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	1.00	2018
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	140	32762	N/A
Internet users - percent of population	166	30.87 %	2018
Internet users - total	48	13.311 million	N/A
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	184	1.00	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	125	137842	N/A
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	172	74.46	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	46	33.014 million	N/A
Economy
Budget - expenditures	85	13.360 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	96	8.480 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	105	10.60 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	171	4.811 billion US Dollars	2017
Debt - external	64	56.050 billion US Dollars	2017
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	112	48	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	136	45	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	102	77	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	150	19	2020
Exports	124	4.100 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP (official exchange rate)	110	24.918 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	172	9.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	131	5.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	49	77.30 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	6	11.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	97	18.40 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	49	0.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	10	39.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	170	2.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	106	57.80 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	84	34 %	2014
Gross national saving	8	44	2018
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	77	26.70 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2009
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	24	2.70 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	N/A
Imports	115	8.220 billion US Dollars	2017
Industrial production growth rate	45	4.50 %	2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	3	50.20 %	2019
Labor force	47	11.920 million US Dollars	2007
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	7	80 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry	114	7 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services	157	13 %	1998
Population below poverty line	24	47 %	2009
Public debt	10	121.60 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	72	168.280 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP growth rate	100	1.40 %	2017
Real GDP per capita	176	3958 US Dollars	2019
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	174	198.000 million US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	125	18.50 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	25	19.60 %	2017
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 - from fossil fuels	54	44	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	27	51	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	35	6	2017
Electricity - installed generating capacity	97	3.437 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	89	13.990 billion	2016
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 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	19	48 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	1	100	2018
Land use - arable land	67	16	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	3	84	2018
Revenue from forest resources	23	3 % 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	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	154	36	2021
Geography
Area - land	19	1.732 million sq km	N/A
Area - total	18	1.861 million sq km	N/A
Area - water	8	129813 sq km	N/A
Coastline	88	853 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	47	3042 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	61	568 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	30	18900 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	18	6819 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	1	100	2018
Land use - arable land	67	16	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	3	84	2018
Total renewable water resources	97	37.800 billion	2017
Population Density	177	27.00 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	43	2 % of GDP	2019
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	6	20.94	N/A
Age structure - 25-54 years	194	29.89	N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years	182	4.13	N/A
Birth rate	20	33.63 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	125	12.20 %	2014
Current Health Expenditure	65	5 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	122	6.41 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	110	6.50 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	41	15.40 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	30	76.90 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	33	70.40 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	8	99 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - rural	49	19 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	46	13 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	62	1 % of population	N/A
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	36	0.20	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	29	2300	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	48	49000	2020
Hospital bed density	62	0.70 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	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	32	43.15 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	160	69 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	165	65 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	161	67 years	N/A
Maternal mortality rate	34	295.00	2017
Median age - female	153	19 years	2020
Median age - male	140	18 years	N/A
Median age - total	141	18 years	N/A
Net migration rate	124	1.71 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	125	6.60 %	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 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	25	69 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	16	55 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	18	28 % of population	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	15	7 years	2015
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	13	8 years	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	14	8 years	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	12	1.03 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	20	1.04	N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	30	0.95	N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	18	1.04	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	6	1.12 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	16	1.01 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	14	4.66 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	16	44	2011
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	25	27	N/A
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	22	33	N/A
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	29	3.43	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	154	36	2021
Transportation
Airports	66	67	2020
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	42	2	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	28	11	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	43	1	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	25	2	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - total	61	17	2020
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	34	1	N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	16	17	N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	35	24	N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	51	50	2020
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	58	9	N/A
Heliports	19	7	2020
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	42.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	19	9	2020
Railways - total	123	31 km	N/A
Roadways - paved	77	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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