International Rankings of Sudan 2024, 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	0.10	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	154	28782	2020
Internet users - percent of population	94	28.80 %	2021
Internet users - total	55	13.248 million	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	126	155802	2022
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	80	74.00	2022
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	46	34.671 million	2022
Economy
Budget - expenditures	102	8.277 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget - revenues	126	3.479 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	105	10.60 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	170	2.886 billion US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	65	56.050 billion US Dollars	2017
Exchange rates	65	54.00	N/A
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	9.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	132	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	99	18.40 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	50	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	175	2.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	113	57.80 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	82	34 %	2014
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	78	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	117	9.788 billion US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	156	0.70 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	2	382.82 %	2021
Labor force	49	12.921 million US Dollars	2021
Population below poverty line	25	47 %	2009
Public debt	15	121.60 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	75	168.980 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	184	1.87 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	151	3700 US Dollars	2021
Remittances	102	2	2020
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	186	177.934 million US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	198	7.39 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	19	19.81 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	18	45.80 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	27	30.50 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	23	35.60 %	2021
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	74	17.319 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	92	17.319 million	2019
Electricity - consumption	103	9.682 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	94	4.354 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	49	4.599 billion kWh	2019
Electricity access - electrification - rural areas	44	49	2021
Electricity access - electrification - total population	47	62	2021
Electricity access - electrification - urban areas	38	84	2021
Electricity access - population without electricity	6	23.000 million	2020
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	49	0.90 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	105	43.50 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	40	55.50 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	68	0.10 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	162	8.047 million Btu/person	2019
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 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	74	21 micrograms per cubic meter	2019
Land use - agricultural land	1	100	2018
Land use - arable land	68	16	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	2	84	2018
Revenue from forest resources	24	3 % 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	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	152	36	2023
Geography
Area - land	19	1.732 million sq km	N/A
Area - total	19	1.861 million sq km	N/A
Area - water	8	129813 sq km	N/A
Coastline	90	853 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	51	3042 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	62	568 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	31	15666 sq km	2020
Land boundaries - total	18	6819 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	1	100	2018
Land use - arable land	68	16	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	2	84	2018
Population Density	186	28.41 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	40	1 % of GDP	2021
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	16	2 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	121	2 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	18	33.30 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	3	33 %	2014
Contraceptive prevalence rate	124	12.20 %	2014
Current health expenditure	84	3 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	53	61 %	2023
Death rate	66	6.20 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	133	6.20 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	36	16.20 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	30	76.90 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	25	74.00 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	11	99 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - rural	48	19 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	39	13 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	54	1 % of population	N/A
Gross reproduction rate	15	2.21 %	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	28	35.70 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - male	28	46.90 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	28	41.40 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Life expectancy at birth - female	116	70 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - male	120	65 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	118	68 years	2023
Literacy - definition	2	15	N/A
Literacy - female	101	56 %	2018
Literacy - male	85	65 %	N/A
Literacy - total population	94	61 %	N/A
Maternal mortality ratio	31	270.00 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	158	19 years	N/A
Median age - male	153	19 years	N/A
Median age - total	144	19 years	2023
Net migration rate	74	1.60 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	126	6.60 %	2014
Physicians density	137	0.26 physicians/1,000 population	2017
Population	30	49.198 million	2023
Population growth rate	15	2.55 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	78	72 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	23	69 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	16	55 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	17	28 % of population	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	13	1.03 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	24	0.99 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	8	1.08 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	18	1.01 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	15	4.54 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	30	3.43	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	152	36	2023
Transportation
Airports	88	41	2024
Heliports	62	4	2024
Merchant marine - total	129	14	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	42.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	19	9	2020
Railways - narrow gauge	5	5851	2014
Railways - total	13	14001 km	N/A
Roadways - paved	53	8000 km	N/A
Roadways - total	62	30000 km	N/A
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.

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