Burkina Faso vs Sudan
Burkina Faso vs Sudan: Government debt
Government debt: 53.2% of GDP in Burkina Faso in 2025 and 191.3% of GDP in Sudan in 2021, by IMF estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Sudan, by 135.8 percentage points, or 3.45 times that in Burkina Faso.
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- Sudan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2002.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Burkina Faso at 49.7% of GDP and Sudan at 192.2% of GDP in 2031.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Burkina Faso | Sudan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 53.2 | 204.4 |
| 2024 | 57.3 | 282.3 |
| 2023 | 56.8 | 286.9 |
| 2022 | 59.2 | 189 |
| 2021 | 55.5 | 191.3 |
| 2020 | 45 | 278.8 |
| 2019 | 41.7 | 216.5 |
| 2018 | 38.1 | 209.8 |
| 2017 | 33.9 | 149.5 |
| 2016 | 32.9 | 109.9 |
| 2015 | 31.3 | 93.2 |
| 2014 | 26.1 | 84.4 |
| 2013 | 25.9 | 105.8 |
| 2012 | 25.2 | 117.7 |
| 2011 | 24.5 | 78.1 |
| 2010 | 23.7 | 74.6 |
| 2009 | 25.9 | 71 |
| 2008 | 24.9 | 55.8 |
| 2007 | 22.4 | 53.7 |
| 2006 | 20.1 | 63.7 |
| 2005 | 39.2 | 75.5 |
| 2004 | 40.7 | 97.8 |
| 2003 | 39.7 | 117.4 |
| 2002 | 43.3 | 121.7 |
| 2001 | – | 125.6 |
| 2000 | – | 143.2 |
| 1999 | – | 160.5 |
| 1998 | – | 179.7 |
| 1997 | – | 167.7 |
| 1996 | – | 220.9 |
| 1995 | – | 239 |
| 1994 | – | 386.5 |
| 1993 | – | 285.9 |
| 1992 | – | 495.2 |
- 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Burkina Faso | Sudan |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 51 | 334.4 |
| 2027 | 50.9 | 274.1 |
| 2028 | 51 | 235.5 |
| 2029 | 50.4 | 225.2 |
| 2030 | 50 | 212 |
| 2031 | 49.7 | 192.2 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the government owes, as a share of the economy’s yearly output.
- 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 149 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
Burkina Faso vs Sudan
Health
- Life expectancyBurkina Faso: 61.1 years in 2023Sudan: 66.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBurkina Faso: 7.5 per 100 live births in 2024Sudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBurkina Faso: 52.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBurkina Faso: 3.69% in 2017Sudan: 3.78% in 2017
- Suicide rateBurkina Faso: 13.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Sudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBurkina Faso: 23 million people in 2023Sudan: 50 million people in 2023
- Population growthBurkina Faso: 2.26% a year in 2023Sudan: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBurkina Faso: 4.19 births per woman in 2023Sudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBurkina Faso: 28.9% in 2025Sudan: 34.9% in 2025
- Median ageBurkina Faso: 17.3 years in 2023Sudan: 18.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBurkina Faso: 2.6% in 2023Sudan: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateBurkina Faso: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Sudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBurkina Faso: 3.3% of GDP in 2025Sudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021
- Military spending in US dollarsBurkina Faso: $844M in 2025Sudan: $2.77B in 2021
- Military spending per personBurkina Faso: $37 in 2025Sudan: $8 in 2021
- Military share of state spendingBurkina Faso: 13.2% of government spending in 2025Sudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021
- Armed forces personnelBurkina Faso: 11,000 people in 2020Sudan: 144,000 people in 2020
- National powerBurkina Faso: 0.09% of world capability in 2022Sudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBurkina Faso: 0.12% of the labour force in 2020Sudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBurkina Faso: 34 million TIV in 2025Sudan: 57 million TIV in 2025