Brazil vs Sudan
Brazil vs Sudan: Forest area
Forest area in 2024: 58.6% in Brazil and 11.9% in Sudan, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Brazil, by 46.7 percentage points, or 4.94 times that in Sudan.
% of land · FAO
What the numbers say
- Brazil has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2012.
- In 2024, Brazil ranked 34 and Sudan ranked 159 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | Brazil | Sudan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 58.6 | 11.9 | – |
| 2023 | 58.9 | 12 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 59.3 | 12.1 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 59.7 | 12.1 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 60.1 | 12.2 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 60.4 | 12.3 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 60.7 | 12.4 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 61.1 | 12.5 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 61.4 | 12.6 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 61.7 | 12.7 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 61.9 | 12.8 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 62.1 | 12.9 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 62.4 | 13 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 62.6 | – | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 62.8 | – | 32 |
| 2009 | 63.3 | – | 32 |
| 2008 | 63.7 | – | 32 |
| 2007 | 64.1 | – | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 64.5 | – | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 65 | – | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 65.4 | – | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 65.8 | – | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 66.2 | – | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 66.7 | – | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 67.1 | – | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 67.8 | – | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 68.5 | – | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 69.2 | – | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 69.9 | – | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 70.5 | – | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 71.2 | – | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 71.9 | – | 32.8 |
| 1992 | 72.6 | – | 33 |
| 1991 | 73.3 | – | – |
| 1990 | 74 | – | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of land under trees at least 5 metres tall, natural or planted, leaving out orchards and city parks.
- Source: FAO, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 209 countries with a value in 2024, 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
Brazil vs Sudan
Health
- Life expectancyBrazil: 75.9 years in 2023Sudan: 66.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBrazil: 1.4 per 100 live births in 2024Sudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBrazil: 12.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBrazil: 3.3% in 2017Sudan: 3.78% in 2017
- Suicide rateBrazil: 6.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Sudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBrazil: 211 million people in 2023Sudan: 50 million people in 2023
- Population growthBrazil: 0.41% a year in 2023Sudan: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBrazil: 1.62 births per woman in 2023Sudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBrazil: 88.2% in 2025Sudan: 34.9% in 2025
- Median ageBrazil: 33.9 years in 2023Sudan: 18.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBrazil: 10.6% in 2023Sudan: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateBrazil: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Sudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBrazil: 1.05% of GDP in 2025Sudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021
- Military spending in US dollarsBrazil: $23.6B in 2025Sudan: $2.77B in 2021
- Military spending per personBrazil: $113 in 2025Sudan: $8 in 2021
- Military share of state spendingBrazil: 2.2% of government spending in 2025Sudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021
- Armed forces personnelBrazil: 762,000 people in 2020Sudan: 144,000 people in 2020
- National powerBrazil: 2.01% of world capability in 2022Sudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBrazil: 0.76% of the labour force in 2020Sudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBrazil: 462 million TIV in 2025Sudan: 57 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsBrazil: 153 million TIV in 2025Sudan: 11 million TIV in 2013