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Côte d’Ivoire vs Sudan
How Côte d’Ivoire and Sudan compare on 38 measures, from 1820 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Sudan was higher: 66.3 years against 61.9 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Côte d’Ivoire was higher: $2,491 against $582
- Population · In 2023, Sudan was higher: 50 million people against 31.2 million people
- Military spending · In 2021, Sudan was higher: 0.93% of GDP against 0.88% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Côte d’Ivoire was higher: 0.59 tonnes against 0.43 tonnes
Life expectancy →Côte d’IvoireSudanUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction intervalWorld
Change since 1990, years · UN
Every measure
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| Measure | Côte d’Ivoire | Sudan | Over the years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health | |||
| Life expectancyyears · 2023 | 61.9 | 66.3 | |
| Child mortalitydeaths before age 5 per 100 live births · 2024 | 6.5 | 6.2 | |
| Infant mortalitydeaths per 1,000 live births · 2023 | 51.7 | 36.2 | |
| Depression% of people · 2017 | 3.34 | 3.78 | |
| Suicide ratedeaths per 100,000 people · 2017 | 13.9 | 5 | |
| People | |||
| Populationpeople · 2023 | 31.2 million | 50 million | |
| Population growth% a year · 2023 | 2.45 | 0.02 | |
| Fertility ratebirths per woman · 2023 | 4.28 | 4.32 | |
| Urban population% of people · 2025 | 54.6 | 34.9 | |
| Median ageyears · 2023 | 18.1 | 18.3 | |
| People aged 65 and over% of people · 2023 | 2.6 | 3.2 | |
| Net migration rateper 1,000 people · 2023 | 0.2 | -27 | |
| Economy | |||
| GDP per personUS dollars at 2015 prices · 2025 | $2,491 | $582 | |
| GDP growth% a year · 2024 | 6 | -2.52019 | |
| Inflation% a year · 2025 | 3.42024 | 99.9 | |
| Government debt% of GDP · 2025 | 57.2 | 191.32021 | |
| Education | |||
| Learning-adjusted schoolingyears · 2020 | 4.8 | 4.3 | |
| Adult literacy% of adults · 2021 | 50 | 53.52008 | |
| Girls in primary school% of girls of primary-school age · 2018 | 86.6 | 58.92017 | |
| Politics | |||
| Electoral democracyindex, 0 to 1 · 2025 | 0.39 | 0.13 | |
| Human rightsindex, 0 to 1 · 2025 | 0.7 | 0.17 | |
| Conflict | |||
| Deaths in conflictsdeaths a year · 2022 | 0 | 1,364 | |
| Military | |||
| Military spending% of GDP · 2025 | 0.77 | 0.932021 | |
| Military spending in US dollarsUS dollars at 2024 prices · 2025 | $721M | $2.77B2021 | |
| Military spending per personUS dollars per person · 2025 | $24 | $82021 | |
| Military share of state spending% of government spending · 2025 | 3.8 | 9.52021 | |
| Armed forces personnelpeople · 2020 | 27,000 | 144,000 | |
| National power% of world capability · 2022 | 0.16 | 0.37 | |
| Armed forces, share of workers% of the labour force · 2020 | 0.25 | 1.34 | |
| Arms importsSIPRI trend-indicator values · 2025 | 15 million | 57 million | |
| Arms exportsSIPRI trend-indicator values · 2013 | 1 million1971 | 11 million | |
| Climate | |||
| Temperature°C · 2025 | 26.8 | 27.8 | |
| Days above 35 °Cdays a year · 2014 | 36.4 | 184 | |
| Tropical nightsnights a year · 2014 | 341.6 | 242.4 | |
| Technology and environment | |||
| CO₂ per persontonnes per person · 2024 | 0.59 | 0.43 | |
| Internet users% of people · 2024 | 41.4 | 18.62017 | |
| Access to electricity% of people · 2024 | 72.9 | 66 | |
| Forest area% of land · 2024 | 12.1 | 11.9 | |
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- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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