 20.6%
2017 19.6%
2018* 19.5%
2019* 22.1%

*Estimate
Household saving rates N/A
Public debt (General government gross debt as a % of GDP) 2015 92.2%
2016 128.4%
2017 159.2%
2018* 212.1%
2019* 207.0%

*Esti
Public deficit (General government net lending/borrowing as a % of GDP) 2015 -3.8%
2016 -4.4%
2017 -6.5%
2018* -7.7%
2019* -5.4%

*Estimate
Market value of publicly traded shares N/A
Largest Companies N/A

Import/Export

Exports as percent of GDP (Exports of goods and services) 10.2% (2018)
Shares in world total merchandising export 0.02% (2018)

Shares in world total commercial services export 0.03% (2018)

Total exports USD 5.0 billion (2018 estimate)


Export commodities Gold; oil and petroleum products; cotton, sesame, livestock, peanuts, gum Arabic, sugar


Total imports USD 8.2 billion (2018 estimate)


Import commodities Foodstuffs, manufactured goods, refinery and transport equipment, medicines, chemicals, textiles, wheat


Exports – major partners UAE 55.5%, Egypt 14.7%, Saudi Arabia 8.8% (2017)


Imports – major partners UAE 12.7%, Egypt 10.6%, India 10.5%, Turkey 10.2%, Japan 7.6%, Saudi Arabia 6%, Germany 4.6% (2017)


Competitiveness & Trade

Current account balance USD -4.7 billion (2018 estimate)
Current account balance by percentage of GDP -13.6% (2018 estimate)
FDI inflows 2016 USD 1,064 million
2017 USD 1,065 million
2018 USD 1,136 million
FDI Outflows N/A
Value of cross-border M&A, by country of purchaser N/A


United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) – World Investment Report
Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2014 N/A
Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2015 N/A
Best countries for doing business Overall ranking: 171 out of 190 countries (2019)

Subcategories:

Starting a business: 157 out of 190 countries

Dealing with Construction Permits: 124 out of 190 countries

Getting Electricity: 162 out of 190 countries

Registering Property: 95 out of 190 countries

Getting Credit: 176 out of 190 countries

Protecting Minority Investors: 153 out of 190 countries

Paying Taxes: 164 out of 190 countries

Trading across Borders: 185 out of 190 countries

Enforcing Contracts: 148 out of 190 countries

Resolving Insolvency: 152 out of 190 countries
Global competitiveness ranking N/A
Index of Economic Freedom Ranking: 166 / Score: 47.7 (Repressed)

Source: 2019 Index of Economic Freedom

Population & Geographic Data

Time Zone UTC+3

Total Area 1,861,484 sq km

Total Population 1990 25.75 million
2000 31.1 million
2010 40.1 million
2015 38.4 million
2020* 44.4 million

*Estimate
Urban population as % of total population 1960 11%
1980 20%
2000 33%
2020 34%
Population median age 17.9 years (2018 estimate)



CIA World Factbook / Population median age
Population growth rate 2.93% (2018 estimate)

Life expectancy 65.8 years (2018 estimate)

% of population living on less than $3.10 a day N/A
Inequality of wealth distribution (Gini index) N/A
Freedom House rating Political Rights: 7
Civil Liberties: 7 (2019)

(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
Total telephone subscribers as % of population Fixed 0.30% Mobile 72% (2018)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)
Internet users as % of total population 30.87% (2017)

Language & Religon

Languages Arabic (official), English (official), Nubian, Ta Bedawie, Fur

Literacy
Total population: 75.9%
Male: 83.3%
Female: 68.6% (2018 est.)

(age 15 and over can read and write)
Religions Sunni Muslim, small Christian minority

World Rankings

Population 44.4 M
Mercer Cost of living index N/A
C02 Emissions per capita 0.3 metric tons (2014)

Data Sources:

IMF World Economic Outlook

UN World Population Prospects

World Inequality Report

S&P Global Ratings

Moody’s

Fitch Ratings

IMF Direction of Trade Statistics (DOTS)

UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

CIA The World Factbook

World Bank’s World Integrated Trade Solution

Forbes Global 2000

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