Sudan vs Uganda
Sudan vs Uganda: Learning-adjusted schooling
Learning-adjusted schooling in 2020: 4.3 years in Sudan and 4.3 years in Uganda, by World Bank estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Uganda, by 0 years, or 1.01 times that in Sudan.
years · World Bank
What the numbers say
- Uganda has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2017.
- In 2020, Sudan ranked 163 and Uganda ranked 162 of 174 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
years · World Bank
| Year | Sudan | Uganda |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 4.3 | 4.3 |
| 2018 | 4.3 | 4.3 |
| 2017 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
| 2010 | – | 3.9 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The years of school a child can expect by 18, cut to what students actually learn: the World Bank’s learning-adjusted years of school.
- Source: World Bank Human Capital Index, via Our World in Data.
- Ranks count the 174 countries with a value in 2020, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Sudan vs Uganda
Health
- Life expectancySudan: 66.3 years in 2023Uganda: 68.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024Uganda: 4.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Uganda: 28.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSudan: 3.78% in 2017Uganda: 4.92% in 2017
- Suicide rateSudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017Uganda: 11.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSudan: 50 million people in 2023Uganda: 48.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthSudan: 0.02% a year in 2023Uganda: 2.78% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023Uganda: 4.28 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSudan: 34.9% in 2025Uganda: 31.9% in 2025
- Median ageSudan: 18.3 years in 2023Uganda: 16.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSudan: 3.2% in 2023Uganda: 2.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateSudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023Uganda: -2.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021Uganda: 1.96% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSudan: $2.77B in 2021Uganda: $1.2B in 2025
- Military spending per personSudan: $8 in 2021Uganda: $26 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021Uganda: 9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSudan: 144,000 people in 2020Uganda: 46,000 people in 2020
- National powerSudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022Uganda: 0.2% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020Uganda: 0.24% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSudan: 57 million TIV in 2025Uganda: 2 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsSudan: 11 million TIV in 2013Uganda: 4 million TIV in 2016