Chad vs South Sudan
Chad vs South Sudan: GDP per person
GDP per person: $874 in Chad in 2025 and $1,080 in South Sudan in 2015, by World Bank estimates. In 2015 the value was higher in South Sudan, by $86, or 1.09 times that in Chad.
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
What the numbers say
- South Sudan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2008.
- The world as a whole: $10,190 in 2015.
Every year
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
| Year | Chad | South Sudan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $874 | – | $12,130 |
| 2024 | $856 | – | $11,890 |
| 2023 | $857 | – | $11,670 |
| 2022 | $863 | – | $11,450 |
| 2021 | $858 | – | $11,170 |
| 2020 | $885 | – | $10,580 |
| 2019 | $917 | – | $11,000 |
| 2018 | $899 | – | $10,820 |
| 2017 | $879 | – | $10,590 |
| 2016 | $924 | – | $10,360 |
| 2015 | $994 | $1,080 | $10,190 |
| 2014 | $993 | $1,197 | $10,000 |
| 2013 | $1,009 | $1,165 | $9,811 |
| 2012 | $1,016 | $1,069 | $9,654 |
| 2011 | $965 | $2,073 | $9,515 |
| 2010 | $957 | $2,295 | $9,322 |
| 2009 | $872 | $2,294 | $9,028 |
| 2008 | $916 | $2,289 | $9,266 |
| 2007 | $920 | – | $9,191 |
| 2006 | $914 | – | $8,913 |
| 2005 | $953 | – | $8,639 |
| 2004 | $846 | – | $8,409 |
| 2003 | $662 | – | $8,151 |
| 2002 | $600 | – | $8,011 |
| 2001 | $573 | – | $7,932 |
| 2000 | $531 | – | $7,880 |
| 1999 | $554 | – | $7,639 |
| 1998 | $578 | – | $7,479 |
| 1997 | $559 | – | $7,382 |
| 1996 | $548 | – | $7,203 |
| 1995 | $560 | – | $7,058 |
| 1994 | $578 | – | $6,944 |
| 1993 | $537 | – | $6,819 |
| 1992 | $653 | – | $6,801 |
| 1991 | $631 | – | $6,773 |
| 1990 | $603 | – | $6,804 |
| 1989 | $647 | – | $6,741 |
| 1988 | $638 | – | $6,620 |
| 1987 | $571 | – | $6,446 |
| 1986 | $606 | – | $6,326 |
| 1985 | $651 | – | $6,233 |
| 1984 | $540 | – | $6,120 |
| 1983 | $536 | – | $5,947 |
| 1982 | $487 | – | $5,903 |
| 1981 | $485 | – | $5,986 |
| 1980 | $480 | – | $5,980 |
| 1979 | $512 | – | $5,978 |
| 1978 | $666 | – | $5,843 |
| 1977 | $681 | – | $5,710 |
| 1976 | $679 | – | $5,591 |
| 1975 | $673 | – | $5,410 |
| 1974 | $631 | – | $5,467 |
| 1973 | $615 | – | $5,465 |
| 1972 | $687 | – | $5,236 |
| 1971 | $694 | – | $5,061 |
| 1970 | $726 | – | $4,964 |
| 1969 | $727 | – | $4,885 |
| 1968 | $694 | – | $4,707 |
| 1967 | $711 | – | $4,535 |
| 1966 | $720 | – | $4,461 |
| 1965 | $748 | – | $4,321 |
| 1964 | $758 | – | $4,176 |
| 1963 | $794 | – | $3,999 |
| 1962 | $823 | – | $3,889 |
| 1961 | $797 | – | $3,759 |
| 1960 | $802 | – | $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
Chad vs South Sudan
Health
- Life expectancyChad: 55.1 years in 2023South Sudan: 57.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityChad: 9.7 per 100 live births in 2024South Sudan: 9.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityChad: 64.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023South Sudan: 63.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionChad: 3.88% in 2017South Sudan: 3.7% in 2017
- Suicide rateChad: 11 per 100,000 people in 2017South Sudan: 12 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationChad: 19.3 million people in 2023South Sudan: 11.5 million people in 2023
- Population growthChad: 5.71% a year in 2023South Sudan: 5.86% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateChad: 6.12 births per woman in 2023South Sudan: 3.86 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationChad: 27.6% in 2025South Sudan: 21.7% in 2025
- Median ageChad: 15.4 years in 2023South Sudan: 18 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overChad: 2.1% in 2023South Sudan: 2.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateChad: 25.7 per 1,000 people in 2023South Sudan: 39.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingChad: 3.19% of GDP in 2025South Sudan: 3.43% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsChad: $598M in 2025South Sudan: $103M in 2025
- Military spending per personChad: $31 in 2025South Sudan: $15 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingChad: 15.5% of government spending in 2025South Sudan: 18.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelChad: 45,000 people in 2020South Sudan: 53,000 people in 2020
- National powerChad: 0.1% of world capability in 2022South Sudan: 0.08% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersChad: 0.85% of the labour force in 2020South Sudan: 1.18% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsChad: 4 million TIV in 2025South Sudan: 10 million TIV in 2022