Côte d’Ivoire vs Sudan
Côte d’Ivoire vs Sudan: Government debt
Government debt: 57.2% of GDP in Côte d’Ivoire in 2025 and 191.3% of GDP in Sudan in 2021, by IMF estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Sudan, by 141.1 percentage points, or 3.81 times that in Côte d’Ivoire.
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- Sudan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1997.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Côte d’Ivoire at 50.9% of GDP and Sudan at 192.2% of GDP in 2031.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Côte d’Ivoire | Sudan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 57.2 | 204.4 |
| 2024 | 59.5 | 282.3 |
| 2023 | 56.7 | 286.9 |
| 2022 | 56 | 189 |
| 2021 | 50.2 | 191.3 |
| 2020 | 46.3 | 278.8 |
| 2019 | 37.2 | 216.5 |
| 2018 | 35.3 | 209.8 |
| 2017 | 32.6 | 149.5 |
| 2016 | 31.1 | 109.9 |
| 2015 | 29.2 | 93.2 |
| 2014 | 26.7 | 84.4 |
| 2013 | 24.6 | 105.8 |
| 2012 | 24.7 | 117.7 |
| 2011 | 50 | 78.1 |
| 2010 | 45.6 | 74.6 |
| 2009 | 46.5 | 71 |
| 2008 | 51.2 | 55.8 |
| 2007 | 53.5 | 53.7 |
| 2006 | 57.5 | 63.7 |
| 2005 | 58.2 | 75.5 |
| 2004 | 56.7 | 97.8 |
| 2003 | 56.4 | 117.4 |
| 2002 | 63 | 121.7 |
| 2001 | 71.2 | 125.6 |
| 2000 | 74 | 143.2 |
| 1999 | 78 | 160.5 |
| 1998 | 75.2 | 179.7 |
| 1997 | 84.2 | 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 | Côte d’Ivoire | Sudan |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 57.8 | 334.4 |
| 2027 | 56.9 | 274.1 |
| 2028 | 55.3 | 235.5 |
| 2029 | 53.7 | 225.2 |
| 2030 | 52.2 | 212 |
| 2031 | 50.9 | 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
Côte d’Ivoire vs Sudan
Health
- Life expectancyCôte d’Ivoire: 61.9 years in 2023Sudan: 66.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCôte d’Ivoire: 6.5 per 100 live births in 2024Sudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCôte d’Ivoire: 51.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionCôte d’Ivoire: 3.34% in 2017Sudan: 3.78% in 2017
- Suicide rateCôte d’Ivoire: 13.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Sudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCôte d’Ivoire: 31.2 million people in 2023Sudan: 50 million people in 2023
- Population growthCôte d’Ivoire: 2.45% a year in 2023Sudan: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCôte d’Ivoire: 4.28 births per woman in 2023Sudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCôte d’Ivoire: 54.6% in 2025Sudan: 34.9% in 2025
- Median ageCôte d’Ivoire: 18.1 years in 2023Sudan: 18.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCôte d’Ivoire: 2.6% in 2023Sudan: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateCôte d’Ivoire: 0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Sudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCôte d’Ivoire: 0.77% of GDP in 2025Sudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021
- Military spending in US dollarsCôte d’Ivoire: $721M in 2025Sudan: $2.77B in 2021
- Military spending per personCôte d’Ivoire: $24 in 2025Sudan: $8 in 2021
- Military share of state spendingCôte d’Ivoire: 3.8% of government spending in 2025Sudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021
- Armed forces personnelCôte d’Ivoire: 27,000 people in 2020Sudan: 144,000 people in 2020
- National powerCôte d’Ivoire: 0.16% of world capability in 2022Sudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCôte d’Ivoire: 0.25% of the labour force in 2020Sudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCôte d’Ivoire: 15 million TIV in 2025Sudan: 57 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsCôte d’Ivoire: 1 million TIV in 1971Sudan: 11 million TIV in 2013