Sudan vs Thailand
Sudan vs Thailand: Government debt
Government debt: 191.3% of GDP in Sudan in 2021 and 62.9% of GDP in Thailand in 2024, by IMF estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Sudan, by 132.9 percentage points, or 3.28 times that in Thailand.
% 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 and Thailand at 69.8% of GDP in 2031.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Sudan | Thailand |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 282.3 | 62.9 |
| 2023 | 286.9 | 62.2 |
| 2022 | 189 | 60.6 |
| 2021 | 191.3 | 58.4 |
| 2020 | 278.8 | 49.4 |
| 2019 | 216.5 | 41.1 |
| 2018 | 209.8 | 41.9 |
| 2017 | 149.5 | 41.8 |
| 2016 | 109.9 | 41.7 |
| 2015 | 93.2 | 42.6 |
| 2014 | 84.4 | 43.3 |
| 2013 | 105.8 | 42.2 |
| 2012 | 117.7 | 41.9 |
| 2011 | 78.1 | 39.1 |
| 2010 | 74.6 | 39.8 |
| 2009 | 71 | 42.4 |
| 2008 | 55.8 | 35 |
| 2007 | 53.7 | 36 |
| 2006 | 63.7 | 39.2 |
| 2005 | 75.5 | 45.5 |
| 2004 | 97.8 | 46.3 |
| 2003 | 117.4 | 47.5 |
| 2002 | 121.7 | 54.9 |
| 2001 | 125.6 | 57.5 |
| 2000 | 143.2 | 57.8 |
| 1999 | 160.5 | 56.6 |
| 1998 | 179.7 | 49.9 |
| 1997 | 167.7 | 40.5 |
| 1996 | 220.9 | 15.2 |
| 1995 | 239 | – |
| 1994 | 386.5 | – |
| 1993 | 285.9 | – |
| 1992 | 495.2 | – |
- 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2025–2031
| Year | Sudan | Thailand |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 204.4 | 64.7 |
| 2026 | 334.4 | 67.2 |
| 2027 | 274.1 | 68.5 |
| 2028 | 235.5 | 69.1 |
| 2029 | 225.2 | 69.4 |
| 2030 | 212 | 69.6 |
| 2031 | 192.2 | 69.8 |
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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Sudan vs Thailand
Health
- Life expectancySudan: 66.3 years in 2023Thailand: 76.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024Thailand: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Thailand: 6.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSudan: 3.78% in 2017Thailand: 3.09% in 2017
- Suicide rateSudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017Thailand: 10.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSudan: 50 million people in 2023Thailand: 71.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthSudan: 0.02% a year in 2023Thailand: -0.04% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023Thailand: 1.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSudan: 34.9% in 2025Thailand: 62.8% in 2025
- Median ageSudan: 18.3 years in 2023Thailand: 39.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSudan: 3.2% in 2023Thailand: 14.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateSudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023Thailand: 0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021Thailand: 1.04% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSudan: $2.77B in 2021Thailand: $5.57B in 2025
- Military spending per personSudan: $8 in 2021Thailand: $84 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021Thailand: 4.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSudan: 144,000 people in 2020Thailand: 455,000 people in 2020
- National powerSudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022Thailand: 0.79% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020Thailand: 1.13% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSudan: 57 million TIV in 2025Thailand: 33 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsSudan: 11 million TIV in 2013Thailand: 15 million TIV in 2024