Colombia vs Sudan
Colombia vs Sudan: Government debt
Government debt: 59.9% of GDP in Colombia in 2025 and 191.3% of GDP in Sudan in 2021, by IMF estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Sudan, by 126.9 percentage points, or 2.97 times that in Colombia.
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- Sudan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1996.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Colombia at 65.3% of GDP and Sudan at 192.2% of GDP in 2031.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Colombia | Sudan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 59.9 | 204.4 |
| 2024 | 61 | 282.3 |
| 2023 | 55.4 | 286.9 |
| 2022 | 61.3 | 189 |
| 2021 | 64.4 | 191.3 |
| 2020 | 65.3 | 278.8 |
| 2019 | 51 | 216.5 |
| 2018 | 51.8 | 209.8 |
| 2017 | 49.5 | 149.5 |
| 2016 | 49.9 | 109.9 |
| 2015 | 50.4 | 93.2 |
| 2014 | 43.3 | 84.4 |
| 2013 | 37.6 | 105.8 |
| 2012 | 34 | 117.7 |
| 2011 | 35.8 | 78.1 |
| 2010 | 36.5 | 74.6 |
| 2009 | 35.4 | 71 |
| 2008 | 32.4 | 55.8 |
| 2007 | 32.7 | 53.7 |
| 2006 | 36 | 63.7 |
| 2005 | 38.5 | 75.5 |
| 2004 | 41.5 | 97.8 |
| 2003 | 45 | 117.4 |
| 2002 | 47.6 | 121.7 |
| 2001 | 41.1 | 125.6 |
| 2000 | 38 | 143.2 |
| 1999 | 34 | 160.5 |
| 1998 | 27.5 | 179.7 |
| 1997 | 25.3 | 167.7 |
| 1996 | 23.3 | 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 | Colombia | Sudan |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 59.5 | 334.4 |
| 2027 | 62.9 | 274.1 |
| 2028 | 65.1 | 235.5 |
| 2029 | 65.9 | 225.2 |
| 2030 | 65.7 | 212 |
| 2031 | 65.3 | 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
Colombia vs Sudan
Health
- Life expectancyColombia: 77.7 years in 2023Sudan: 66.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityColombia: 1.2 per 100 live births in 2024Sudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityColombia: 9.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionColombia: 2.2% in 2017Sudan: 3.78% in 2017
- Suicide rateColombia: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Sudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationColombia: 52.3 million people in 2023Sudan: 50 million people in 2023
- Population growthColombia: 1.1% a year in 2023Sudan: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateColombia: 1.65 births per woman in 2023Sudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationColombia: 78.8% in 2025Sudan: 34.9% in 2025
- Median ageColombia: 31.6 years in 2023Sudan: 18.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overColombia: 9.4% in 2023Sudan: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateColombia: 3 per 1,000 people in 2023Sudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingColombia: 3.2% of GDP in 2025Sudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021
- Military spending in US dollarsColombia: $13.7B in 2025Sudan: $2.77B in 2021
- Military spending per personColombia: $273 in 2025Sudan: $8 in 2021
- Military share of state spendingColombia: 9.3% of government spending in 2025Sudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021
- Armed forces personnelColombia: 428,000 people in 2020Sudan: 144,000 people in 2020
- National powerColombia: 0.57% of world capability in 2022Sudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersColombia: 1.7% of the labour force in 2020Sudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsColombia: 22 million TIV in 2025Sudan: 57 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsColombia: 4 million TIV in 2020Sudan: 11 million TIV in 2013