Brazil vs Sudan
Brazil vs Sudan: Inflation
Inflation in 2025: 5% a year in Brazil and 99.9% a year in Sudan, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Sudan, by 94.9 percentage points, or 20 times that in Brazil.
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- Sudan has been higher since 2004, when it overtook Brazil.
- In 2025, Brazil ranked 38 and Sudan ranked 2 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Brazil at 3% a year and Sudan at 12% a year in 2031.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Brazil | Sudan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 99.9 |
| 2024 | 4.4 | 176.9 |
| 2023 | 4.6 | 66.6 |
| 2022 | 9.3 | 138.8 |
| 2021 | 8.3 | 359.1 |
| 2020 | 3.2 | 163.3 |
| 2019 | 3.7 | 51 |
| 2018 | 3.7 | 63.3 |
| 2017 | 3.4 | 32.4 |
| 2016 | 8.7 | 17.8 |
| 2015 | 9 | 16.9 |
| 2014 | 6.3 | 36.9 |
| 2013 | 6.2 | 36.5 |
| 2012 | 5.4 | 35.6 |
| 2011 | 6.6 | 18.1 |
| 2010 | 5 | 13 |
| 2009 | 4.9 | 11.3 |
| 2008 | 5.7 | 14.3 |
| 2007 | 3.6 | 14.8 |
| 2006 | 4.2 | 7.2 |
| 2005 | 6.9 | 8.5 |
| 2004 | 6.6 | 9.7 |
| 2003 | 14.7 | 6.5 |
| 2002 | 8.5 | 22.2 |
| 2001 | 6.8 | 1.9 |
| 2000 | 7 | 7.1 |
| 1999 | 4.9 | 17.2 |
| 1998 | 3.2 | 24.6 |
| 1997 | 6.9 | 47.2 |
| 1996 | 15.8 | 86.8 |
| 1995 | 66 | 68.4 |
| 1994 | 2,076 | 115.5 |
| 1993 | 1,927 | 101.3 |
| 1992 | 952 | 117.6 |
| 1991 | 432.8 | 123.6 |
| 1990 | 2,948 | -0.9 |
| 1989 | 1,431 | 65.3 |
| 1988 | 629.1 | 62.9 |
| 1987 | 228.3 | 26.5 |
| 1986 | 147.1 | 60 |
| 1985 | 226 | 45.6 |
| 1984 | 192.1 | 33.7 |
| 1983 | 135 | 30.6 |
| 1982 | 100.6 | 26.6 |
| 1981 | 101.7 | 24 |
| 1980 | 90.2 | 26.5 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Brazil | Sudan |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4.4 | 41.3 |
| 2027 | 4.1 | 50.9 |
| 2028 | 3.1 | 23.7 |
| 2029 | 3 | 12.3 |
| 2030 | 3 | 12 |
| 2031 | 3 | 12 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- How much consumer prices rose in a year, on average.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 179 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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