South Sudan vs Sudan
South Sudan vs Sudan: GDP per person
GDP per person: $1,080 in South Sudan in 2015 and $582 in Sudan in 2025, by World Bank estimates. In 2015 the value was higher in Sudan, by $212, or 1.2 times that in South Sudan.
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
What the numbers say
- Sudan has been higher since 2012, when it overtook South Sudan.
- The world as a whole: $10,190 in 2015.
Every year
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
| Year | South Sudan | Sudan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | $582 | $12,130 |
| 2024 | – | $578 | $11,890 |
| 2023 | – | $678 | $11,670 |
| 2022 | – | $973 | $11,450 |
| 2021 | – | $1,010 | $11,170 |
| 2020 | – | $1,057 | $10,580 |
| 2019 | – | $1,127 | $11,000 |
| 2018 | – | $1,186 | $10,820 |
| 2017 | – | $1,262 | $10,590 |
| 2016 | – | $1,297 | $10,360 |
| 2015 | $1,080 | $1,292 | $10,190 |
| 2014 | $1,197 | $1,307 | $10,000 |
| 2013 | $1,165 | $1,283 | $9,811 |
| 2012 | $1,069 | $1,288 | $9,654 |
| 2011 | $2,073 | $1,388 | $9,515 |
| 2010 | $2,295 | $1,311 | $9,322 |
| 2009 | $2,294 | $1,301 | $9,028 |
| 2008 | $2,289 | $1,382 | $9,266 |
| 2007 | – | $1,372 | $9,191 |
| 2006 | – | $1,336 | $8,913 |
| 2005 | – | $1,290 | $8,639 |
| 2004 | – | $1,256 | $8,409 |
| 2003 | – | $1,226 | $8,151 |
| 2002 | – | $1,185 | $8,011 |
| 2001 | – | $1,150 | $7,932 |
| 2000 | – | $1,111 | $7,880 |
| 1999 | – | $1,075 | $7,639 |
| 1998 | – | $1,069 | $7,479 |
| 1997 | – | $1,050 | $7,382 |
| 1996 | – | $909 | $7,203 |
| 1995 | – | $878 | $7,058 |
| 1994 | – | $850 | $6,944 |
| 1993 | – | $863 | $6,819 |
| 1992 | – | $842 | $6,801 |
| 1991 | – | $805 | $6,773 |
| 1990 | – | $765 | $6,804 |
| 1989 | – | $823 | $6,741 |
| 1988 | – | $765 | $6,620 |
| 1987 | – | $777 | $6,446 |
| 1986 | – | $692 | $6,326 |
| 1985 | – | $669 | $6,233 |
| 1984 | – | $727 | $6,120 |
| 1983 | – | $782 | $5,947 |
| 1982 | – | $791 | $5,903 |
| 1981 | – | $774 | $5,986 |
| 1980 | – | $748 | $5,980 |
| 1979 | – | $766 | $5,978 |
| 1978 | – | $837 | $5,843 |
| 1977 | – | $923 | $5,710 |
| 1976 | – | $898 | $5,591 |
| 1975 | – | $796 | $5,410 |
| 1974 | – | $711 | $5,467 |
| 1973 | – | $662 | $5,465 |
| 1972 | – | $683 | $5,236 |
| 1971 | – | $742 | $5,061 |
| 1970 | – | $748 | $4,964 |
| 1969 | – | $728 | $4,885 |
| 1968 | – | $739 | $4,707 |
| 1967 | – | $746 | $4,535 |
| 1966 | – | $758 | $4,461 |
| 1965 | – | $809 | $4,321 |
| 1964 | – | $781 | $4,176 |
| 1963 | – | $813 | $3,999 |
| 1962 | – | $862 | $3,889 |
| 1961 | – | $829 | $3,759 |
| 1960 | – | $852 | $3,667 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The value of everything produced in the country in a year, divided by its people, in 2015 US dollars so that years compare.
- Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
- Ranks count the 186 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
South Sudan vs Sudan
Health
- Life expectancySouth Sudan: 57.6 years in 2023Sudan: 66.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySouth Sudan: 9.7 per 100 live births in 2024Sudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySouth Sudan: 63.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSouth Sudan: 3.7% in 2017Sudan: 3.78% in 2017
- Suicide rateSouth Sudan: 12 per 100,000 people in 2017Sudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSouth Sudan: 11.5 million people in 2023Sudan: 50 million people in 2023
- Population growthSouth Sudan: 5.86% a year in 2023Sudan: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSouth Sudan: 3.86 births per woman in 2023Sudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSouth Sudan: 21.7% in 2025Sudan: 34.9% in 2025
- Median ageSouth Sudan: 18 years in 2023Sudan: 18.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSouth Sudan: 2.9% in 2023Sudan: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateSouth Sudan: 39.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Sudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSouth Sudan: 3.43% of GDP in 2025Sudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021
- Military spending in US dollarsSouth Sudan: $103M in 2025Sudan: $2.77B in 2021
- Military spending per personSouth Sudan: $15 in 2025Sudan: $8 in 2021
- Military share of state spendingSouth Sudan: 18.4% of government spending in 2025Sudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021
- Armed forces personnelSouth Sudan: 53,000 people in 2020Sudan: 144,000 people in 2020
- National powerSouth Sudan: 0.08% of world capability in 2022Sudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSouth Sudan: 1.18% of the labour force in 2020Sudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSouth Sudan: 10 million TIV in 2022Sudan: 57 million TIV in 2025