International Rankings of Sudan 2023, 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	60	0.1	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	154	28782	2020
Internet users - percent of population	94	28.8 %	2021
Internet users - total	54	13.248 million	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	60	N/A	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	127	129408	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	103	37	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	68	16.689 million	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	59	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Average household expenditures - on food	95	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Budget - expenditures	102	8.277 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget - revenues	126	3.479 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	105	10.6 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	169	2.886 billion US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	64	56.050 billion US Dollars	2017
Exports	125	5.916 billion US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	111	24.918 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	176	9.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	132	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	99	18.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	50	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	175	2.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	113	57.8 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	82	34.2 %	2014
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	78	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
Imports	115	9.788 billion US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	155	0.7 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	2	382.82 %	2021
Labor force	49	12.921 million US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	7	80 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	118	7 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	162	13 %	1998
Population below poverty line	25	46.5 %	2009
Public debt	15	121.6 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	74	168.980 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	184	1.87 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	155	3700 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	186	177.934 million US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	198	7.39 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	19	19.81 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	18	45.8	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	27	30.5	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	23	35.6	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	128	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	124	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	74	17.319 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	122	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	62	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	112	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	75	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	75	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	103	9.682 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	98	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	94	4.354 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	49	4.599 billion kWh	2019
Electricity access	2	N/A %	2023
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	49	0.9 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	105	43.5 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	40	55.5 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	68	0.1 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	73	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	162	8.047 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	121	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	88	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	97	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	54	84.950 billion cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	52	12900 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	74	9000 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	23	5.000 billion bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	71	137700 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	56	66900 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	87	8541 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	110	24340 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	70	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	68	15.7	2018
Land use - forest	184	0	2018
Land use - other	186	0	2018
Land use - permanent crops	83	0.2	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	2	84.2	2018
Revenue from coal	33	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	24	3.01 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	102	37.800 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	21	25.910 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	85	80.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal	50	950.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	30	3.43	2025
Urbanization - urban population	152	36.3	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2023
Geography
Area - land	21	1.732 million sq km	0
Area - total	20	1.861 million sq km	0
Area - water	6	12.981 million sq km	0
Coastline	90	853 km	0
Elevation - highest point	55	3042 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	35	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	62	568 meters	0
Irrigated land	31	15666 sq km	2020
Land boundaries - total	18	6819 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	1	100	2018
Land use - arable land	68	15.7	2018
Land use - forest	184	0	2018
Land use - other	186	0	2018
Land use - permanent crops	83	0.2	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	2	84.2	2018
Military
Military expenditures	44	1 % of GDP	2021
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	152	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	16	1.63 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	113	0.29 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	121	1.93 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	96	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	19	33.32 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	4	33 %	2014
Contraceptive prevalence rate	124	12.2 %	2014
Current health expenditure	84	3 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	53	61.4 %	2023
Death rate	134	6.19 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	133	6.2 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	36	16.2 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	30	76.9 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	25	74 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	11	99 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	48	19.3 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	39	12.9 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	54	1 % of population	0
Education expenditures	74	N/A % of GDP	0
Gross reproduction rate	15	2.21 %	2023
Hospital bed density	64	0.7 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	29	35.66 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	30	46.87 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	29	41.4 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	170	69.81 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	177	65.19 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	172	67.45 years	0
Literacy - female	101	56.1 %	2018
Literacy - male	85	65.4 %	0
Literacy - total population	94	60.7 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	31	270 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	157	18.5 years	2020
Median age - male	145	18.1 years	0
Median age - total	146	18.3 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	86	N/A	2023
Net migration rate	133	1.63 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	126	6.6 %	2014
Physicians density	137	0.26 physicians/1,000 population	2017
Population	30	49.198 million	2023
Population growth rate	16	2.55 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	78	72.1 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	23	69.4 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	16	54.7 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	17	27.9 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	16	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	13	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	24	0.99 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	8	1.08 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	18	1.01 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	114	N/A %	2023
Tobacco use - male	140	N/A %	2023
Tobacco use - total	129	N/A %	2023
Total fertility rate	16	4.54 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	30	3.43	2025
Urbanization - urban population	152	36.3	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	18	45.8	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	27	30.5	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	23	35.6	0
Transportation
Airports	67	67	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	53	501000	3280
Heliports	19	7	2021
Merchant marine - total	131	15	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	139	N/A	2023
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	132	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	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	80	8000 km	2019
Roadways - total	88	31000 km	2019
Waterways	28	4068 km	2011

*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.

NOTE: The information regarding Sudan on this page is re-published from the 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Sudan 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Sudan 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.