Sudan vs Tanzania
Sudan vs Tanzania: Inflation
Inflation: 99.9% a year in Sudan in 2025 and 3.8% a year in Tanzania in 2023, by IMF estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Sudan, by 62.8 percentage points, or 18 times that in Tanzania.
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- Sudan has been higher since 2010, when it overtook Tanzania.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Sudan at 12% a year and Tanzania at 4% a year in 2031.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Sudan | Tanzania |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 99.9 | 3.3 |
| 2024 | 176.9 | 3.1 |
| 2023 | 66.6 | 3.8 |
| 2022 | 138.8 | 4.4 |
| 2021 | 359.1 | 3.7 |
| 2020 | 163.3 | 3.3 |
| 2019 | 51 | 3.4 |
| 2018 | 63.3 | 3.5 |
| 2017 | 32.4 | 5.3 |
| 2016 | 17.8 | 5.2 |
| 2015 | 16.9 | 5.6 |
| 2014 | 36.9 | 6.1 |
| 2013 | 36.5 | 7.9 |
| 2012 | 35.6 | 16 |
| 2011 | 18.1 | 12.7 |
| 2010 | 13 | 7.2 |
| 2009 | 11.3 | 12.1 |
| 2008 | 14.3 | 10.3 |
| 2007 | 14.8 | 7 |
| 2006 | 7.2 | 7.3 |
| 2005 | 8.5 | 4.4 |
| 2004 | 9.7 | 4.1 |
| 2003 | 6.5 | 4.4 |
| 2002 | 22.2 | 4.6 |
| 2001 | 1.9 | 5.1 |
| 2000 | 7.1 | 6 |
| 1999 | 17.2 | 7.9 |
| 1998 | 24.6 | 12.8 |
| 1997 | 47.2 | 16.1 |
| 1996 | 86.8 | 21.1 |
| 1995 | 68.4 | 26.8 |
| 1994 | 115.5 | 37.9 |
| 1993 | 101.3 | 26.1 |
| 1992 | 117.6 | 20.7 |
| 1991 | 123.6 | 25.2 |
| 1990 | -0.9 | 36.4 |
| 1989 | 65.3 | 25.8 |
| 1988 | 62.9 | 31.2 |
| 1987 | 26.5 | 29.9 |
| 1986 | 60 | 32.4 |
| 1985 | 45.6 | 33.3 |
| 1984 | 33.7 | 36.1 |
| 1983 | 30.6 | 27.1 |
| 1982 | 26.6 | 28.9 |
| 1981 | 24 | 25.7 |
| 1980 | 26.5 | 30.2 |
- 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Sudan | Tanzania |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 41.3 | 4 |
| 2027 | 50.9 | 4.2 |
| 2028 | 23.7 | 4 |
| 2029 | 12.3 | 4 |
| 2030 | 12 | 4 |
| 2031 | 12 | 4 |
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
Sudan vs Tanzania
Health
- Life expectancySudan: 66.3 years in 2023Tanzania: 67 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024Tanzania: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Tanzania: 28.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSudan: 3.78% in 2017Tanzania: 3.69% in 2017
- Suicide rateSudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017Tanzania: 8.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSudan: 50 million people in 2023Tanzania: 66.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthSudan: 0.02% a year in 2023Tanzania: 2.88% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023Tanzania: 4.61 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSudan: 34.9% in 2025Tanzania: 36.9% in 2025
- Median ageSudan: 18.3 years in 2023Tanzania: 17.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSudan: 3.2% in 2023Tanzania: 3% in 2023
- Net migration rateSudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023Tanzania: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021Tanzania: 1.16% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSudan: $2.77B in 2021Tanzania: $983M in 2025
- Military spending per personSudan: $8 in 2021Tanzania: $15 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021Tanzania: 5.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSudan: 144,000 people in 2020Tanzania: 28,000 people in 2020
- National powerSudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022Tanzania: 0.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020Tanzania: 0.1% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSudan: 57 million TIV in 2025Tanzania: 4 million TIV in 2025