Libya vs Sudan
Libya vs Sudan: Government debt
Government debt: 153.8% of GDP in Libya in 2025 and 191.3% of GDP in Sudan in 2021, by IMF estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Sudan, by 92.9 percentage points, or 1.94 times that in Libya.
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- Sudan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1992.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Libya at 174.4% of GDP and Sudan at 192.2% of GDP in 2031.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Libya | Sudan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 153.8 | 204.4 |
| 2024 | 115.3 | 282.3 |
| 2023 | 91.6 | 286.9 |
| 2022 | 77.6 | 189 |
| 2021 | 98.4 | 191.3 |
| 2020 | 238 | 278.8 |
| 2019 | 110.3 | 216.5 |
| 2018 | 95.9 | 209.8 |
| 2017 | 91.8 | 149.5 |
| 2016 | 89.5 | 109.9 |
| 2015 | 69.4 | 93.2 |
| 2014 | 60.2 | 84.4 |
| 2013 | 25.9 | 105.8 |
| 2012 | 2.7 | 117.7 |
| 2011 | 4.2 | 78.1 |
| 2010 | 12 | 74.6 |
| 2009 | 1.4 | 71 |
| 2008 | 2.5 | 55.8 |
| 2007 | 3.4 | 53.7 |
| 2006 | 2.7 | 63.7 |
| 2005 | 3.2 | 75.5 |
| 2004 | 4 | 97.8 |
| 2003 | 26.3 | 117.4 |
| 2002 | 34 | 121.7 |
| 2001 | 41.8 | 125.6 |
| 2000 | 42.4 | 143.2 |
| 1999 | 55.3 | 160.5 |
| 1998 | 67.7 | 179.7 |
| 1997 | 63.6 | 167.7 |
| 1996 | 67.2 | 220.9 |
| 1995 | 59.7 | 239 |
| 1994 | 61.4 | 386.5 |
| 1993 | 64.3 | 285.9 |
| 1992 | 62.8 | 495.2 |
| 1991 | 64.9 | – |
| 1990 | 71.2 | – |
- 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Libya | Sudan |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 125.2 | 334.4 |
| 2027 | 132.1 | 274.1 |
| 2028 | 149.2 | 235.5 |
| 2029 | 158.6 | 225.2 |
| 2030 | 166.5 | 212 |
| 2031 | 174.4 | 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
Libya vs Sudan
Health
- Life expectancyLibya: 69.3 years in 2023Sudan: 66.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityLibya: 1 per 100 live births in 2024Sudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityLibya: 16 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionLibya: 3.81% in 2017Sudan: 3.78% in 2017
- Suicide rateLibya: 8.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Sudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationLibya: 7.31 million people in 2023Sudan: 50 million people in 2023
- Population growthLibya: 1.01% a year in 2023Sudan: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateLibya: 2.36 births per woman in 2023Sudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationLibya: 87.9% in 2025Sudan: 34.9% in 2025
- Median ageLibya: 27.2 years in 2023Sudan: 18.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overLibya: 4.9% in 2023Sudan: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateLibya: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Sudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingLibya: 3.57% of GDP in 2023Sudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021
- Military spending in US dollarsLibya: $1.6B in 2023Sudan: $2.77B in 2021
- Military spending per personLibya: $216 in 2023Sudan: $8 in 2021
- Military share of state spendingLibya: 5.5% of government spending in 2023Sudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021
- Armed forces personnelLibya: 0 people in 2020Sudan: 144,000 people in 2020
- National powerLibya: 0.08% of world capability in 2022Sudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersLibya: 0% of the labour force in 2020Sudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsLibya: 5 million TIV in 2024Sudan: 57 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsLibya: 0 TIV in 2016Sudan: 11 million TIV in 2013