South Korea vs Sudan
South Korea vs Sudan: GDP growth
GDP growth: 1.1% a year in South Korea in 2025 and -2.5% a year in Sudan in 2019, by IMF estimates. In 2019 the value was higher in South Korea, by 4.8 percentage points.
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- South Korea has been higher since 2017, when it overtook Sudan.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts South Korea at 1.9% a year and Sudan at 8% a year in 2031.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | South Korea | Sudan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.1 | – |
| 2024 | 2.2 | -19.3 |
| 2023 | 1.5 | -23.5 |
| 2022 | 2.9 | -2.5 |
| 2021 | 4.7 | 0.5 |
| 2020 | -0.7 | -3.6 |
| 2019 | 2.3 | -2.5 |
| 2018 | 3.2 | -2.3 |
| 2017 | 3.4 | 0.8 |
| 2016 | 3.2 | 4.7 |
| 2015 | 2.9 | 4.9 |
| 2014 | 3.2 | 4.7 |
| 2013 | 3.3 | 2 |
| 2012 | 2.5 | -17 |
| 2011 | 3.7 | -3.2 |
| 2010 | 7 | 3.9 |
| 2009 | 0.8 | -2.8 |
| 2008 | 3 | 3.8 |
| 2007 | 5.8 | 5.7 |
| 2006 | 5.2 | 6.5 |
| 2005 | 4.4 | 5.6 |
| 2004 | 5.2 | 5.1 |
| 2003 | 3.1 | 6.3 |
| 2002 | 7.7 | 5.9 |
| 2001 | 4.7 | 10.9 |
| 2000 | 9.2 | 8.4 |
| 1999 | 11.6 | 4.2 |
| 1998 | -4.9 | 8.2 |
| 1997 | 6.3 | 6.1 |
| 1996 | 8 | 5.5 |
| 1995 | 9.7 | 8.9 |
| 1994 | 9.4 | 3.5 |
| 1993 | 7 | 2.8 |
| 1992 | 6.4 | 5.5 |
| 1991 | 10.9 | 7 |
| 1990 | 10 | 0.8 |
| 1989 | 7.2 | 1.4 |
| 1988 | 12.1 | 4.3 |
| 1987 | 12.9 | 6.5 |
| 1986 | 11.5 | 9.9 |
| 1985 | 7.9 | -0.6 |
| 1984 | 10.6 | -5.6 |
| 1983 | 13.5 | -1.5 |
| 1982 | 8.5 | 4.1 |
| 1981 | 7.4 | 6.3 |
| 1980 | -1.5 | 2.5 |
- 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | South Korea | Sudan |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3.3 | 7 |
| 2027 | 2.8 | 15 |
| 2028 | 2.3 | 10 |
| 2029 | 2.1 | 8 |
| 2030 | 1.9 | 8 |
| 2031 | 1.9 | 8 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
- 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 143 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
South Korea vs Sudan
Health
- Life expectancySouth Korea: 84.3 years in 2023Sudan: 66.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySouth Korea: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Sudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySouth Korea: 2.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSouth Korea: 3.17% in 2017Sudan: 3.78% in 2017
- Suicide rateSouth Korea: 20.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Sudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSouth Korea: 51.8 million people in 2023Sudan: 50 million people in 2023
- Population growthSouth Korea: -0.04% a year in 2023Sudan: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSouth Korea: 0.72 births per woman in 2023Sudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSouth Korea: 81.2% in 2025Sudan: 34.9% in 2025
- Median ageSouth Korea: 44.5 years in 2023Sudan: 18.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSouth Korea: 18.3% in 2023Sudan: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateSouth Korea: 1.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Sudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSouth Korea: 2.6% of GDP in 2025Sudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021
- Military spending in US dollarsSouth Korea: $48.9B in 2025Sudan: $2.77B in 2021
- Military spending per personSouth Korea: $924 in 2025Sudan: $8 in 2021
- Military share of state spendingSouth Korea: 10.8% of government spending in 2025Sudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021
- Armed forces personnelSouth Korea: 569,000 people in 2020Sudan: 144,000 people in 2020
- National powerSouth Korea: 2% of world capability in 2022Sudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSouth Korea: 2.01% of the labour force in 2020Sudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSouth Korea: 222 million TIV in 2025Sudan: 57 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsSouth Korea: 2.02 billion TIV in 2025Sudan: 11 million TIV in 2013