International Rankings of Sudan 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Sudan, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Sudan, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	147	1	2018
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	140	32762	0
Internet users - percent of population	166	30.87 %	2018
Internet users - total	48	13.311 million	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	184	1	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	125	137842	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	172	74.46	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	46	33.014 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	85	13.360 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	96	8.480 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	105	10.6 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	112	47.8	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	136	44.8	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	102	76.7	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	150	19	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	110	24.918 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	172	9.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	131	5.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	49	77.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	6	11.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	97	18.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	49	0.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	10	39.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	170	2.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	106	57.8 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	77	26.7 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2009
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	24	2.7 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	45	4.5 %	2017
Labor force	47	11.920 million US Dollars	2007
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	7	80 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	114	7 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	157	13 %	1998
Population below poverty line	24	46.5	2009
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	72	168.280 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	154	3958 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	125	18.5 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	92	16.030 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	50	19540	2015
Crude oil - imports	73	9440	2015
Crude oil - production	43	95000	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	23	5.000 billion	2018
Electricity - consumption	89	12.120 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	54	44	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	27	51	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	35	6	2017
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	97	3.437 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	89	13.990 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	108	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	92	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	54	84.950 billion	2018
Refined petroleum products - consumption	75	112000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	85	8541 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	108	24340 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	68	94830 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	82	20 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	20	75.1 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	19	47.92 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	1	100	2018
Land use - arable land	67	15.7	2018
Land use - forest	182	0	2018
Land use - other	182	0	2018
Land use - permanent crops	83	0.2	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	3	84.2	2018
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	23	3.01 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	98	37.800 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	22	25.910 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	107	75.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	49	950.000 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	29	3.43	2025
Urbanization - urban population	154	35.6	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2021
Geography
Area - land	20	1.732 million sq km	0
Area - total	19	1.861 million sq km	0
Area - water	6	12.981 million sq km	0
Coastline	87	853 km	0
Elevation - highest point	48	3042 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	61	568 meters	0
Irrigated land	30	18900 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	17	6819 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	1	100	2018
Land use - arable land	67	15.7	2018
Land use - forest	182	0	2018
Land use - other	182	0	2018
Land use - permanent crops	83	0.2	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	3	84.2	2018
Total renewable water resources	97	37.800 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	6	20.94 %	7664
Age structure - 25-54 years	194	29.89 %	6241
Age structure - 55-64 years	182	4.13 %	3688
Birth rate	20	33.63 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	125	12.2 %	2014
Current Health Expenditure	65	4.5 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	122	6.41 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	110	6.5 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	41	15.4 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	30	76.9 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	33	70.4 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	8	99 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	49	19.3 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	46	13 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	62	1 % of population	0
Education expenditures	61	N/A % of GDP	0
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	36	0.2	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	29	2300	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	48	49000	2020
Hospital bed density	62	0.7 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	33	37.36 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	33	48.66 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	32	43.15 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	160	69.11 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	165	64.58 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	161	66.79 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	34	295	2017
Median age - female	153	18.5 years	2020
Median age - male	140	18.1 years	0
Median age - total	141	18.3 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	82	N/A	2021
Net migration rate	124	1.71 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	125	6.6 %	2014
Physicians density	135	0.26 physicians/1,000 population	2017
Population	30	46.751 million	2021
Population growth rate	16	2.55 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	88	72.1 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	25	69.4 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	16	55.1 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	18	27.9 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	15	7 years	2015
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	13	8 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	14	8 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	12	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	20	1.04	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	30	0.95	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	18	1.04	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	6	1.12 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	16	1.01 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	14	4.66 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	16	43.5	2011
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	25	27.4	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	22	32.6	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	29	3.43	2025
Urbanization - urban population	154	35.6	2021
Transportation
Airports	66	67	2020
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	42	2	0
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	28	11	0
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	43	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	25	2	0
Airports - with paved runways - total	61	17	2020
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	34	1	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	16	17	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	35	24	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	51	50	2020
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	58	9	0
Heliports	19	7	2020
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	136	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	130	269958	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	70	42	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	19	9	2020
Railways - total	30	7251 km	2014
Roadways - paved	78	8000 km	2019
Roadways - total	80	31000 km	2019
Waterways	24	4068 km	1723

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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