Senegal vs Sudan
Senegal vs Sudan: Government debt
Government debt: 127.7% of GDP in Senegal in 2025 and 191.3% of GDP in Sudan in 2021, by IMF estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Sudan, by 92.4 percentage points, or 1.93 times that in Senegal.
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- Sudan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1996.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Sudan at 192.2% of GDP in 2031.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Senegal | Sudan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 127.7 | 204.4 |
| 2024 | 136.1 | 282.3 |
| 2023 | 120.6 | 286.9 |
| 2022 | 106.9 | 189 |
| 2021 | 98.9 | 191.3 |
| 2020 | 90.5 | 278.8 |
| 2019 | 79.6 | 216.5 |
| 2018 | 61.5 | 209.8 |
| 2017 | 61.1 | 149.5 |
| 2016 | 47.5 | 109.9 |
| 2015 | 44.5 | 93.2 |
| 2014 | 42.4 | 84.4 |
| 2013 | 36.9 | 105.8 |
| 2012 | 34.5 | 117.7 |
| 2011 | 32.9 | 78.1 |
| 2010 | 34.6 | 74.6 |
| 2009 | 29.9 | 71 |
| 2008 | 19.1 | 55.8 |
| 2007 | 19 | 53.7 |
| 2006 | 17.5 | 63.7 |
| 2005 | 36.1 | 75.5 |
| 2004 | 38 | 97.8 |
| 2003 | 42.9 | 117.4 |
| 2002 | 52 | 121.7 |
| 2001 | 53.2 | 125.6 |
| 2000 | 57.5 | 143.2 |
| 1999 | 15 | 160.5 |
| 1998 | 18.8 | 179.7 |
| 1997 | 67.8 | 167.7 |
| 1996 | 0.1 | 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 | Senegal | Sudan |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | – | 334.4 |
| 2027 | – | 274.1 |
| 2028 | – | 235.5 |
| 2029 | – | 225.2 |
| 2030 | – | 212 |
| 2031 | – | 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
Senegal vs Sudan
Health
- Life expectancySenegal: 68.7 years in 2023Sudan: 66.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySenegal: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024Sudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySenegal: 24.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSenegal: 3.37% in 2017Sudan: 3.78% in 2017
- Suicide rateSenegal: 12.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Sudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSenegal: 18.1 million people in 2023Sudan: 50 million people in 2023
- Population growthSenegal: 2.33% a year in 2023Sudan: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSenegal: 3.82 births per woman in 2023Sudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSenegal: 55.8% in 2025Sudan: 34.9% in 2025
- Median ageSenegal: 19.1 years in 2023Sudan: 18.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSenegal: 3.6% in 2023Sudan: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateSenegal: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Sudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSenegal: 1.56% of GDP in 2025Sudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021
- Military spending in US dollarsSenegal: $533M in 2025Sudan: $2.77B in 2021
- Military spending per personSenegal: $30 in 2025Sudan: $8 in 2021
- Military share of state spendingSenegal: 5.2% of government spending in 2025Sudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021
- Armed forces personnelSenegal: 19,000 people in 2020Sudan: 144,000 people in 2020
- National powerSenegal: 0.1% of world capability in 2022Sudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSenegal: 0.37% of the labour force in 2020Sudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSenegal: 79 million TIV in 2024Sudan: 57 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsSenegal: 3 million TIV in 1976Sudan: 11 million TIV in 2013