Belgium vs Sudan
Belgium vs Sudan: GDP per person
GDP per person in 2025: $45,150 in Belgium and $582 in Sudan, by World Bank estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Belgium, by $44,568, or 78 times that in Sudan.
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
What the numbers say
- Belgium has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
- In 2025, Belgium ranked 18 and Sudan ranked 180 of 186 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: $12,130 in 2025.
Every year
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
| Year | Belgium | Sudan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $45,150 | $582 | $12,130 |
| 2024 | $45,020 | $578 | $11,890 |
| 2023 | $44,830 | $678 | $11,670 |
| 2022 | $44,520 | $973 | $11,450 |
| 2021 | $43,140 | $1,010 | $11,170 |
| 2020 | $40,770 | $1,057 | $10,580 |
| 2019 | $43,010 | $1,127 | $11,000 |
| 2018 | $42,210 | $1,186 | $10,820 |
| 2017 | $41,620 | $1,262 | $10,590 |
| 2016 | $41,170 | $1,297 | $10,360 |
| 2015 | $40,890 | $1,292 | $10,190 |
| 2014 | $40,530 | $1,307 | $10,000 |
| 2013 | $40,010 | $1,283 | $9,811 |
| 2012 | $40,070 | $1,288 | $9,654 |
| 2011 | $40,240 | $1,388 | $9,515 |
| 2010 | $39,990 | $1,311 | $9,322 |
| 2009 | $39,290 | $1,301 | $9,028 |
| 2008 | $40,380 | $1,382 | $9,266 |
| 2007 | $40,520 | $1,372 | $9,191 |
| 2006 | $39,370 | $1,336 | $8,913 |
| 2005 | $38,650 | $1,290 | $8,639 |
| 2004 | $37,980 | $1,256 | $8,409 |
| 2003 | $36,830 | $1,226 | $8,151 |
| 2002 | $36,600 | $1,185 | $8,011 |
| 2001 | $36,150 | $1,150 | $7,932 |
| 2000 | $35,880 | $1,111 | $7,880 |
| 1999 | $34,680 | $1,075 | $7,639 |
| 1998 | $33,570 | $1,069 | $7,479 |
| 1997 | $32,990 | $1,050 | $7,382 |
| 1996 | $31,860 | $909 | $7,203 |
| 1995 | $31,510 | $878 | $7,058 |
| 1994 | $30,840 | $850 | $6,944 |
| 1993 | $29,970 | $863 | $6,819 |
| 1992 | $30,380 | $842 | $6,801 |
| 1991 | $30,040 | $805 | $6,773 |
| 1990 | $29,610 | $765 | $6,804 |
| 1989 | $28,790 | $823 | $6,741 |
| 1988 | $27,930 | $765 | $6,620 |
| 1987 | $26,760 | $777 | $6,446 |
| 1986 | $26,170 | $692 | $6,326 |
| 1985 | $25,720 | $669 | $6,233 |
| 1984 | $25,310 | $727 | $6,120 |
| 1983 | $24,700 | $782 | $5,947 |
| 1982 | $24,620 | $791 | $5,903 |
| 1981 | $24,460 | $774 | $5,986 |
| 1980 | $24,530 | $748 | $5,980 |
| 1979 | $23,510 | $766 | $5,978 |
| 1978 | $23,000 | $837 | $5,843 |
| 1977 | $22,380 | $923 | $5,710 |
| 1976 | $22,270 | $898 | $5,591 |
| 1975 | $21,120 | $796 | $5,410 |
| 1974 | $21,600 | $711 | $5,467 |
| 1973 | $20,720 | $662 | $5,465 |
| 1972 | $19,540 | $683 | $5,236 |
| 1971 | $18,630 | $742 | $5,061 |
| 1970 | $17,950 | $748 | $4,964 |
| 1969 | $16,900 | $728 | $4,885 |
| 1968 | $15,890 | $739 | $4,707 |
| 1967 | $15,310 | $746 | $4,535 |
| 1966 | $14,820 | $758 | $4,461 |
| 1965 | $14,470 | $809 | $4,321 |
| 1964 | $14,100 | $781 | $4,176 |
| 1963 | $13,310 | $813 | $3,999 |
| 1962 | $12,850 | $862 | $3,889 |
| 1961 | $12,260 | $829 | $3,759 |
| 1960 | $11,720 | $852 | $3,667 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The value of everything produced in the country in a year, divided by its people, in 2015 US dollars so that years compare.
- Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
- Ranks count the 186 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Belgium vs Sudan
Health
- Life expectancyBelgium: 82.1 years in 2023Sudan: 66.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBelgium: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Sudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBelgium: 3.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBelgium: 4.11% in 2017Sudan: 3.78% in 2017
- Suicide rateBelgium: 14.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Sudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBelgium: 11.7 million people in 2023Sudan: 50 million people in 2023
- Population growthBelgium: 0.25% a year in 2023Sudan: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBelgium: 1.38 births per woman in 2023Sudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBelgium: 87.7% in 2025Sudan: 34.9% in 2025
- Median ageBelgium: 41.4 years in 2023Sudan: 18.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBelgium: 20.2% in 2023Sudan: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateBelgium: 3.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Sudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBelgium: 2.01% of GDP in 2025Sudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021
- Military spending in US dollarsBelgium: $13.6B in 2025Sudan: $2.77B in 2021
- Military spending per personBelgium: $1,237 in 2025Sudan: $8 in 2021
- Military share of state spendingBelgium: 3.7% of government spending in 2025Sudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021
- Armed forces personnelBelgium: 24,000 people in 2020Sudan: 144,000 people in 2020
- National powerBelgium: 0.22% of world capability in 2022Sudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBelgium: 0.47% of the labour force in 2020Sudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBelgium: 430 million TIV in 2025Sudan: 57 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsBelgium: 86 million TIV in 2025Sudan: 11 million TIV in 2013