Sudan vs United States

Sudan vs United States: GDP growth

GDP growth: -2.5% a year in Sudan in 2019 and 2.3% a year in United States in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2019 the value was higher in United States, by 5.1 percentage points.

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% a year · IMF

Sudan vs United States: GDP growthGDP growth: -2.5% a year in Sudan in 2019 and 2.3% a year in United States in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2019 the value was higher in United States, by 5.1 percentage points.
SudanUnited StatesIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • United States has been higher since 2017, when it overtook Sudan.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Sudan at 8% a year and United States at 1.8% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearSudanUnited States
2025–2.3
2024-19.33
2023-23.52.9
2022-2.52.4
20210.56.3
2020-3.6-2.1
2019-2.52.6
2018-2.33
20170.82.5
20164.71.8
20154.92.9
20144.72.5
201322.1
2012-172.3
2011-3.21.6
20103.92.7
2009-2.8-2.6
20083.80.1
20075.72
20066.52.8
20055.63.5
20045.13.8
20036.32.8
20025.91.7
200110.91
20008.44.1
19994.24.8
19988.24.5
19976.14.4
19965.53.8
19958.92.7
19943.54
19932.82.8
19925.53.5
19917-0.1
19900.81.9
19891.43.7
19884.34.2
19876.53.5
19869.93.5
1985-0.64.2
1984-5.67.2
1983-1.54.6
19824.1-1.8
19816.32.5
19802.5-0.3
  • 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearSudanUnited States
202672.3
2027152.3
2028102.1
202981.9
203081.8
203181.8

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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.

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