Ethiopia vs Sudan

Ethiopia vs Sudan: GDP growth

GDP growth: 8.1% a year in Ethiopia in 2024 and -2.5% a year in Sudan in 2019, by IMF estimates. In 2019 the value was higher in Ethiopia, by 11.5 percentage points.

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% a year · IMF

Ethiopia vs Sudan: GDP growthGDP growth: 8.1% a year in Ethiopia in 2024 and -2.5% a year in Sudan in 2019, by IMF estimates. In 2019 the value was higher in Ethiopia, by 11.5 percentage points.
EthiopiaSudanIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Ethiopia has been higher since 2004, when it overtook Sudan.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Ethiopia at 7.7% a year and Sudan at 8% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearEthiopiaSudan
20248.1-19.3
20237.2-23.5
20226.4-2.5
20216.30.5
20206.1-3.6
20199-2.5
20187.7-2.3
201710.20.8
201684.7
201510.44.9
201410.34.7
20139.92
20128.7-17
201111.4-3.2
201010.63.9
200910-2.8
200811.23.8
200711.85.7
200611.56.5
200512.65.6
200411.75.1
2003-2.16.3
20021.65.9
20017.410.9
20009.88.4
19996.34.2
1998-4.28.2
19972.86.1
199613.55.5
19956.18.9
19943.53.5
199313.42.8
1992-8.95.5
1991-7.27
19902.60.8
1989-0.51.4
19880.64.3
198713.96.5
19869.79.9
1985-11.4-0.6
1984-2.3-5.6
19837.8-1.5
198214.1
1981–6.3
198042.5
  • 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2025–2031
YearEthiopiaSudan
20259.2–
20269.27
20277.815
20288.210
20298.28
203088
20317.78

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
  • 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.

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