Sudan vs Vietnam
Sudan vs Vietnam: GDP per person
GDP per person in 2025: $582 in Sudan and $4,308 in Vietnam, by World Bank estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Vietnam, by $3,726, or 7.4 times that in Sudan.
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
What the numbers say
- Vietnam has been higher since 1994, when it overtook Sudan.
- In 2025, Sudan ranked 180 and Vietnam ranked 117 of 186 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: $12,130 in 2025.
Every year
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
| Year | Sudan | Vietnam | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $582 | $4,308 | $12,130 |
| 2024 | $578 | $4,013 | $11,890 |
| 2023 | $678 | $3,772 | $11,670 |
| 2022 | $973 | $3,618 | $11,450 |
| 2021 | $1,010 | $3,358 | $11,170 |
| 2020 | $1,057 | $3,303 | $10,580 |
| 2019 | $1,127 | $3,241 | $11,000 |
| 2018 | $1,186 | $3,048 | $10,820 |
| 2017 | $1,262 | $2,868 | $10,590 |
| 2016 | $1,297 | $2,716 | $10,360 |
| 2015 | $1,292 | $2,578 | $10,190 |
| 2014 | $1,307 | $2,439 | $10,000 |
| 2013 | $1,283 | $2,320 | $9,811 |
| 2012 | $1,288 | $2,224 | $9,654 |
| 2011 | $1,388 | $2,133 | $9,515 |
| 2010 | $1,311 | $2,028 | $9,322 |
| 2009 | $1,301 | $1,927 | $9,028 |
| 2008 | $1,382 | $1,856 | $9,266 |
| 2007 | $1,372 | $1,789 | $9,191 |
| 2006 | $1,336 | $1,700 | $8,913 |
| 2005 | $1,290 | $1,610 | $8,639 |
| 2004 | $1,256 | $1,511 | $8,409 |
| 2003 | $1,226 | $1,419 | $8,151 |
| 2002 | $1,185 | $1,341 | $8,011 |
| 2001 | $1,150 | $1,274 | $7,932 |
| 2000 | $1,111 | $1,212 | $7,880 |
| 1999 | $1,075 | $1,148 | $7,639 |
| 1998 | $1,069 | $1,110 | $7,479 |
| 1997 | $1,050 | $1,065 | $7,382 |
| 1996 | $909 | $999 | $7,203 |
| 1995 | $878 | $928 | $7,058 |
| 1994 | $850 | $861 | $6,944 |
| 1993 | $863 | $806 | $6,819 |
| 1992 | $842 | $760 | $6,801 |
| 1991 | $805 | $714 | $6,773 |
| 1990 | $765 | $688 | $6,804 |
| 1989 | $823 | $668 | $6,741 |
| 1988 | $765 | $635 | $6,620 |
| 1987 | $777 | $617 | $6,446 |
| 1986 | $692 | $608 | $6,326 |
| 1985 | $669 | $604 | $6,233 |
| 1984 | $727 | $596 | $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
Sudan vs Vietnam
Health
- Life expectancySudan: 66.3 years in 2023Vietnam: 74.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024Vietnam: 1.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Vietnam: 15.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSudan: 3.78% in 2017Vietnam: 2.88% in 2017
- Suicide rateSudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017Vietnam: 7.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSudan: 50 million people in 2023Vietnam: 100 million people in 2023
- Population growthSudan: 0.02% a year in 2023Vietnam: 0.64% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023Vietnam: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSudan: 34.9% in 2025Vietnam: 38.8% in 2025
- Median ageSudan: 18.3 years in 2023Vietnam: 32.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSudan: 3.2% in 2023Vietnam: 8.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateSudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023Vietnam: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021Vietnam: 2.15% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSudan: $2.77B in 2021Vietnam: $10.9B in 2025
- Military spending per personSudan: $8 in 2021Vietnam: $104 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021Vietnam: 9.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSudan: 144,000 people in 2020Vietnam: 522,000 people in 2020
- National powerSudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022Vietnam: 1.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020Vietnam: 0.95% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSudan: 57 million TIV in 2025Vietnam: 177 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsSudan: 11 million TIV in 2013Vietnam: 10 million TIV in 2018