Libya vs Sudan
Libya vs Sudan: Inflation
Inflation in 2025: 1.8% a year in Libya and 99.9% a year in Sudan, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Sudan, by 98 percentage points, or 54 times that in Libya.
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- Sudan has been higher since 2017, when it overtook Libya.
- In 2025, Libya ranked 120 and Sudan ranked 2 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Libya at 10.2% a year and Sudan at 12% a year in 2031.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Libya | Sudan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.8 | 99.9 |
| 2024 | 2.1 | 176.9 |
| 2023 | 2.4 | 66.6 |
| 2022 | 4.5 | 138.8 |
| 2021 | 2.9 | 359.1 |
| 2020 | 1.4 | 163.3 |
| 2019 | -2.2 | 51 |
| 2018 | 13.2 | 63.3 |
| 2017 | 25.8 | 32.4 |
| 2016 | 25.9 | 17.8 |
| 2015 | 10 | 16.9 |
| 2014 | 2.4 | 36.9 |
| 2013 | 2.6 | 36.5 |
| 2012 | 6.1 | 35.6 |
| 2011 | 15.9 | 18.1 |
| 2010 | 2.5 | 13 |
| 2009 | 2.4 | 11.3 |
| 2008 | 10.4 | 14.3 |
| 2007 | 6.2 | 14.8 |
| 2006 | 1.5 | 7.2 |
| 2005 | 2.7 | 8.5 |
| 2004 | 1.3 | 9.7 |
| 2003 | -2.1 | 6.5 |
| 2002 | -9.9 | 22.2 |
| 2001 | -8.8 | 1.9 |
| 2000 | -2.9 | 7.1 |
| 1999 | 2.6 | 17.2 |
| 1998 | 3.7 | 24.6 |
| 1997 | 3.6 | 47.2 |
| 1996 | 4 | 86.8 |
| 1995 | 8.3 | 68.4 |
| 1994 | 10.7 | 115.5 |
| 1993 | 7.5 | 101.3 |
| 1992 | 9.5 | 117.6 |
| 1991 | 11.7 | 123.6 |
| 1990 | 0.7 | -0.9 |
| 1989 | 4.5 | 65.3 |
| 1988 | 3.1 | 62.9 |
| 1987 | 4.4 | 26.5 |
| 1986 | 3.4 | 60 |
| 1985 | 9.1 | 45.6 |
| 1984 | 12.4 | 33.7 |
| 1983 | 10.5 | 30.6 |
| 1982 | 13.8 | 26.6 |
| 1981 | 13.2 | 24 |
| 1980 | 14.3 | 26.5 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Libya | Sudan |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 14.1 | 41.3 |
| 2027 | 16.1 | 50.9 |
| 2028 | 13.3 | 23.7 |
| 2029 | 12.8 | 12.3 |
| 2030 | 11.1 | 12 |
| 2031 | 10.2 | 12 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- How much consumer prices rose in a year, on average.
- 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 179 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