Japan vs Sudan
Japan vs Sudan: Learning-adjusted schooling
Learning-adjusted schooling in 2020: 11.7 years in Japan and 4.3 years in Sudan, by World Bank estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Japan, by 7.4 years, or 2.73 times that in Sudan.
years · World Bank
What the numbers say
- Japan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2017.
Every year
years · World Bank
| Year | Japan | Sudan |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 11.7 | 4.3 |
| 2018 | 12.3 | 4.3 |
| 2017 | 12.3 | 4.4 |
| 2010 | 12 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The years of school a child can expect by 18, cut to what students actually learn: the World Bank’s learning-adjusted years of school.
- Source: World Bank Human Capital Index, via Our World in Data.
- Ranks count the 174 countries with a value in 2020, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Japan vs Sudan
Health
- Life expectancyJapan: 84.7 years in 2023Sudan: 66.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityJapan: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024Sudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityJapan: 1.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionJapan: 3.34% in 2017Sudan: 3.78% in 2017
- Suicide rateJapan: 15.7 per 100,000 people in 2017Sudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationJapan: 124 million people in 2023Sudan: 50 million people in 2023
- Population growthJapan: -0.48% a year in 2023Sudan: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateJapan: 1.21 births per woman in 2023Sudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationJapan: 92.3% in 2025Sudan: 34.9% in 2025
- Median ageJapan: 49 years in 2023Sudan: 18.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overJapan: 29.6% in 2023Sudan: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateJapan: 1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Sudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingJapan: 1.41% of GDP in 2025Sudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021
- Military spending in US dollarsJapan: $59.5B in 2025Sudan: $2.77B in 2021
- Military spending per personJapan: $504 in 2025Sudan: $8 in 2021
- Military share of state spendingJapan: 3.8% of government spending in 2025Sudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021
- Armed forces personnelJapan: 261,000 people in 2020Sudan: 144,000 people in 2020
- National powerJapan: 2.47% of world capability in 2022Sudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersJapan: 0.38% of the labour force in 2020Sudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsJapan: 1.72 billion TIV in 2025Sudan: 57 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsJapan: 28 million TIV in 2025Sudan: 11 million TIV in 2013